6 days post op and i cannot get my protein shakes down,water is ok but i cant get even 4 oz of my shake down.i am shakey and feeling sick. and have been in a foul mood..... is this he norm? help im starting to second guess my decision to get banded :angry:

Hang in there, it will get easier. At one week post op I was so frustrated and in tears because I was starving and not able to really eat anything besides liquids. Im at 7 weeks now, Im still having issues at times, but in the end it will all be worth it. I have to keep telling myself that. When that scale starts moving and you see the pounds falling off, it will motivate you. Take what your able to take with the shakes, small sips, try using a spoon, it will control how much you take in. I used a spoon to train myself to take small sips. It really helped. All liquids were painful going down. Try and find what works for you. The issue I have now is learning to listen to that signal that Im full and stop eating.

Good luck to you!

Maria

ty maria,ill try the spoon idea

6 days post op and i cannot get my Protein shakes down' date='Water is ok but i cant get even 4 oz of my shake down.i am shakey and feeling sick. and have been in a foul mood..... is this he norm? help im starting to second guess my decision to get banded :angry: [/quote']

I feel you dear. I was feeling the same way 3 days ago, it gets so much better! I cried & moped and carried on until yesterday afternoon when I started feeling better. Just listen to your body and try try try to get fluids down. I was extremely dehydrated and I'm sure that is part of why i felt so lousy.

im thinking thats part of my problem but i am having a hard time getting anything down without feeling so sick,ive had a constant headache and 0 energy

I had the headaches too, I stopped taking my lortab and switched to regular tylenol because the lortab didn't help the headaches and that was worse than anything else. My mom was getting very upset with me because I was getting so dehydrated but I couldn't help it so I know what you mean.

I hope you start feeling better very soon. It helped me to take a nice shower and get out of the house but that's so hard to do with no energy :-(

Hang in there, it will get easier. At one week post op I was so frustrated and in tears because I was starving and not able to really eat anything besides liquids. Im at 7 weeks now, Im still having issues at times, but in the end it will all be worth it. I have to keep telling myself that. When that scale starts moving and you see the pounds falling off, it will motivate you. Take what your able to take with the shakes, small sips, try using a spoon, it will control how much you take in. I used a spoon to train myself to take small sips. It really helped. All liquids were painful going down. Try and find what works for you. The issue I have now is learning to listen to that signal that Im full and stop eating.

Good luck to you!

Maria

i agree with Maria.. you could try watering down your shakes a little more ... see if that helps. what about low sugar icypoles??