I was sleeved on Dec 24. Home on the 25th. Feeling okay. Not quite as well as I thought I would be doing.

My surgeon had me on Clear liquids Fri - Sun and to start full liquids Mon. (today) They seems to want me to take in alot of Protein drinks, which make me gag. I tried some strawberry spirutein this afternoon (2 oz) and now I am freaking out about the seeds in it. That it will hurt my incision line. I am so nervous to eat anything, but I cannot believe how hungry I am. What should I be eating?

My dietitian says 3 days clear liquid, 2.5 weeks full liquids, then I will meet with her again and move to pureed.

Just wondering what your post op diet was?

Thank you!

Stacie -

Congratulations on your surgery. What a Christmas present to yourself. Good for you.

Here is what I lived on during the full liquid phase:

Oikos greek yogurt sweetened with SF Torani syrups or splenda

Creamed Soups - added some unflavored Protein powder

Milk

SF Carnation Instant Breakfast made with milk and added a little bit of extra Protein Powder - tasted like chocolate milk.

SF pudding and Jello

and of course....protein drinks

I hope this helps.

Thanks Linda! May I ask when you started these liquids and how long til you progressed further? Where you ever hungry this early?

Stacie,

I was on clear liquids for 3 days and then full liquids for 2 weeks. Week 3 & 4, I slowly progressed to mushies (cottage cheese, mushy tuna salad, mushy chicken salad, low fat cheese) and then week 5 & 6 soft foods (deli meat, taco meat, spag meat sauce - no noodles). I just progressed slowly and backed down a bit if something made my stomach hurt. Nothing with seeds (raspberries, strawberries) until 6 weeks per my surgeon.

What unflavored protein powder did you use?

I used Nectar Medical Unflavored Protein.

Where did you buy it and did you put it in anything other than your soup? Like Crystal lite?

Netrition.com carries the nectar Unflavored I believe.

You can google it and find more sources. Or google "unflavored Protein, low carb"

I didn't try it in crystal light, but it's worth a try. I had some of their flavored (fuzzy navel, caribbean cooler, etc) that I added to diluted crystal light.

I used nectar Medical Unflavored Protein.

Has anyone seen this in a store?

I bought unflavored Protein powder at GNC.It was their store brand. I put it in SF Hawaiian punch, crystal lite, etc.

My post op diet was 10 days Clear liquids, 10 days full liquids, then 10 days of mushy foods.

I bought it online - Vitamin Shoppe may carry it. They carry a lot of the Nectar products.

What are considered clear liquids?

chicken broth, and juices like crystal lite, sf Hawaiian punch, sf gatoraide or poweraide & sf popsicles.

I lived on chicken broth, crystal light, and SF popsicles.