Hi fellow WLS buddies!

Ok, so far my journey to a new me has been pretty depressing. When I went for my surgery, my Dr. said I had a hiatal hernia that he had to stitch up so I ended up staying in the hospital for 5 days because I couldn't get anything down (even water).

I am 9 days out and I can take Water pretty well but I found that I can't do milk products so doing Protein shakes have been super hard. I had to buy liquid Protein so I only get in about 25-30g of protein a day:( This in turn has made me feel super weak and has given me bad headaches.

As time goes on, I can keep down more such as my multi-Vitamin and Prilosec. I was super excited for this surgery but now I feel like I made a huge mistake (apparently this is normal, but no one told me lol). I am getting better with time, but does anyone have and uplifting words or maybe some advice? I know I need a lot more protein in my diet, so if anyone knows any good sources of protein that don't deal with milk, I would super appreciate it.

I feel like I want to eat because my stomach has been moving a lot and growling, but nothing sounds good to me (not that I would eat yet;). Has anyone gone through the hiatal hernia? I would love to hear from people who are a few months out just so I know there is hope in the future (would love to also hear from fellow newbies too!!)

Thanks for time reading my post and I can't wait to meet fellow weight loss surgery peeps!

Soubifan700

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!

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?