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8 minutes ago, sammycee said:

I am 4 days post gastric bypass and wondering when i am supposed to start with the Protein Shakes. Or do i stick to Water for at least 7 days?

Your nutritionist should have gone over this... several times at this point.
I was drinking shakes the day after I had surgery. You ***NEED*** your Protein. If you don't have a diet sheet, call your doctor and ask why you didn't get one. You shouldn't have any real questions at this point... you should have all your meds, information on when and how to take them and for how long, you should have a diet breakdown, with when you can start adding what back... etc etc etc. Most bypass patients are on pureed foods before they even leave the hospital.

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1 hour ago, sammycee said:

I am 4 days post gastric bypass and wondering when i am supposed to start with the Protein Shakes. Or do i stick to Water for at least 7 days?

I would definitley call your surgeon right away - diets vary from doctor to doctor. I had to start with Protein Shakes the day after I got out of the hospital. But of course Water was a requirement too.

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Call! They should have given you all this info

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You should have started already. Please call your team to find out your diet for the next few weeks.

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I didn't start Protein Shakes until 1 week out according to my program. Only Clear Liquids for the first week. Call your NUT as soon as you can. Look through your paperwork, maybe you have something in there that was overlooked. I know I had to continuously refer to my sheet to make sure I wasn't doing something wrong.

Good Luck!!!

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