Hi all

I hate to be a baby here. BUT..I started full liquids on Friday, didnt do bad over the weekend, had too small slips. I am on clears today, and I feel really,

really yukky..lightheaded, shaky, sweaty, just blech.

Today I havce had 4 sf Jello packs, 1 strained chicken Soup, and a couple of sips of sweet and sour soup.

Trying to stay away from sugars and stuff, sort of a sugar withdrawal

period.

My tummy is growling and I feel sick to my stomach.

Help!!

Surgery on Wednesday the 23rd

Tia,

Lisa

Ah, gripe away, I do! This will be the furthest from your mind tomorrow and you can power through!! One thing you need to realize right this second is that everything for the next few weeks/months is temporary. Some drinks/foods will work one day and maybe not the next. It is a real learning curve and you need to have patience with your body and become reacquainted with it post-op. I did well likening my post-op food regimen with introducing foods to a baby and psychologically it worked for the most part.

You'll have some rough Patches but you'll get through it... one way or another you'll power on through!

Is there a reason you are eating sugar free items? If not eat the regular. Sugar free Jello and popsickles are nothing but chemicals and artificial colors. Read the ingredients label. That may be why you are exhaused and feel sick to your stomach.

One of the artifical sweeteners called sorbitol, is not absorbed by the body but draws water from the body into the bowel, resulting in diarrhea.

Hope you feel better REAL soon!

Also did you drink a lot of caffeine filled products before? Some of it might be related to that..... hang in...think of it like a detox for your op.

Good luck

Kathy