I see a lot of the Protein shakes say to mix with milk or Water.

Can you use milk for the Protein Shakes post-op or just water?

i use Skim plus milk.. Works fine... lower in fat.. higher in protein

To answer your question: YES, you CAN drink milk post-op as long as you could tolerate milk PRE-OP that is. There have been a very FEW that have complained about suddenly becoming lactose intolerant POST-OP.

This also begs the question; Will you want to or need to? The answer is NO. You should try and avoid the calories and fat ( as Mouse Trap warns above) to enhance your caloric drop and speed your weight loss.

That being said, just TRY one of the shakes with Water, they are nasty with milk and IMHO just plain intolerable with water. But you be the judge.

What Rootman said... LOL I mix mine with Skim, at 6 days out, having no issues.

You can, I do skim milk with my protein shakes but you need to wait till your cleared for full liquids. For me, that was day 8, but it upset my stomach the first day. Sometimes our stomachs need a little more time to heal than what's been written down for us.

I just tried milk with some Unjury. I only had a couple of bites but my tummy was not happy about it. Within minutes I was feeling hot and my tummy was churning. I don't know if its lactose related or not. Never had any milk issues before surgery...idk...

I just tried milk with some Unjury. I only had a couple of bites but my tummy was not happy about it. Within minutes I was feeling hot and my tummy was churning. I don't know if its lactose related or not. Never had any milk issues before surgery...idk...

It was about 9 or 10 days after surgery that I could drink milk. Maybe you should wait a few days?

Waving hi Sharon! I can't because I was a little lactose intolerant before and now well yeah I don't go there. I would stick to Water just because of the calories unless you just can't stand it and then you do what you have to do to get your Protein in. I prefer the RTD ones just less hassle.

Swimmy

My dr said skim milk was fine from day 3 but I could not tolerate milk until about day 10.It is a lot better now.

Thanks everyone for the advice!

Waving "hi" back to swimmy!

I use Soy milk or Almond Milk (unsweetened) in my protein shakes.

I was great w/milk pre-sleeve but can't tolerate it post-op. Gives me d word. I can, however, eat hard cheese & I'm fine.