I went through my surgery on the 10th. I can tell you it was much rougher than I thought it would be. Spent one night in hospital, doctor recommended two but I was cash payment.

now that I have been home 3 days the pain seems to be almost as bad. I did get very lucky and no gas pains, but I walked a long way 3x a day even on day of surgery.

now the struggle is real just to get water down. I had nauseathefirst four days but seems to be better today.

trying hard to get protein and water in but it is hard!!! I keep belching and stomach makes a strange noise after I drink.

also I weigh more now than went I went under the knife?! How could that be I gained 5 lbs?!

hope you all have a good weekend.

I found that each day was a little better. But it wasn't until about the sixth month that I reach my happy state when all the problems seemed to melt away.

When you were in the hospital they pumped your body full of fluids. As a result when you leave, generally you are several pounds heavier than when you entered the hospital. Generally you will lose this water weight in the first week.

After surgery your body is in a major heal mode. Therefore it is common for patients to be unable to meet their protein and fluid daily requirements at the beginning. Just keep trying to reach this goal and you should be able to get there in a week or two.

I wrote about my experience in the following article. You might find something helpful there. http://www.breadandbutterscience.com/Surgery.pdf

It takes some time to meet those protein and liquid goals. Every day will be a little easier than the day before. Then one day you'll wake up in the morning and realize nothing hurts! Later that same day, you'll drink too fast and invent a new swear word! But each day it will get easier, and you'll start seeing the results you want. Hang in there!

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Thank you both!! Thanks James, I will read your article.