New to the site and 9 days post-op of the sleeve and looking for encouragement:)

[soubifan700 6]

@applegal79- Thank you for the suggestion! 30g of Protein is great!!! That is so exciting that you are a month out of surgery! Taking baby steps towards food is smart lol. It is odd how much I look at food and think that it looks so good, but thinking about eating it doesn't sound good. I will definitely be looking into your suggestion! Good luck and thank you for your kind words!

[beth_b 15]

I was sleeved September 2013 and remember the early weeks of not being able to eat and the gas pains, it does get better. Something that helped me get in Protein was adding unflavored Protein to broth. I actually got chicken broth from our favorite Chinese restaurant then mixed in the unflavored powder (let the broth cool before mixing it in or the powder gets lumpy). The temperature of what I was eating/drinking was better at lukewarm or room temperature having always been someone that needed everything ice cold to drink this was a surprise.

Remember to stay hydrated in the early days. Then build in the protein.

Warm wishes your way!

[Jersrose43 837]

Hi Zantac is not for the hernia - it's for gastric reflux

If you're on a ppi that should help

I had a hernia repair at the time of my sleeve. The EGD didn't show I had it.

I honestly was ok. I was extremely lucky to have none of those negative occurrences.

It does happen that some folks become lactose intolerant. Not sure what type of milk you are having but I switched over to almond milk and it's really good. I switched pre surgery as I was intolerant before. Am not any longer actually. Odd right?