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Hello everyone who are on thus journey with me. However, I have so many questions. I am 4 days post surgery and my stomach is still swollen and sore and I jumped on scale today and only lost 2 lbs since surgery. I am thankful that I am not hungry at all and drinking Water is easy for me. Which multi-vitamins are you taking? What are you having on your clear liquid diet? Anyone drinking Protein Shakes?

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I'm 3 days post op. I do feel hungry however I drink my liquid Isopure Protein. I have lots of flavors. As far as Vitamins I take a chewable Multivitamin and a dissolvable B12

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I thought I would be hungry but I'm not. I've cooked for my boys and watched my husband eat but it hasn't bothered me at all. Not hungry and I'm happy! I wasn't sure if I could drink Protein Shakes during this time or only Clear Liquids. Do they go down well?

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The Protein Drink I'm drinking is clear. The taste is not bad at all. I like the different flavors

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I'm 4 days post op. I'm drinking (sipping) at least 4 oz of Water an hour. I have Protein Shake drinks from the local grocery called 100 calorie muscle milk & another that is 100 calorie advantEdge. Each has at least 15 grams of Protein & I drink 4 a day. It hurts when things hit my stomach but it's just still super sore & swollen from the surgery. For Vitamins I found some at the local drug store that were gummies for the multi and a chocolate soft chew for calcium/D/K, & a B liquid that's absorbed under the tongue (sublingual). My doc told me not to step on the scale until a week post op. He said the swelling & extra fluids my body would take on due to the trama of the surgery would discourage me. So I got on the scale 2 days after surgery & I had gained a pound. I'm staying off till Wednesday. ;)

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I've never seen those clear Protein shakes...I have to look those up online. I picked up One a Day Women's gummies, and I picked up B-12 sublingual drops. What am I missing?

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I'm using chewy Vitamins from Bariatric Advantage. On their site you can customize what you need according to which operation you're having. :)

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They are great and 40 g of Protein. I drink two a day and get my 80g of protein

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The Protein drink I'm drinking is clear. The taste is not bad at all. I like the different flavors

I can't see the brand these are...

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I'm 4 days post op. I'm drinking (sipping) at least 4 oz of Water an hour. I have Protein Shake drinks from the local grocery called 100 calorie muscle milk & another that is 100 calorie advantEdge. Each has at least 15 grams of Protein & I drink 4 a day. It hurts when things hit my stomach but it's just still super sore & swollen from the surgery. For Vitamins I found some at the local drug store that were gummies for the multi and a chocolate soft chew for calcium/D/K, & a B liquid that's absorbed under the tongue (sublingual). My doc told me not to step on the scale until a week post op. He said the swelling & extra fluids my body would take on due to the trama of the surgery would discourage me. So I got on the scale 2 days after surgery & I had gained a pound. I'm staying off till Wednesday. ;)

I am goin thru same thing....5 days postop an my spasms are still there.I feel my tummy is still swelled also...outer tummy hurts still also...hang in there!

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The Protein drink I'm drinking is clear. The taste is not bad at all. I like the different flavors

I can't see the brand these are...

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It's call Isopure Protein drink

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It looks like it's ISOPURE....

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It took me a full week to get back to my day of surgery weight due to all the excess fluids.

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