Oregondaisy

I am almost a week off my PPI too. The first few days were hell. My stomach hurt really badly. It just plan ached. The heartburn was nearly unmanageable. Dr Aceves told me to take Gavescon as needed and I took some Sunday but didn't need any today. He said it takes 2 weeks to get off of it. I hope I can stay off it.

The cheapest place to get lean dessert is vitacost.com. 4.99 shipping now matter what you order . they have tons of vitamins and supplements way cheaper than anywhere else and their lean dessert is cheaper too. I love the fudge pudding.

PNW, are you telling her to go against her doctors orders and advance her diet when her doctor clearly told her to stay on clear liquids for 10 days?

Deborah, The 10 day clear liquid phase is very hard. There is no doubt about it that it's not easy. A lot of people just give up trying to get all their Protein in if they can't drink isopure. I used unflavored Protein powder and put it into anything that I could find that was sugar free. I didn't have any trouble drinking either. I had to force myself to go slowly. It's more important not to get dehydrated right now than it is to get that protein in. After the 10 days is up, you can try other things. Go to the food section of this board and find the thread "places to order samples" A lot of people like the nectar samples better than the milky protein powder. You're going to need something for when you can get on full liquids, so order some samples of something now. There is also a "Rate your protein powders" or something like that.

I have the walmart version of the magic bullet and I use it every day to make my protein drinks. I also used it during my mushie phase. I am not sure what it cost cause my daughter bought it for me. I am sure anything you buy will work just fine. magic bullets are expensive and you can get something much cheaper that will be just fine. Anything you already have and use will work just fine.

If anyone is still up, I would sure like someone to talk to!

I took a couple of tums yesterday. I haven't used anything today.

didn't it say somewhere that our bodies will adjust and just stop makin so much acid? I thought I read that it rebounds for awhile, then settles down.

It's been almost a week since I went off my PPI. Yesterday I had bad heartburn all day. Today it's not too bad. I hope I can get off of it. I am going to give it 2 weeks to see if the heartburn lessons and my body adjusts.

I can eat one taco or one piece of pizza. If it's something like steak, I can probably eat 3 oz tops. That is just a guess. I think the steak is 6 oz and I can eat 1/3 of it, so maybe it's more like 2 oz. I know I can't eat an entire chicken breast.

That is true. You are not supposed to take calcium and iron within 2 hours of each other.

I became anemic too. You can get Iron from Vitalady.com which is easier on the stomach. It's called tender iron. I only have to take it once per day though.

The difference between a PPI and others is a PPI stops acid from forming or being produced. The others like zantac gets rid of it when you do get it. I am going to try to get off my Protonix. I didn't take it today and my stomach hurt and I felt hungry but I took some tums. I don't think it's going to be all that easy to get off of it.

Glad you finally got some answers to your problem!

yeah, that's what I saw on the news. I didn't take it today. I'll see what happens.

I am going to try taking my protonix every other day and see what happens. I saw something on the news that being on them long term can cause other problems so I am going to see if I can cut down . I've never been able to before, but I'll see what happens.

I hope to see you back in chat Hope! I'm so glad things are going well for you!

Yay Mini! Usually when that happens, a couple more lbs will follow right away. That's what happened to me, and then I would go on another stall. It was frustrating, but at least I would drop 4-5 lbs before the next stall started.

I agree that a 48 is pretty big. You definitely want to have confidence in your surgeon. If you're in an area where you have your choice of surgeons, keep searching until you find the one that makes you the most comfortable. You can message anyone on here for information about their surgeon.

There are some other protein drinks you could try. Some people like the nectar drinks better than protein shakes. There is a thread in the food section on places to order samples.

I am not a drinker at all. Last week a friend wanted to go and hear her friend play in a band. I decided to have a drink. I got completely drunk on one drink. I couldn't believe it. So yes, it does it hard and fast.

I have to say that I was one of the people who had no trouble right from the beginning eating or drinking. When I was in the hospital, I really had to force myself not to drink whatever they brought me as fast as I could. I heard about all these people who really struggled to drink. It was the same in the mushy phase. It wasn't until I moved to solids that 3 bites of food and I was totally stuffed. So yes, everyone is different and just be glad you're not struggling. Try to slow down and follow doctors orders about how fast to eat or drink. That's what I did, even though I felt like I could go a lot faster.

A very good Protein drink can be ordered from netrition.com I believe it's 120 calories and 25 grams of protein. I am not sure of the carb gram but I am sure it's not over 5. It's PVL whey Gourmet Peanut Butter and chocolate. It's very smooth and creamy. Netrition has 4.95 for their shipping no matter how much stuff you order.

they are okay to drink once you are cleared for full liquid. Most people are on clear liquid for a few days first.

goodlife, I don't know how you're getting so many carbs from just protein drinks. I am not saying that's bad, cause I agree that you don't have too worry to much on the post op diet. I am just curious because all the protein drinks that I used have about 5 grams of carbs per serving.