Ok folks, what were must haves for you after surgery or things you wish you had?

I.e.- gas strips, liquid Tylenol, etc

Comfy pajamas and slippers, water flavor drops (water was rough for a long time), sugar-free cocoa and Stevia, Nutribullet to blend shakes with ice

Alka-seltzer gas and heartburn chews worked way better for me than gas-x strips. Oh and Chapstick felt so good when I woke up!

Def A lip balm in the hospital, I am only a week out and I wish I would have researched this more before too. Now I am on the hunt for different Soups. And sugar free black cherry Jello is GREAT

Oh and was so happy I packed my heating pad. I used it on my tummy for the first week.

Yes to the heating pad. I also used it the first week. Another must haves has been my K-cup soups. Chicken and vegetable broth and cream of mushroom. I just pop them in the Kuerig coffee machine, and I sip on them all day. Has been keeping me from getting dehydrated because drinking plain water has been tough.

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Where are you finding k-cup soups? I read something about Campbell's creating a product, but haven't found anything online. I must not be googling the right thing? Thanks in advance!

I think the gas strips really helped me early on. I didn't have any of the pains some speak f, but I did burp a LOT. Every time I took those I felt better.

Coconut Water was easier for me to get down first week, than normal water.

The chick Soup powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury Protein was a savior early on, too, as it was pretty hard to hit my numbers, but I loved that for some reason.

@@no onions. They are called Minute Cups and sold only on Amazon. They have a very small website at

www.minutecup.com, but they will direct you to Amazon.

They are great.