I was sleaved 11 days ago, and I've been having diarrhea (about 4 wattery BMs a day). My surigical team keeps everyone on clear liquids for two weeks after surgery. I called them over this weekend because I was so frustrated, and I was told to take a little benefiber with my liquids. That's doing nothing. Anyone else experience this after surgery? Sorry about the rant, but I'm just tired, annoyed, and feeling lots of other emotions.

Do your Clear Liquids include Protein drinks/shakes?
I ask because mine did and I continued using whey based drinks just as I’d used( with no problems) for years prior to surgery.
AFTER SURGERY, these very same whey Protein Drinks gave me extreme diarrhea! Neither my surgeon nor my primary made the connection. They tested me for every bug and parasite, for CDiff, for everything.
It wasn’t until someone here told me to switch to Pea protein that it stopped. (Any plant, rice, etc. protein will do.)

Interesting... Everything has been whey at this point. I just went out and bought some pea protein, so I'll see how that works!!!

Don't feel too bad about the diarea, I also had it from the liquids. Everything ran right through. Then onto soft foods, constipation set in. Be prepared for that..its much better to.be flowing than stopped up. Sorry just the truth..body is going through so many changes..uggghh..

Sent from my Z970 using Tapatalk

It actually worked. NO MORE diarrhea! I strongly suggest that anyone experiencing these issues drop the whey and go with a plant-based protein instead. I'm using a hemp/pea blend. I was needlessly in pain for almost 2 weeks.

On 07/14/2018 at 05:55, EsoKev said:

It actually worked. NO MORE diarrhea! I strongly suggest that anyone experiencing these issues drop the whey and go with a plant-based Protein instead. I'm using a hemp/pea blend. I was needlessly in pain for almost 2 weeks.

I’m so glad it worked! It was a defining moment in my recovery. Everything became easier! ??

It actually worked. NO MORE diarrhea! I strongly suggest that anyone experiencing these issues drop the whey and go with a plant-based protein instead. I'm using a hemp/pea blend. I was needlessly in pain for almost 2 weeks.

Wow, so happy for you!

VSG2017 HW 249 SW 238 CW 169