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today is my second day on the pre-op diet. I am on 4 Protein shakes a day. I am not big on sweet things. I can't eat a lot of sugar without getting sick, meaning when my husband wants to go to waffle house, if I eat I'm in the bathroom halfway through the meal with the runs. I also don't do well with artificial sweetners. They make me sick to my stomach and I don't like the taste so I try to avoid them. I figured I'd have to suck it up for this, and I am. Except my shakes are sweetned with sucralose... my least favorite.. .and apparently my body is not dealing to well with it. I have the worse runs I've ever had in my life. I'm talking less than 15 seconds from stomach cramp to coming out the other end. I have a headache, and I'm sweaty and I'm nauseous. I don't think it is the Protein, because I do Protein Shakes fairly regularly... just ones that are actually sweetned. I'm worried about getting through the rest of the week, and also the first week post op. Since everything is sweetned with sucralose, I'm not sure what to do. I am debating cancelling all the orders I made online for the post op drinks because they are all sweetned with sucralose.

Anyone else have this problem? Should I suck it up or call my doc? are there any drinks that aren't artificially sweetned or maybe sweetned with stevia that I can switch to?

back to the bathroom!!! agh.

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try whey Protein shakes by Jay Robb, no sucralose. they have many flavors too.

GNC, Vitamin Shoppe have them

Godsend and lifesaver. I will go out and get some tomorrow!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I believe that there are other ones with that sweetener. I know that I tried a new shake and had horrible diarrea within minutes!!! It was actually just yesterday! I am going to change mine too. I would say not to stick with it if it is making you sick. I would check with your GNC store if you have one or a place where they sell Vitamins and shakes. Call them and see what they say. I know they have a return policy if you can't deal with it. Some even have samples. Good luck!

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today is my second day on the pre-op diet. I am on 4 Protein shakes a day. I am not big on sweet things. I can't eat a lot of sugar without getting sick, meaning when my husband wants to go to waffle house, if I eat I'm in the bathroom halfway through the meal with the runs. I also don't do well with artificial sweetners. They make me sick to my stomach and I don't like the taste so I try to avoid them. I figured I'd have to suck it up for this, and I am. Except my shakes are sweetned with sucralose... my least favorite.. .and apparently my body is not dealing to well with it. I have the worse runs I've ever had in my life. I'm talking less than 15 seconds from stomach cramp to coming out the other end. I have a headache, and I'm sweaty and I'm nauseous. I don't think it is the Protein, because I do Protein Shakes fairly regularly... just ones that are actually sweetned. I'm worried about getting through the rest of the week, and also the first week post op. Since everything is sweetned with sucralose, I'm not sure what to do. I am debating cancelling all the orders I made online for the post op drinks because they are all sweetned with sucralose.

Anyone else have this problem? Should I suck it up or call my doc? are there any drinks that aren't artificially sweetned or maybe sweetned with stevia that I can switch to?

back to the bathroom!!! agh.

Wow, sorry to hear about you having this kind of problem. I believe what you are experience is something we in the medical field refer to as dumping. While it sounds literal, it's a condition where your body has a major sensitivity to high concentrations of sugars and causes an instant ramping of bowel motility. The small bowel goes into overdrive and the large bowel experiences some colic. The end result is the squirts unfortunately.

I hope the recommended shakes help with your diet plan, if not, I would consult your physician to determine alternative diet plans. There are so many out there.

Good luck,

Jason "The Night Shift Nurse"

St. Louis, MO

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i used carnation instant Breakfast, no sugar added pre made Protein drinks... they taste pretty good and only contain natural sugar from lactose...

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Went to whole foods right after I woke up. I grabbed one of the Jay Robb chocolates cansiters and some clear mixing fibre to add, as that was missing. I also grabbed some metabolic reset by natures way, as this was the closest to the one the doc prescribed me (they prescribe one you can only buy in their office, bleh). I've tried the metabolic reset and it is actually yummy. And I'm not sick so far!! I highly suggest it. I've tried the vanilla so far. Will try the chocolate later. They also have a strawberry flavored with real strawberries that I've ordered online.

I believe that there are other ones with that sweetener. I know that I tried a new shake and had horrible diarrea within minutes!!! It was actually just yesterday! I am going to change mine too. I would say not to stick with it if it is making you sick. I would check with your GNC store if you have one or a place where they sell Vitamins and shakes. Call them and see what they say. I know they have a return policy if you can't deal with it. Some even have samples. Good luck!

I'm sorry you had a rough experience with the Protein shakes too! (though a little happy to see it isn't just me). I hope you've found one that works for you too.

Wow, sorry to hear about you having this kind of problem. I believe what you are experience is something we in the medical field refer to as dumping. While it sounds literal, it's a condition where your body has a major sensitivity to high concentrations of sugars and causes an instant ramping of bowel motility. The small bowel goes into overdrive and the large bowel experiences some colic. The end result is the squirts unfortunately.

Sucralose shouldn't cause dumping though, should it?

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Just had the chocolate metabolic reset and it tastes like chocolate milk!!! It's a bit sweeter than I'd like, so I might add some extra tart nonfat strained yogurt to cut the sweetness, but I kind of want to cry. My life just got so much easier. I have no desire to chug these to get it out of the way. I'm also forcing myself to have the second one as the first one really did keep me full going on 5 hours now.

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I have a large jug of Muscle Milk listed on ebay if you are interested. Check out the price anyway.

Flavor is Pina Colada.

Hope this helps.

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we really need to check labels don't we! this has been a fun journey, learning so much about the good and bad additives in food. it all makes a difference.

a lot of those other sweetners settle in our belly causing all that belly fat that we work so hard to get rid of!

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