Hi everyone! Just had the sleeve done on 6/4. Quick question regarding fluid intake. Per my surgeon, the first two weeks goal is 64 ounces fluid and 45 G protein daily. Are you counting the protein shakes to your fluid intake, as well, or logging it separately? I’ll be on a full liquid diet for these next two weeks so I’m sticking to water, bone broth, Powerade zero. Made my first protein shake today and tolerated it okay. Still have trouble going from sitting to standing due to incision pain. Still feel pretty distended but no further gas pain today.
Look forward to being on this journey with all of you!

shakes, any kind of water, broth, skim milk, sugar free popsicles all go toward your 64 o fluid.

Mine told me that the liquid from protein shake 'counts' towards my 'total fluids'. I was sleeved on 6/3. Yesterday, water was hard and protein shakes were easy; today, it's the exact opposite. I'm just trying to roll with it! I'm using a timer on my phone to keep sipping every 4 mins. Good luck!!!

Thank you! So helpful! Havethree the timer idea sounds brilliant! Will have to do that. Good luck to you, as well!

1 minute ago, Dee.Lams said:

Thank you! So helpful! Havethree the timer idea sounds brilliant! Will have to do that. Good luck to you, as well!

And herbal peppermint tea has been awesome, too! and chicken bone broth - if you're looking for any variety!

On 06/08/2020 at 18:57, havethree said:

And herbal peppermint tea has been awesome, too! and chicken Bone Broth - if you're looking for any variety!

Good deal! Will check that out! I’ve been cycling between chicken broth, beef broth, and vegetable broth the last 3 days for some variety.

3 hours ago, Dee.Lams said:

Hi everyone! Just had the sleeve done on 6/4. Quick question regarding Fluid intake. Per my surgeon, the first two weeks goal is 64 ounces fluid and 45 G Protein daily. Are you counting the Protein Shakes to your fluid intake, as well, or logging it separately? I’ll be on a full liquid diet for these next two weeks so I’m sticking to Water, Bone Broth, Powerade zero. Made my first Protein Shake today and tolerated it okay. Still have trouble going from sitting to standing due to incision pain. Still feel pretty distended but no further gas pain today.
Look forward to being on this journey with all of you!

How do you feel?

On 06/08/2020 at 19:37, It's time. said:

How do you feel?

Very sore, very slow still. Walking very tentatively because of the dragging pain from largest incision. Have trouble finding a comfortable position at night, even with wedge pillow and multiple king size pillows. I’m not one to be able to sleep all night on my back. First two nights, turning to my side produced excruciating pain. Was prescribed liquid norco on discharge but only took one dose and didn’t tolerate it well. I find a dose of liquid Tylenol nightly to be helpful in getting me to sleep.

yes - protein shakes count as fluid

Propel water (lemon flavor is my favorite) is also good. I learned that from a youtuber. It has electrolytes in it & it is flavored but not as intense of a flavor as Gatorade Zero / G2 .. Hope you are holding up okay.. Day 4 was my worst day. Everything has gotten better since then-- keep that in mind.

On 06/08/2020 at 20:12, Lanie992 said:

Propel Water (lemon flavor is my favorite) is also good. I learned that from a youtuber. It has electrolytes in it & it is flavored but not as intense of a flavor as Gatorade Zero / G2 .. Hope you are holding up okay.. Day 4 was my worst day. Everything has gotten better since then-- keep that in mind.

Thank you for saying that! Ive been really praying this isn’t my new normal. I’ll check out propel water for sure! Great tips. How are you doing with intake now? I see that you’re at least two weeks post op?

Also, when did you all start your supplements?

Vitamins/minerals

Regarding Vitamins, my surgeon said to wait two weeks post OP to start. This is to prevent nausea.

I found I had plenty of energy during the 2 week post OP diet. Drinking 3 - 4 protein shakes per day and occasional soup broth covered most of my needs. After 2 weeks I stopped protein shakes. I planned to get all my protein from natural sources. I found my energy levels dropped so I am drinking one shake per day. It will take some adjusting.

On 06/08/2020 at 20:28, California Guy said:

Regarding Vitamins, my surgeon said to wait two weeks post OP to start. This is to prevent nausea.

I found I had plenty of energy during the 2 week post OP diet. Drinking 3 - 4 Protein Shakes per day and occasional Soup broth covered most of my needs. After 2 weeks I stopped Protein shakes. I planned to get all my protein from natural sources. I found my energy levels dropped so I am drinking one shake per day. It will take some adjusting.

Excellent advice! Thank you. My surgeon also suggested 2 weeks but reading through forum posts, quite a few sleevers started after the first week. So this is reassuring. And 4 protein shakes! That’s amazing! I can barely make 1-1.5 so far.

I did the revision to DS three weeks ago. My sleeve was done 7 years ago. I have no problem getting liquids or food down. I do have a reduced appetite and portion sizes have to be small. I remember having no issues with getting enough fluids post OP for the sleeve.

I understand your back may get tired and sleeping on your side can be painful. I was able to sleep on one side or on my back since the first post OP day in the hospital. I also had one larger incision that caused pain for two weeks. I'm recovering better than expected because I actually had three surgeries in four days, two were laproscopic (used same incisions). Fortunately, the pain goes down a lot each day until you don't feel it anymore.

Following a serious motorcycle accident years back, I had a fractured pelvis and could only lay on my back for 6 weeks. Laying on my side or stomach would put pressure on the fractures and cause pain. It is strange how sleeping on your side becomes your number 1 goal in life when you can't do so. My best advice is to sleep on your back. When you feel your back is tired or sore, stand up and walk even if it is just one minute. Try sitting in a chair for a few minutes then try laying on your back again.