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Help please. 5 days post op

Every time I eat my tummy hurts a lot, to the point that I'm kinda developing some phobia to food. I've been trying to reach my supports and I haven't been successful. Is this normal? What can I do to alleviate this? I'm in my full liquid diet following all the rules and I don't know what is going on.

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  • Maybe slow down and take smaller bites/sips? It could be the temperature that your stomach is objecting to or, maybe it's just not ready for full liquids. What are you eating at this stage? You migh

  • I agree with Blondiee...how does your tummy react when you have a clear liquid?? Going back a stage may help and slowing down if you were drinking too quick. If you try those things and they don't h

  • Temperature really affected my tummy. So maybe change up to something warm or room temperature. Slow down and sip really slowly!

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Maybe slow down and take smaller bites/sips? It could be the temperature that your stomach is objecting to or, maybe it's just not ready for full liquids.

What are you eating at this stage? You might need to go back to the previous stage and give your stomach some extra time to heal.

I agree with Blondiee...how does your tummy react when you have a clear liquid?? Going back a stage may help and slowing down if you were drinking too quick. If you try those things and they don't help, then I would put a call into the doctor and see what they suggest...better to be safe!!

Temperature really affected my tummy. So maybe change up to something warm or room temperature. Slow down and sip really slowly!

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Thanks so much for your support. My tummy hurt even with clear water. I was finally able to talk to my surgeon today and he asked me if I was taking my pain medication regularly. I said "no because I'm not in pain when I don't eat or drink". He said I think this is the problem. Your stomach is still swollen and when it moves, it hurts" he advised me to take my pain medication regularly for the next 2 weeks and gave an appointment for Wednesday in case this wouldn't solve the problem. I took me pain medication and I'm back to normal. No pain!!!! Thank so much for your support guys. I really appreciate it and I don't feel alone in this journey.

Try some sugar free Popsicles if you haven't already. When it hurt and felt like "work" to sip, those helped. It does get better though. I kind if felt that food aversion for a day or two. Not fun.

I'm 15 days post-op and that's about how I felt for the first week and a half, it took to about day 10 till I didn't feel that way.

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