Hi all. I had surgery on July 26th (last thurs). It's been a rough few days & I'm hoping this won't last too long. Does anyone have any suggestions, advice, or words of wisdom to get thru the first few weeks/months?

Congrats on your new life. Just follow your dr orders and don't give up. I am almost 3 months post op and do not regret it one bit.

Make sure u get ur Protein in and keep walking.... i am almost two months post op down over fifty pounds and loving the new me. So just keep up with doctor orders and u will do great

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Thanks for the advice. :-)

Make sure u get ur Protein in and keep walking....

Being a picky eater, it's really hard to get all that protein in, but I will tell you... I have already seen how important it is. I'm losing TONS of hair! Since I haven't been able to keep down foods or even Protein drinks and Vitamins, etc., my hair is paying the price. So if you can choke it down, do!

I found at Walmart protein shots. They're not the greatest alone, but I added some of the watermelon to a little bit of juice and Water (reduce the sugar) and that helped me get 20g+ protein in one little drink. Each vial has 48g in it so I'm going to be trying pretty hard to get those down.

Another thing I've found is that Carnation Instant Breakfast tastes better than the actual protein powders. If you can handle milk, there's 13g per 8 oz. serving. I haven't tried it yet with soy milk, but I have to use it with water, because my tiny tummy rejects milk; but when I do that I have to also add some Protein powder because 8g comes from the milk itself. Either way, it tastes better. Sometimes that protein flavor can get to be too much.

Being a picky eater' date=' it's really hard to get all that Protein in, but I will tell you... I have already seen how important it is. I'm losing TONS of hair! Since I haven't been able to keep down foods or even protein drinks and Vitamins, etc., my hair is paying the price. So if you can choke it down, do!

I found at Walmart protein shots. They're not the greatest alone, but I added some of the watermelon to a little bit of juice and Water (reduce the sugar) and that helped me get 20g+ protein in one little drink. Each vial has 48g in it so I'm going to be trying pretty hard to get those down.

Another thing I've found is that Carnation Instant Breakfast tastes better than the actual protein powders. If you can handle milk, there's 13g per 8 oz. serving. I haven't tried it yet with soy milk, but I have to use it with water, because my tiny tummy rejects milk; but when I do that I have to also add some protein powder because 8g comes from the milk itself. Either way, it tastes better. Sometimes that protein flavor can get to be too much.[/quote']

I hadn't been able to get any protein in since surgery, but today my hubby kinda put his foot down & said I needed 2 TRY a little bit of a Protein shake. I was lactose intolerant b4 surgery so I only use silk. I had the carnation instant breakfast (sugar free choc) w 1/2 a scoop of the protein powder. I was able to get it down & it wasn't bad at all. I used 8oz plain silk light & just sipped it till I finished it off. Not bad at all! The total protein from that shake was 24g. I figured if I can get 2 of those shakes down for now...I'll be getting close to what I need. Maybe eventually just start adding a little protein powder to foods once I move on to that stage.

Try to get your protein in at every stage. I had a problem to but switched to syntax nectar and just added crystal light flavorings to make them go down.

I hadn't been able to get any Protein in since surgery, but today my hubby kinda put his foot down & said I needed 2 TRY a little bit of a protein shake. I was lactose intolerant b4 surgery so I only use silk. I had the carnation instant breakfast (sugar free choc) w 1/2 a scoop of the protein powder. I was able to get it down & it wasn't bad at all. I used 8oz plain silk light & just sipped it till I finished it off. Not bad at all! The total protein from that shake was 24g. I figured if I can get 2 of those shakes down for now...I'll be getting close to what I need. Maybe eventually just start adding a little protein powder to foods once I move on to that stage.

Yep! That's exactly what I did. A package of the sugar free chocolate Carnation and 1/2 scoop of chocolate protein powder. It takes a while to get it all down, though. I got the unflavored protein powder to add to cream of wheat and mashed potatoes, but it can be kinda gross depending on what you add it to. I've been told that BeneProtein is the best cuz it doesn't add as much texture or flavor.

I think that's the biggest problem I have... texture. I'm going to have to look into the BeneProtein. Thanks for the tip! :-)

If you are having trouble finding a Protein drink at SAMs there is one called Premier it has 30 grams of protein. This drink tast more like chocolate milk and two of these you will have your protein z

For the day.

Also, if you do not have a Sams you can get these protein shakes at Cos o.

Great! Thanks! I'm definitely going to look for those :-)