How to eat

[busybeebug 415]

I never really thought about it but when you eat post surgery, at first you can only take a few bites. Do you just stop eating all together or wait 15 minutes and eat a little more? If you only take a few bites, how do you consume enough for sustaining life?

I get the fact I have a lot of fat stores and I'm burning that off. Is that action of using your fat stores that thing that keeps you "living"? Am I over thinking this? Or just,suffering from fog brain?

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[laceemouse 631]

Yes, you are consuming very few calories and living off of stored fat. That is why people lose so much at first. However, you can't live long at all without Water. That is why you have to force yourself to drink Water. Many people get dehydrated and end up back in the hospital. You also need to start getting Protein as soon as you can (well, following your doctor's plan) so people drink Protein drinks, slowly, small sips.

For the first couple of weeks people are getting very few calories but then they increase little by little as they add more food.

[JackieG 50]

Make sure you are not drinking too much at one time. I remember thinking I was drinking a tiny bit but I really wasn't. I got a shot glass and would sip out of that. That stopped my pain. I also agree with the temperature.

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[busybeebug 415]

Okay thank you. I don't know why I couldn't get past that thought.

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