So..... I am on day 18 post op, in the throes of the PUREE stage and feel like I am:

1. always tired. Can't seem to get quite to 60-80g of Protein..... HAAAAAAATE ALL shakes and powders. They gag me.

2. When I eat (let's say 1 egg with a sprinkle of cheese on them), it first of all..... takes me like 15-20 mins if I do not want to feel pain in my stomach (i can eat refried Beans, but ANY thing like that is sooooooooooooooooooooo heavy on my stomach and makes me feel terrible!!!

3. Wondering if my ability to eat just a WEE bit more will ever come! ( i know I did this for a reason, but I am OVER only being able to eat Soup, broth, SF popsicles, shakes and diet liquids without feeling it feel like a BOULDER in my stomach after one or two bites!!!

4.And to top alllll this off.... i seemed to have stalled ..... grrrrr.....

Just looking for your experiences with this stage, does it get better and am I really crazy??? :***- {

Unjury has been a life saver for me.

I got the isopure in the bottles. I like the idea of not having to mix it myself and each bottle has 40 grams in it. The new coconut one only has 20. But if I drink one all day 40 grams is better then none.

I have the grape frost in the 40g bottles and BEFORE surgery,,it was ok..... But after...... I makes me want to throw up too. Makes me reticent to try the other ones because these bottles ( bought a group of 12!!) are very expensive!!! I'm bummed that I liked it before and hate it now

I'm going to see if my friend ( who was sleeved on 7/9) wants to buy it off of me.... Lol

unjury has been a life saver for me.

I have the chicken Soup.... The thing that is hard is that it can only be lukewarm and has a slit aftertaste, but is not too bad.

The chocolate is now TOO sweet to me.....

I feel like Goldilocks trying to find her bed right now.....

Me too! Bought something that said 52 grams of protein one ready to drink shake. It was the most barfilicious crap I have ever tasted.

I too struggle with the milk protein shakes. Premier is my favorite, if I had to do a creamy one. But have you tried syntrex nectars? They have milky flavored ones but they also have good water ones. My newest favs are roadside lemonade and fuzzy navel (peach flavored). They go down so much easier. Isopure was too sweet for me. But these remind me a lot of a Vitamin water. I actually mixed the fuzzy navel in an orange Vit Water Zero and it's just like orange juice (with a hint of peach)

So..... I am on day 18 post op' date=' in the throes of the PUREE stage and feel like I am:

1. always tired. Can't seem to get quite to 60-80g of Protein..... HAAAAAAATE ALL shakes and powders. They gag me.

2. When I eat (let's say 1 egg with a sprinkle of cheese on them), it first of all..... takes me like 15-20 mins if I do not want to feel pain in my stomach (i can eat refried Beans, but ANY thing like that is sooooooooooooooooooooo heavy on my stomach and makes me feel terrible!!!

3. Wondering if my ability to eat just a WEE bit more will ever come! ( i know I did this for a reason, but I am OVER only being able to eat Soup, broth, SF popsicles, shakes and diet liquids without feeling it feel like a BOULDER in my stomach after one or two bites!!!

4.And to top alllll this off.... i seemed to have stalled ..... grrrrr.....

Just looking for your experiences with this stage, does it get better and am I really crazy??? :***- {[/quote']

At 18days post op I was still on full liquids and can still totally relate to what your feeling. But I'm 5 weeks post op and I can tell you it does get better. Its been a huge learning process. I've had to established a meal routine and stick to it. Small portions and learn from what your body is telling you. If your full stop and try something else for your next meal. Its hard but it does slowly get better. My doctor told me that getting my protein in is a key factor in getting over a stall. Hope this helps.

So..... I am on day 18 post op' date=' in the throes of the PUREE stage and feel like I am:

1. always tired. Can't seem to get quite to 60-80g of Protein..... HAAAAAAATE ALL shakes and POWDERS. They gag me.

2. When I eat (let's say 1 egg with a sprinkle of cheese on them), it first of all..... takes me like 15-20 mins if I do not want to feel pain in my stomach (i can eat refried Beans, but ANY thing like that is sooooooooooooooooooooo heavy on my stomach and makes me feel terrible!!!

3. Wondering if my ability to eat just a WEE bit more will ever come! ( i know I did this for a reason, but I am OVER only being able to eat soup, broth, SF popsicles, shakes and diet liquids without feeling it feel like a BOULDER in my stomach after one or two bites!!!

4.And to top alllll this off.... i seemed to have stalled ..... grrrrr.....

Just looking for your experiences with this stage, does it get better and am I really crazy??? :***- {[/quote']

It absolutely does get easier, and that is when the real work begins! : )

Protein Shakes that I liked pre-op, I couldn't stand post-op, and then I liked them again further out. So see what happens for you over time.

I too struggle with the milk Protein shakes. Premier is my favorite' date=' if I had to do a creamy one. But have you tried syntrex nectars? They have milky flavored ones but they also have good Water ones. My newest favs are roadside lemonade and fuzzy navel (peach flavored). They go down so much easier. Isopure was too sweet for me. But these remind me a lot of a Vitamin water. I actually mixed the fuzzy navel in an orange Vit Water Zero and it's just like orange juice (with a hint of peach)[/quote']

The nectars made me sick. Which was a bummer because it was a good change up from the other stuff.

All my Protein shakes made me sick. I started drinking isopure and that has been better for me. Have you tried them? My doctor told me that if I want it sweeter' date=' to mix in a packet of Splenda.[/quote']

I also HATE protein shakes/drinks. I got a fruit punch flavored isopure from GNC. it tastes like nothing. Like Water that is not sweetened enough. I thought about adding some fruit punch flavored SF drops to it. It is MUCH better than what I was drinking!!!

I bought the isopure today omg I could not tolerate it.

Oh no!!!!

Did you freeze it before drinking it??

What flavor did you get? Did you by the premixed bottles? I add Splenda to mine an it taste good!

I cannot stomach them at all. Basically I tolerate a very bland no taste diet right now. I did find beechnut stage 1 turkey baby food 1 ounce has 6gm protein which was pretty decent. I'm pretty swollen my surgery lasted 4 hours instead of 1 hour as usual.

Not sure about the smoothie' date=' but someone did post that a frozen 1/2 a banana and the Premier chocolate shake blended up is pretty good! Think I'll try that today

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I mix some ice, half a banana and a spoonful of that powdered Peanut Butter with the chocolate shake and it tastes like Reese's lol