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Today I started full liquids! I am so excited for my Protein Shake, but I’m scared it will hurt my little sleeve. Any experience with going from clear to full?

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It can't hurt your sleeve. It's a liquid and will pass right through.

Congrats on your surgery! Hope your healing goes well!

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It will likely take longer to consume post op.

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I am 4 days post op and today is the first day that my Protein Shake is going down easy. I can still feel the cool liquid flow down through my esophagus but it gets better and easier each day

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If it does feel too heavy at first, you can Water it down some. That's what I did for the first few days.

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You'll get full after a sip or two so just take your time with it. If you drink to fast or to much you will get that pain at the bottom of your rib cage. As the days go by it will get easier.

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Heads up: after surgery the way the Protein Shakes taste may change for you. So don't make a massive investment in a particular brand until you're post-op.

I did a whole taste-test thing pre-op, ranked the drinks according to my pre-op preferences and then post-op planned to go through the list until I hit one that worked. Luckily my #1 choice (Orgain chocolate) still tasted good; the others actually got much much sweeter post-op and I can't stand them at all now.

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I am five days post op and had 4oz of a Labrada Protein Shake with no issues. Just drinking more slowly than usual.

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