Anyone else newly banded and having a hard time with fluids

[sobrien32 0]

Hello Everyone,

I was banded on 3/10. I spent over a week in the hospital afterwards with post surgical obstruction whatever the heck that is. Had to have another surgery to loosen the band while I was in the hospital. Anyways I'm doing better now. Each day gets a little easier. The good thing is I lost 17 lbs the week I was in the hospital and 8 so far this week. I can only have liquids. I tried yogurt, slim fast, pudding, cream of wheat and they all came right back up. I'm already familiar with PBing I guess, and it's not a nice feeling at all for me. Is anyone else strugling to take in all the fluids or is it just me beacuse I'm so tight. I keep my bottle of Water and Isopure with me everywhere I go and keep sipping but I can only take the smallest sips with no pain and sometimes have to take long breaks inbetween. My Dr. wanted me to be having 6-700 calories a day with 60 grams of Protein but I'm lucky to get half that in and keep it down. Thanks for any info you can share with me.

Steve

Edited March 21, 2008 by sobrien32

[shortgal 5]

There are Clear Liquids and full liquids so your surgeon might want you on Clear Liquids at this stage. Until the swelling and tightness goes down, you can get your Protein in with a clear liquid Protein Drink like Isopure CLEAR. It has 40 gms of Protein in one 20 oz bottle. Take small sips ( one to two ozs) every few minutes. And try to finish at least one bottle a day. Is that the one you are drinking?

I had trouble the first few days I was home drinking a whole bottle, too. It took me all day. But my Dr told me to just drink as much as I could and try to increase it every day.

Apparently the fuller liquids are too thick for you right now.

[Texgirly 0]

Hey Steve - sounds like you had a pretty big adventure. From the sound of it you have been out of the hospital only a few days? I was banded 3/4 and my first 5 days were tough with Water specifically. I could sip on 100% fruit juice pretty successfully, but Water was tough. I also tried the new G2 loe sugar Gatorade and it went down well.

To help with water, we bought little 8 oz bottles of water. They stay cooler which seemed to help and a tiny bottle like that is not overwhelming. Also very easy to measure.

I would say that by day 7 after surgery I was drinking water regularly. Today, a little more than 2 weeks post-op I am nearly back at pre-surgery water consumption. (I am big water drinker.)

Hope that helps. Good luck!!

[sobrien32 0]

Thanks everyone. It was a little easier today. I tried some yogurt again you think my mind would comprehend it's too soon. Oh well Iso pure and carnations for me for now. Thanks again I'll Keep sipping...

[teebutterfly 0]

I too have been having a hard time with this, being banded this past Monday, but it does get easier, its a constant challenge to keep sipping. I've lost almost 13lbs since monday. Even the Boost is a challenge to drink. Everything stays down okay, its just getting it down.

[CK90280 0]

steve , hi my name is carlos banded 2/15/08 330/280/240 well the problem im having is at night i cant sleep due to fluids coming back up i dont eat after 6 pm and try to drink protines and Water but at night im choking due to Fluid coming up and im woken up choking till i throw up?

[shortgal 5]

Carlos, Have you called your Dr to tell him/her this problem? What are you eating now? Have you had a fill yet, since surgery? Do you know if the Dr put any fill in your band when the band was placed?

[Kristin1031 0]

Oh Lord I remember this, I had a horrible time getting in the required amount of Fluid. I literally had to stay up late and get up early to have enough time in the day to get it in and I still wasn't doing it consistently til probably 4 weeks out and then it still was a struggle some days.

My advice is to sip and sip and sip some more and when you think you can not sip another thing do it some more.....LOL

The Water is so very important in getting the fat out.....LOL

Good Luck!!