I was sleeved on October 26th and I've just started adding back my protein drinks and I'm having a hard time. None of the ones I liked before surgery taste good to me, in fact one of them made me nauseous. Every time I take a sip of one it feels very uncomfortable going down, no matter how small it is. I don't have any trouble getting liquids, broth, or cream soups down. Has anyone else had this trouble. I'm afraid about not getting in enough protein.

Hi, I'm not sleeved yet but have read on here that a lot of folks' tastes change after surgery. Have you considered buying an unflavored protein mix? I guess you can mix it with broth, juice, puddings, yogurt and other stuffs. I plan on buying some Unjury brand to use after my surgery. You can buy single serve packets to try before spending the big bucks on the canister. They have a website if you're interested. I'm sure there are other brands as well that may be cheaper. Good Luck!

I can't even drink protien drinks now except for Boost

^{I have been sleeved for a little over 4 weeks and I have to agree, most of those Protein drinks are NASTY!}

^{I came across Premier Protein at Sams Club (costco carries it too) - it is AWESOME! It comes in vanilla, chocolate and strawberry and it is 30g of protein, 160 calories, 3g of sugar and 5g of carbs for 11 ozs. I highly recommend you scoop some up. It is by far the best tasting Protein Drink on the market (in my opinion). Sometimes on the weekends, Sam's Club demos the Protein Drinks and you can try them before buying them!}

^{I bought the individual packets from unjury too and a canister of unflavored to put in broth, yogurt etc. But the truth is...even the unflavored has a flavor. Hate to say it, but true.}

^{Good Luck to you!}

I'm still preop - but I've watched some of the youtube vids of people after surgery talking about how it's very uncomfortable for things to go down, that they can feel it very distinctly going down and it's not pleasant. Then those same people a week or so later are back on talking about how that subsided and it's back to normal now. It could be hard to take because of all the internal swelling of your stomach and the healing process, so just focus on getting in what you can and take your time.

(easy for a pre-op'er to say, huh?) GOOD LUCK!!!

Thanks for everyone's comments! I'll just keep trying, and I'm sure it will get better.