Hi everybody. Looking for some input and would really appreciate your help.

I just had RNY on 4/25, so I'm 4 days post-op. Every day has been better than the day before but geeeeez the gas pain is worse than anything I've experienced with any surgery I've had before. I'm up walking every hour, stretching and getting massages from my husband, but the bubbles are stuck in my shoulders and under my ribs. Horrible, stabbing pain!

I've been trying so hard to get the recommended Protein and liquids in, but it feels like a full-time job. My stomach feels like it's going to burst its so full when I've only had 2oz of Protein Drink. I'm trying to get 2oz/hour in, plus a SF Popsicle every few hours, but I can't imagine drinking much more. It's such an uncomfortable feeling all day every day, and then taking meds? Feels like they're huge and scrape all the way down.

I'm a rule follower by nature and I'd like to follow the post-op rules, but is it the gas pain causing this horrible overly-restrictive feeling?? How much have 1-week-out RNY people here been able to drink? Please tell me drinking will become easier soon.

Also, have felt so remorseful this week but am slowly coming out of that fog... just mostly scared to face this new reality. I'm 18lbs down since 4/11 (when I started pre-op diet), but need hope this super tight feeling will go away so I don't get dehydrated.

Thanks everybody. ❤️

Hello I had mine on the 21st 8 days out I use gas x strips they are a life saver with gas pains and as for drinking not until day 5 or so I could drink really...

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Gas-x strips do help quite a bit. Generally, this tight, over-full feeling will go away eventually. For now, healing really IS a full-time job. Varying the temperatures of the liquids you are drinking may help as well. Everything inside is still very swollen and it's in the earliest stages of healing, so it will really only get better from here. Hang in there!

Thank you both. [emoji4] I wonder why my doctor has said no to Gas-X strips? He told me to drink Milk of Magnesia but it's so awful! I'm having a hard time with how everything is tasting and the MOM is defeating. That would have triggered my gag reflex anyway. [emoji23]

The restrictive feeling is from where your new stomach is swollen and it just needs time to heal. In the beginning, I could only hold 1 oz at a time. If I tried to drive all 2oz of my protein shake in 15 mins, I would throw up. It took at least a month before I could hold a full 2oz. Fast forward to around month 4 or 5 and it was like almost overnight that the swelling went down and I could hold substantially more-like 4oz. Now, at 6 months I can hold between 6-8oz usually.

@@Sajijoma - thank you so much for the hope!!

I am one month out today. I haven't had any problems with restrictions on my liquid intake. In fact I can get 64 oz in, in a day. I think that everyone is so different in swelling and such, that restrictions are different for everyone.

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I am one month out also. My surgeon says that the pouch only holds 2 ounces.

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Update today... gas pain has subsided so much and ive been able to drink so much more regularly than my first couple of days home. 5 days post-op now and my goal is to get 50g protein today and stay hydrated and keep moving. Off pain meds and feeling so much better!

I'm 5 days post op, surgery was April 27. No issues getting liquids, actually I'm at about 97 oz a day since out of hospital. My pain is where my tube is, really hoping it gets better so I can be more active. Good luck!

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