Please tell me this gets easier... My surgery date was November 1st. I'm on clear liquids till I see my surgeon on the 15th. I am struggling to keep 20 ounces down and she recommends 48-64...I'm baby sipping all day, stopped my pain meds that made me nauseated and kept up on the via timings. What can I do?? I have no motivation. I literally sit for 5 hours from exhaustion ..!!!!!

Sometimes you have to listen to your doctor for your case. I actually had to eat 5 baked Cheetos or reduced cheeze/it to help me push the Water in and sometimes that was my entire day of calorie intake. I had a super hard time in the beginning, but if you can stick with the plan, I would.

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I believe once you are moved to full liquids and you can add protein in you will get more energy. Just sip and rest and walk and then rest some more. Your body is trying to heal. Just don't get dehydrated. Keep sipping. I really believe when you can add protein you will feel much stronger,

On the clear liquid stage, unjury has a clear chicken broth with protein in it. It tastes really good. I bought this hoping to give me energy for the first stage. They also have a strawberry drink that is clear also good and I am not. Strawberry person. Good luck

The unjury chicken Soup flavor is actually good!! I was skeptical but after I tasted it I was hooked...

I start my full liquids today, I'm happy to be moving on to the next stage,,,, and worm my dr said I can have coffee stating Monday , only 1 cup a day... Which is fine by me:), So hopefully your dr Is the same...

My friend got the surgery 2 yrs ago and saids she was on broth for a month.... Uhhhhhh I don't think I could do that,

I rather have unjury chicken flavor over broth ! At least you get the Protein.....

Hugs....

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Oh I hope so. I bought some decaf instant. :-). Better than none lol

I am worried about same thing. surgery9 days ago and surgeon has me on soft foods pureed. I worry because like today I was able to drink (over a few hours of course) 9 ounces of Protein drink' date=' one popcicle and 1/2 cup SF instant pudding and about 1/2 of a Wendy's small chili. and I feel like I could continue eating the other half. but because I feel guilty that this is too much food too soon I will wait a few more hours to eat the rest[/quote']

I set a timer for myself and would only take in 2 oz of anything every 15 mins. It kept me in track w protein and Fluid counts for the day and also made sure I was not sipping too quickly. Worked great.

17 days post op and I am down 27 lbs. the first week is horrible and I swear they keep u in the hospital for three days to make sure u don't jump off a bridge. But it gets better. I drank skim milk when I felt nauseous. I d just sip on a couple ounces of it and it gave my stomach some protein to work on. I know milk and stomach problems aren't the usual way of thinking but ur whole relationship with food has changed. Hope ur feeling better.

I was only in the hospital for a day. I'm 5 months out tomorrow. I'm down 69 pounds and I have followed the rules for the most part especially early on. I have had a few sips of wine for my anniversary last month. I have not had any bread or rolls!

When you can exercise do what you can, I need to step it up. My husband got me a bike, I started slow about a mile and now I can go about 5 miles. He bought me QQ trainer that I can use this winter inside so that I don't get rusty. I'm hoping to start riding everyday and maybe it will Heep me lose more weight!

Good luck to you guys! Follow your docs and nuts directions, they know what they are talking about!

Almost 6 months out. I was told to focus on amount of protein and not calories. My eyes are still way bigger then my tummy. The difference today is I stop when I am full. I still struggle some days to get in all my liquids and protein. So I will start the day with a protein shake. 1/2 my protein in for the day and 8 oz of liquid!