DaleB

I'm having the sleeve 7/25. I searched Protein Soup on Amazon. It has 15+ g of protein. Ordered it today, so can't validate the taste.

I'm also going with the hernia repair surgery to my family. I told 1 friend, my bf and my ex husband

Follow your doc's instructions and don't read things into them that may not be there based upon what other people do - some docs don't want their patients fasting for weeks leading up to surgery.
If you want to get a jump start on things, by all means integrate Protein Drinks into your routine, trying different ones, including the clear ones, to see which you like or at least tolerate Then keep the rest of your diet to leaner meats and green vegetables, minimizing your carbohydrate intake - that will do as much good as any liquid diet without the side effects. And rejoice that you don't have one of those docs who like multi-week/month liquid diets.

So this just in...My surgery was pushed to August 1st, due to my white blood cell count being elevated ( acute pharyngitis)- PCP isn't able to give me clearance until my labs are perfect. So yea- this is a bit of a blessing ins disguise, by the date being pushed I get to accrue more time off work/ can take more time off. I am going to take 2 weeks off now instead of 4 days.