I uavent had the surgery yet but im curious as to how the post op diet is gong to work. What are good protein supplements that arent too expensive? Is there a wrong form of liquid protein to ingest? Help!!

Your doctor should be giving you all that information on what to eat post op, then a schedule to follow on what to eat 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 6, etc. weeks after surgery. It all depends on the doctor. For instance my doctor did not require me to be on a pre-surgery diet, I only had to eat light the day before and nothing after 6 pm the day before surgery. For the 1st week I was on liquid only, the 2nd week I was on soft food = Soups, yogurt, ice pops, etc. I was on that for 4 wks., then 5th week I went to more soft food diet = tuna, lean chop meat, fruit, cooked veggies etc. and I believe after 6 wks you could eat what you could tolerate. Everyone is different, if I got sick from something I would go back to a liquid diet for a few days then back to what ever stage I was in.

Ask your doctor for some literature on what he wants you to eat. Everyone tolerates food different after surgery and he will be the one to guide you.... Good luck

Thank you. My dr has given me a run down of what my diet will be. But i thought if hearing from people that have been through it would help me understand it more and see if they found any good liquid protein alternatives to the whey powder. Of course it is a given that each individual reacts differenly, but i just wanted to be informed from every possible view point. I guess its the perfectionist in me:)

I'm glad you are researching it all. It seems that each doctor has his/her own beliefs and what you can/cannot eat after surgery. My best advise is to follow exactly what your doctor tells you to do.

As far as the liquid Protein alternatives.. find a good Protein Powder that you like, stay away from the protein shots because they are just down right nasty tasting (see a post earlier on that - everyone wrote in saying they hate them). My dr. wants me to get a minimum of 64 grams of protein a day.

You will also learn what you can tolerate and not tolerate. I found myself not chewing my food as well as I should. I would end up getting sick as hell, I would have the "foamies" = spitting up syliva for hours and feeling like crap. I learned to chew my food VERY,VERY well because I hated getting sick with the foamies. My sister cannot tolerate beef anymore....she tried a few times and it just does not agree with her anymore and she is 14 months post op. Basically everyone is different and you just have to take baby steps with everything