Just got home from the hospital and had a pretty good experience. I was sleeved at 10 am Monday morning. The surgery itself went well. I did not have a drain and was back in my room in about 3 hrs. Fortunately, I had no pain at all really. Unfortunately, I had a bad reaction to the anesthetic. I was really nauseated for the next 26 hrs. I even had dry heaves all night long basically every time I lifted my had from the bed. But, no pain at all! Once the nausea was under control and I could walk around, I started getting up more and then I really began to rebound. The walking is so great. I don't have any trouble getting the fluids in and I had my first Protein shake when I got home tonight. It took an hour or so to get down but I don't feel too full or uncomfortable. Don't have any gas issues either. Looking forward to the next couple of days to see how it goes. Hope eveyone else that is getting sleeved this week feels this good 60 hrs out.

Nausea after surgery can be from your pain meds. Morphine make me sick. I told them before and they gave me dilauded (sp) in stead. It amazes me why some docs can't figure this out. Alot of people don't tolerate Morphine.

The headaches definately can be caused by artificial sweeteners. I did not use sugar-free "anything" and I did not have headaches.

For a protein drink that not the consistancy of paint, use Carnation Instant (not SF), two Tbls. Non-Fat Dry Milk powder, 8 oz milk and two ice cubes. Throw it in the Magic bullet, whip it up and it's really good. It's not syrupy sweet either.

I ate popsickles (which went down GREAT) to get more fluids in at the beginning.

Good luck to you!

Thank you so much for all the help. I guess I need to look harder for the unflavored protein liquid. I'll look online. Thanks. Vitamin Shoppe here doesn't sell anything that is unflavored - in fact they looked at me like I was a nut for even asking - I guess the assumption is that you want something you can mix with water so it has to have a sweet flavor. My headaches are so much better. I think getting my liquids back up is the main thing. I am actually up to 64 oz now which I wasn't for the first 5 days after surgery. I feel considerably "less full" now. Thanks to everyone for the help.

Thank you so much for all the help. I guess I need to look harder for the unflavored Protein liquid. I'll look online. Thanks. Vitamin Shoppe here doesn't sell anything that is unflavored - in fact they looked at me like I was a nut for even asking - I guess the assumption is that you want something you can mix with Water so it has to have a sweet flavor. My headaches are so much better. I think getting my liquids back up is the main thing. I am actually up to 64 oz now which I wasn't for the first 5 days after surgery. I feel considerably "less full" now. Thanks to everyone for the help.

I found "flavored" protein shots (26 grams) at both Walmart and costco. Since I love grape flavor the most, I just poured it into one of my Grape Zero Powerades/G2's or allowable juices, etc (pre-surgery) and that really helped me tolerate the taste much better.

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