Hi, I am completely new to this site and don't actually know how it works! I hope this gets out as I am also rubbish with computers. Lol. Going to leave it at that in case it doesn't and I feel like a complete idiot!!! Have lots of questions for experienced sleevers. Please respond if you can see this post. Thank you, Angela (aka the idiot!) Lol x

Hi, I am completely new to this site and don't actually know how it works! I hope this gets out as I am also rubbish with computers. Lol. Going to leave it at that in case it doesn't and I feel like a complete idiot!!! Have lots of questions for experienced sleevers. Please respond if you can see this post. Thank you, Angela (aka the idiot!) Lol x

Welcome...I am having surgery on 5/19..so I am not an experienced sleever..but I wanted to let you know that your post was done correctly..so others with more experience will be able to answer all your questions..everyone here is super helpful !!

Your post got out fine, so go ahead and ask away there are many people on here that will be happy to answer your questions as best they can. Good Luck, and enjoy the journey.

Welcome! I am a little over 2 months out, dont know if you would call that experienced though lol. But anyway I would be glad to hep if I can. Your post looks great. It can be very confusing here at first but you will get the hang of it.

Wow!!! I did it. Lol. Thank you all for your replies!!! I am really concerned that I'm not getting enough fluids in. I'm 5 days post op and really struggling to drink a lot. Also my intake of Protein is low as I don't drink milk at all, and most Protein drinks have to be made with milk. Getting increasingly worried that this wasn't the right decision for me :-( .......

Edited April 27, 201412 yr by ang6904

I do almond milk... I can't do regular milk. No real protein but tastes better than a shake made with water!

I have never mixed any of my Protein drinks in milk, i always felt milk made them to thick, most of them are fine in Water, for that matter the nutritional facts reported on them don't include the milk so you still get the listed amount of protein when you mix them in water. It does take some time to get enough fluids in without it being a true struggle, this is mostly because of all the swelling inside, the one thing i found that really helped was to drink warm liquids early since the warmth decreases the swelling, also make sure you are up and moving around as much as possible to get all the air out which will also effect how well you can handle fluids. Good Luck.