I NEED HELP!!! I just had surgery a week ago today and I cant eat or drink the protien drinks I think Im dying I am nauseased all the time. is this normal and if so how long does it last? I dont think I can take much more of this

I NEED HELP!!! I just had surgery a week ago today and I cant eat or drink the protien drinks I think Im dying I am nauseased all the time. is this normal and if so how long does it last? I dont think I can take much more of this

Have you had your 1 week post-op appointment yet? Maybe contacting your doctor might be a good choice if you're having such a hard time. I was nauseated for a few days and didn't want to eat anything - but it turns out that when I did eat some of the nausea went away. Even if it's just drinking broth or a similiar liquid to get some nourishment into your body. I also had a hard time with the protien drinks because drinking them slow would make me want to throw up. I had my first post-op appointment yesterday and told them this. They said that because it's liquid I should be able to drink them fairly quickly because they should go right through the band. This way I can get them down quickly before I have time to think about throwing them back up. I would definitely try to get at least liquids (like the broth) down though, it might help your nausea.

Did they give you nausea medication? Take it... I luckily was never nauseated, but I do have the medication.

Are you not aloud Protein shakes? or are can't you just not get them down? Whatever you do, just sip small amounts every 5 minutes.

Call your doctor!

I had terrible post op nausea too. It didn't really start until 3 or 4 days after surgery and then lasted a full week. All I could stomach the thought of drinking was apple juice and maybe a little carnation instant Breakfast with milk.

Hang in there. As soon as the swelling goes down, the nausea should subside completely.

Be sure you're drinking something, so you don't get dehydrated. Maybe call your doc today just to let them know what's going on, before it's the weekend and hard to get ahold of anybody.

Try Carnation instant breakfast mixed with skim milk. It's like drinking chocolate milk. It probably won't help your nausea, but if you are getting nauseous from the protien drinks that might help. Also, you really should call your DR!!!

you need to cl your dr immediatly, my dr told me to call if i had any nausea, or couldnt take anything in! just to be safe! good luck!

Thanks everyone for this post and the answers. I was banded on Tuesday (Mar. 1) and at first there was just some soreness - no nausea or anything. I also had a hernia that they fixed. Then WHAM - yesterday after drinking a protein shake, I thought I was going to puke. I have been nauseated and having occasional dry heaves every since. I was freaking out because after all, aren't you supposed to be getting better? Not worse. Now I know that it is normal and just wait it out. It isn't very much fun, but at least I'm not worried like I was.

Call you doctor ASAP. Dry Heaves is very bad for your band. You may have some fill in your band. This could be causing your problems. If so having it removed could help you.

I had dry heaves after my surgery Feb 7th. I had to stay overnight in the hospital until late the next day. It wasn't fun. It did go away and they said mine was from anesthesia. I was so grateful to be in the hosp because they gave me broth,protein jello and juice. It helped me a lot having my first meals in the hosp. The nausea is miserable and it takes awhile to get any appetite.

Make sure you stay hydrated - water, juice, broth, anything. For protein try soy milk with flavorless protein powder & a little peanut butter - not as sweet as the actual protein shakes so less nausea. Also, I felt much better not taking all the prescrips and switched to liquid tylenol only.