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Post op day 2-- cant eat help.

Misty_eyes

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Misty_eyes    79

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Hi! This is my first time posting on the postop site Other than Gas pain, surgery was okay. So day #2 i can't take much except Water, tried everything on clear liquid menu. If I drink 1oz Protein then I have weird feeling like throwing up, so I stopped it. So broth 1oz literally 1 medicine cup and I'm so full. I thought I was supposed to sip all the time upto 6oz/hr but that's not happening. Is this normal? I average 1oz/hr otherwise stomach is not happy. Please advise.

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fyre_storm    1,412

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Extra extremely normal. Just keep trying and don't over do it.

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giggles232000    56

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yeah I was the same way just take it slow and every day will get easier I am 3 weeks out and still cant drink all my Water or eat much but I am able to have more then I did last week, just dont over do it listen to your body

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Annie B    89

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Just be careful about dehydration - dry lips, mouth, etc., you might need IV fluids at some point if you're unable to take in more than 1 oz an hour. Beef broth was delicious to me...

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Misty_eyes    79

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Thank you! I tried beef broth, will try anything coz I hate gooing to ER. And know dangers of dehydration. Thanks for advise guys, yes! I am listening to my body, and I no know what everyone is talking about when they can't describe "the feeling" but it is there when my body doesn't like something.

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lmedalsy    76

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Im 2 dayys out too.. Im able to drink half a small bottle of Water all day and a bit of Protein jello.. Dr said its ok as long as i keep hydrated.. I take tiny tiny sips at once.. I keep feeling like burping.. Take ur time it gets better

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Mystie    146

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I'm 2 days out ant having trouble, too. I have sugar free twin popsicles that are about 2.5 oz and I put them in a bowl because it takes an hour to finish one.

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NurseGrace    509

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Hi! This is my first time posting on the postop site Other than Gas pain, surgery was okay. So day #2 i can't take much except Water, tried everything on clear liquid menu. If I drink 1oz Protein then I have weird feeling like throwing up, so I stopped it. So broth 1oz literally 1 medicine cup and I'm so full. I thought I was supposed to sip all the time upto 6oz/hr but that's not happening. Is this normal? I average 1oz/hr otherwise stomach is not happy. Please advise.

Sounds painfully average. Keep your doctor informed if things get worse in case he/she thinks you need intravenous fluids but otherwise just keep sipping.

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Misty_eyes    79

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Thanks! I feel better now knowing I am not alone, and that this is normal. It seemed that all my efforts, research, reading and teaching was focused on the preop. Lol! I can't even believe i already did it. Will continue to sip and hydrate ;D

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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