I am post op day 3 today and I am starting on protein shakes. How long is it supposed to take me to drink on 11 oz pre made protein shake? I do have some discomfort when I swallow but nothing that is too tough to deal with.

There is no rush on it. Just aim for staying hydrated and meeting your protein and fluid goals. It may take some time to work up to meeting the bare minimum requirements.

It depends upon how much inflammation you have in your stomach which leads to how quickly fluids pass through it - you may have only the equivalent of a soda or cocktail straw sized passage going through so things may go fairly slowly, or you may more of a passage the size of a marking pen where Fluid pass fairly quickly. My wife, when she went through this years ago could only move her nominal stomach capacity of 4 oz of Protein shake through in a sitting of a half hour or so, while I could pass a cup and a half or more of fluids through in that time - both were within the "normal" range of expected results that first week or two according to the doc.

Sip as much as you are comfortable drinking for now - guidelines from different docs vary from sipping an ounce every five minutes to an ounce every fifteen minutes; even at that lower five minute guideline, that would take you an hour to drink that shake. If you can do it quicker than that comfortably, that's no problem, but likewise it's no worry if it takes longer for now.

I tend to take a long time drinking mine. I tend to drink half in 1 - 2 hours.

Then I will drink the rest later in the day.

I do get through two of the 30g, 11oz Premier Protein drinks per day.

When I get to my limit, I feel like a could burp or gag, so I know my stomach must be close to full.

I am also taking sips of Water, Soup, tea and clear Isopure, as well as biting on my SF popsicles throughout the day spread out. I am tracking my input on myfitnesspal.

I am one week, one day post-op.

@@thisfathasgot2go we had our surgery at about the same time, it appears. I was looking to see how far off or on track I've been with my protein drinks, etc. Meh, I'm slacking. I need to get in another shake. I had a hernia repair though and I think that pain is slowing me down a bit. Good info though!

Are you on MyFitnessPal? You can see what I eat there. I am not pushing it. I am staying on the prescribed menu by my NUT. The stuff ain't the best tasting, but its tolerable and I try to mix it up a bit, adding PB2 powder to the Premier vanilla, adding some cinnamon to the butternut squash soup, etc. Trying stuff warm, trying it cold, etc.

With the two Premier drinks, I can get 60g of Protein right there. (22oz liquid)

Then adding the yogurt, it's an additional 12g. protein (5 oz liquid)

The half a bottle of clear Isopure is 20oz protein. (10 oz liquid)

I add Water to try and get my total liquid intake to 64oz (10 oz liquid)

Creamy Soups are negligible protein unless I add powdered Isopure. (4 oz liquid)

Tea (4 oz liquid)

Prune (diluted) (4 oz liquid)

Various sips of water throughout day (8 oz liquid)

This is pretty much my goal daily.

I'm just finishing one as I type this. It took me about 10 minutes to drink 11 ounces. I have virtually no restriction on liquids, but big time on mush. It takes me a half an hour to eat 3 ounces of cottage cheese or refried Beans.

My VSG was 10/6/15...

I had my VSG on 10/12, so I guess I am day 5 post op. Today I drank my shake in about 30 minutes.

Edited October 17, 201510 yr by drwtx

5th day out here.

I take my time and work through 3 a day.

I'll sip on i for a while....pu the lid back on and it goes back into the fridge for a while.

I'm sorta behind today. I've had 1.5 of the 3.

I've been more pushy on my Water.