Well Ive been reading lots of threads here lately. I guess well yes I know I did it to myself but after not eating like I should or drinking fluids after 6 weeks...I was hospitalized!!! Total dehydration...low potassium...no nutrients and hypoglycemic....6 days of hospital. Needless to say today (first day home) I am drinking lots and trying to eat!!! Just take it slow and easy everyone and follow doctors rules.....

its hard in the beginning to get in fluids and quite easy to get dehydrated... hope you feel better soon...

I feel awful for you! I had such a horrible time when I first got home too. I hated the taste of everything, food and liquids. About the 4th day after surgery a good friend of mine came and took care of me to get liquids in me so I wouldn't be hospitalized. If it hadn't been for her I would have been admitted. She cooked a turkey for me! I couldn't eat the turkey right away but the broth!!! OMG! It tasted wonderful and I literally lived on the turkey broth for the next following 2 weeks! The point of me telling you my story is to let you know that you need to just keep trying different things until you find something that you can eat or drink. TRY, TRY, AND TRY SOME MORE! You are going to be just fine....Good luck on your journey!

it took me a long time to get used to the liquid idea. I started with carnation breakfast and fat free skim milk...2 drinks at a time...worked my way up from there, still having a struggle w/my daily water. I'm always full feeling, or before I remember no drinking after eating, i have already eaten and have to wait!! >.<

Now, I"m trying to remember to drink my water BEFORE my meals, and then another round of water 20min AFTER.

it's a learning process for everyone...have faith and keep trying!!

You all are so sweet for kind words....I have learned each day is a day by day thing....its a trial...some days are good some are bad! I know there will be a light at the end of the tunnel...I just havent found that tunnel yet!!

i'm on the track, but the tunnel is nowhere in sight!!! lol it is a daily thing, every day is different. I'm having a hard time w/my changing taste buds. What used to be tolerated and good sometimes is awful and undigestable. Example? Applesauce. I used to eat the natural unsweet MOTT'S applesauce daily. Post op, wk3 I tried, it tasted weird and texture was ick! I just gave up and stuck to jello! I have reverted to my week 2/3 stage foods just to be able to eat/stomach some substanence! Sigh...it's a long road, but i'm on the wagon rolling along...keep your chin up and don't be afraid to take it slow. You have to go at your own body's pace (and tastes!) You're going to find your way, i know i'm still looking!