KellyLessBelly

I'm 21 days out from surgery and I'm only getting in 150-250 calories a day. I can eat about 6 small bites of anything, whether that's cottage cheese, beans, soup, chicken, tuna, egg. I make myself eat 3 times a day because I never feel hungry. Protein drinks come right back up. I've tried over a dozen different kinds. It amazes me that some of you are able to get in 500-700+ calories a day. I feel like if I could eat that much, I'd have more energy. Anyone else where I'm at?

Thanks to everyone for commenting and sharing your experiences. My soreness has improved greatly with a few days of complete rest. The tiredness actually worsened to the point that I decided to call my surgeon's office. They said that how I'm feeling is within normal limits. They referred to it as Hibernation Syndrome and told me that I basically have to wait it out. My body is trying to hibernate for survival because it's in starvation mode. At some point, it will decide to use fat stores (and my poor muscles, since I can't seem to get enough protein) for energy and I'll start feeling more energetic. My surgery was 21 days ago and I'm down 31 pounds, so no complaints in that department!

I am 18 days out from surgery and very sore and tired. It seems like a huge task to do just about anything. I guess I expected to feel much more back to normal by now.

First soft food that agreed with me... refried beans. Wahoo!

Labs came back better than expected. No more #2's yet, so things are good as far as we can tell! Thanks for asking!

Just went back today to sit in an all day conference. I took walking breaks and did ok. I felt great in the beginning, but I was more than ready to go home towards the end! Now I'm super sore and I think it was from being in the sitting position so much.

Doc ordered labs and ordered me to go to the ER if I see this again. He should have the lab results by morning. I have a feeling I'll be in the ER before then

Please pray for me. I had surgery on July 31, went back in for exploratory surgery to look for unexplained blood loss the next day, on Aug 1. They found nothing, determined bleeding had stopped, I recovered and came home feeling pretty good yesterday. This morning, I had a frightening toilet episode. Surgeon is being contacted by the answering service as I type this. The picture is graphic, but this was my stool. I am incredibly shaky and getting scared. [ATTACH]4448[/ATTACH]

Well... good thing I prepared! Sure enough, I started 2nd day after surgery and still going...

Sitting here waiting for check-in at the hospital. They called early this morning and asked me to come asap. I was scheduled at noon. No clue what time I'll actually go in! Feeling the nerves!

I check into the hospital at 9:30am for surgery at noon!

Me too!

Water, jello, broth, popsicle. Yum! I can't wait to eat real food again...

I'm not there yet. Surgery is on Weds & started liquid diet today, but I have read several comments from others on these threads that said "liquid in, liquid out," so I think it might be normal.

No problem!

Nutritionist

Anyone using the Mio drops in their water? I read a lot about Crystal Light on here, but not other water additives.

Anyone using the Mio drops in their water? I read a lot about Crystal Light on here, but not other water additives.

Thanks! I start my liquid diet tomorrow. I've been really preoccupied with thinking about the surgery all weekend. I'm trying to figure out if there's one last thing I want to eat. I've got 6 hours to figure it out or forget about it!

Thanks! I start my liquid diet tomorrow. I've been really preoccupied with thinking about the surgery all weekend. I'm trying to figure out if there's one last thing I want to eat. I've got 6 hours to figure it out or forget about it!

I'm on the 31st!

Yikes! Ok, I'm packing pads!

I am only required a 2 day liquid diet, so I'll start it on the 29th. Not losing yet, but I am down a few pounds from my highest. It must be really difficult for those of you required to do a longer liquid diet before surgery. Do you feel hungry a lot?

I can't imagine that happening since I've maintained regularity for the past 20 years, but if I do, I'll just ask for hospital pads. Can't be any worse than using them after delivering a baby!