Post surgery questions!

[KristenLee 60]

I am one week post op. Feeling ok. I am on a liquid diet for the first 2 weeks. Some days a struggle to get in all 64 ounces. Few questions: anyone get chest pains when they burp or hiccup? I can take one sip of Water then hiccup and get a tightness in my chest? Is that normal? Also is anyone terrified to start "eating" again?! How do you deal with that? One last thing, I am zapped from energy. Good thing I am off work for 2 weeks! I get a 30 min walk in daily and some house stuff, grocery shopping and I am done! Feel like I have no energy! Does that get better as my body adjusts?! Thank you everyone! I appreciate your insight!!

[woo woo 872]

Each day you will feel a little better until you are back to feeling normal.

It is challenging to learn to eat & drink often enough to keep your energy up. I especially have trouble in the mornings. I have more energy later in the day when I have had time to eat and drink more.

Hang in there.

[JamieLogical 8,727]

Yes! That is completely normal. I had the exact same thing after every sip for the first week and a half or so. Tiny sip, then a gurgling, then a constriction, then a burp. It went away about a week and a half post-op and I only ever have anything like that now if I drink/eat too fast or too much.

As for the lack of energy, that got better once I was able to move on to pureed/mushie foods like scrambled eggs and cottage cheese. Once I was able to do that, my calorie intake went way up and I had much more energy.