Hello Everyone, I am 4 days post op today!! YAY!! I am having a hard time getting all my protien in and all my water. I am on a full liquid diet for 3 weeks, so yesterday when I got home from the hospital I started the diet my DR. gave me. I can have atkins shakes 3 times a day and then a liqiuid snack twice a day (broth, jello, popsicle,) plus 48oz of water. My problem is the atkins shakes are 11oz and i can't seem to get them down, and when i do i feel sick,(warm, shakie, sweaty). So my question is how does one do this with out getting sick, I try to drink the "meals" over an hour but it is not working. Any advice would be helpful. Maybe the atkins shakes are too rich, maybe I should just be using regular whey powder. I am taking sips of water every 10 min. but the meals are what makes me feel sick. Any help would be apprciated,

Hello Everyone' date=' I am 4 days post op today!! YAY!! I am having a hard time getting all my protien in and all my Water. I am on a full liquid diet for 3 weeks, so yesterday when I got home from the hospital I started the diet my DR. gave me. I can have atkins shakes 3 times a day and then a liqiuid snack twice a day (broth, Jello, popsicle,) plus 48oz of water. My problem is the atkins shakes are 11oz and i can't seem to get them down, and when i do i feel sick,(warm, shakie, sweaty). So my question is how does one do this with out getting sick, I try to drink the "meals" over an hour but it is not working. Any advice would be helpful. Maybe the atkins shakes are too rich, maybe I should just be using regular whey powder. I am taking sips of water every 10 min. but the meals are what makes me feel sick. Any help would be apprciated,[/quote']

When I was only four days out my nut and dr. had me focus on getting liquids in first, then Protein. If your just focusing on protein than you won't get your liquids in and will have a high chance of getting dehydrated. As your stomach heals you will be able to get in more protein, I never did the shakes. I did the protein broths, hot chocolate and sometimes Isopure. You will find what works for you! Good luck, don't ever second guess yourself though call your dr or nut...that's what their there for

I personally have trouble with the RTD shakes - they are too thick for me right now. I've had better luck using the powder and mixing my own - 8 oz. milk and 4 oz. water, or for the fruit flavored Syntrax Nectar ones just 12 oz. water and some ice. That way I actually wind up getting in some extra liquids too.

I am 4 days post op as well and had a bad reaction to the anesthesia (severe nausea and blood pressure spike). The day after surgery the nut had me do 2 oz of protein on the hour with 2 oz of hydrating every 15 min. It was waaaay to much and my nausea was getting worse even with aggressive treatment. The patient advocate came in and changed me to 1 oz every 15 and watered down the Isopure protein (I brought to the hospital - the Glucerna they served was horrific) to 1/2 oz with 1/2 oz water every 30 minutes. That was the turning point for me. Today is the first day I have not needed to take nausea or pain meds and life is looking up. : )

My dr said no protein the first week, just clear liquids. I'm having enough trouble getting water down, can't imagine having to worry about protein, too!

Thanks everyone for the advise, I think I am going to concentrate on just getting liquids in for now and get protein in when I can. Today I had a popsicle, 4oz yogurt, and unjury chicken soup and so far I feel pretty good. I have also had about 40 oz of water. So today was a good day. Thanks again everyone!!!

I like the Unjury shakes, 8 oz skim milk with one scoop of protein powder. 20 g of protein.