I'm home from the hospital on the 3rd day part op. trying to drink my water and shakes but it's so hard. My husband just brought in a plate I'd steaming fragrant food for himself and it made me want to hurl. Everything hurts but I'm trying. I really hope it gets better but Sunday.

It will get better. I found the comfortableness lasted about a week where the incision ports were and the gas almost (not quite) 2 weeks. There are some foods for me even 4 weeks out that make me queasy (today it was fresh Panera Bagels, last week my boyfriend's burger) But overall it gets easier.

Proteins and water are the hardest, so if you can make yourself a big pot of chicken bone broth add veggies for vitamins and chicken on the bone for extra protein... strain and drink the liquid, the family can eat the soup whole or separate. This was how I got my water and protein in the first few days. At about the 4th day, I could drink a protein shake in 3 hours. Water I had to experiment each day. Early on, it was only room temperature with a flavoring that was working, a week later it was ice cold plain. Today I'm back to cold and flavored. It's really changed each week.

Good luck!

It does get better. I am one week ahead of you. For broth, one thing I did was have my husband go to the store and get just the broth from their homemade soup section. I then strained it to get out any little bits that made its way in. Soooo tasty.

I actually started to feel hungry about day 6, but the shakes, broth and SF jello helped.

I had surgery on Wed, went back to work on Monday (I work from home but it was a big mistake), and finally felt like myself yesterday (8 days out). Hopefully you will feel better in a few days.

And I have found low sodium V8 good, used be, I could take it,it leave it, but it and bone broth,make a savory change from. all that protein shake sweetness.???