amandaRN

I mix my unflavored powder 1 scoop to 1 packet of swiss miss hot chocolate and hot hot Water or milk depending on how much more protein I need for the day. I also mix it into pudding sometimes.

I had my VSG on 7/12/2011 at Texas Health Presbyterian in PLano TX by Dr. Hamn. I had planned for this surgery since March and everything came together easily enough. The course has been harder than I expected, which is silly because I am an RN and know what major abdominal surgery entails...lol. I have lost 20 pounds and have no idea if that is typical or not. I am 5'7" and preop weight was 257 pounds. Everything was going fairly okay until the beginning of my second week out. Last Wednesday I began having terrible nausea that only tolerates hot teas or ice chips...forget protein drinks. I am trying as hard as I can to force the protein down but am lucky to get 30 grams a day right now. The nausea is making the already nasty protein drinks unbearably horrible and I don't know what to do. Started my Prilosec back today to see if ithelps. My surgeon thinks if I will increase my protein the nausea will go away but didnt have any suggestions on how to get that accomplished when the thought alone of a protein supplement is enough to make me gag. I have tried many so far and spent a small fortune trying to find something I like. Basically I need a large dose of protein in a small volume so I can choke it down I guess. I would love any feedback on what to expect with this nausea and suggestions for protein. The most tolerable option I have now is unflavored whey mixed into swiss miss hot chocolate and the body fortress shots are not as bad as most. On another note, I really miss eating psychoogically, but have not experienced real hunger excpet once or twice in this whole process. I have sampled very small and very few bites of very soft foods such as mashed potato, eggs, tuna salad in addition to the thick full liquids diet I am on right now. Waiting on the nausea to improve to asggressively get into exercise. I stay busy right now and am on the go constantly with kids shopping for back to school, swimming, camping, boating but am not sure when to start getting really physical. I hope the nausea goes away soon so I can conquer the exercise part. I am almost afriad to sweat and lose any precious fluid...lol. Trying to stay positive though and focus on the joy of watching the pounds fall off.