Not eating or drinking almost 4 weeks post op

[jenbailey72 29]

I had surgery Nov 17. I had a difficult time with pain management. Buy I am having some issues with getting Fluid down and eating. Everything hurts to go down. Has anybody had or are having this problem. I'm not meeting any of my goals and I'm not loosing any weight and I k ow it's because I'm not meeting the Protein goal everyday. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[Djmohr 6,965]

I would contact your surgeons office. At this point it should not hurt to get your fluids in.

Dehydration can cause severe nausea and make everything worse. The other thing could be a stricture which is holding you back and can make you very ill if you cannot even get liquids down.

Can you get any liquids down and if you do what happens?

[James Marusek 5,244]

After RNY gastric bypass surgery, the three most important requirements are meeting the Protein, Fluid and Vitamin daily requirements. food is secondary. Since you seem to be having problems with at least two of these (fluids and protein). This inability needs to be dealt with. Four weeks is too long, contact your surgeon's office. As Djmohr stated, the cause may be due to a stricture.

[jenbailey72 29]

Like i said before. It hurts or maybe the word is uncomfortable to swallow. But I will be scheduling an appt with the surgeon this week. I also had an appt with the surgical dietician and she said to worry about getting fluids and not so much to worry about Protein right now. I'm getting Vitamins in as well.

[James Marusek 5,244]

Uncomfortable to swallow. After surgery, I found that my tastebuds changed dramatically. I couldn't even drink the Water in the hospital because it tasted extremely chlorinated. When I got home, I still found it difficult to drink Water. It wasn't painful. It just tasted bad. Eventually I found that I could tolerate Crystal Light, so that is what I used. Later I found that tea was good and also hot cocoa was good in the winter. But you can only drink the cocoa that has "no sugar added". Some people found that Soup would go down easier.

Your total Fluid daily requirement can be met by the sum of the fluids you drink, the liquid in the Protein shakes and the liquids in the meals (such as soup). Even the water you swallow taking your Vitamins count towards you total.

[jenbailey72 29]

I have never been a fan of Gatorade but I finally bought some last night. Best decision I made. It tasted well and it went down easy. So I think I found me something to drink. Thanks for all the advice.