Hi guys! I hope someone will answer me. I’m 1 week post op and I can’t eat or drink anything except water. Anything I do I wanna vomit and I get extremely nauseous. I did vomit once. I’m supposed to start phase 2 sunday but I’m scared and I’m also tired of only drinking water. Everyone is eating around me and I’m very frustrated rn. Please help

It does seem odd that protein shakes aren’t in your liquid stage diet because protein is important to aid your healing & you need to be consuming some nutrients for your body to function effectively but all plans have differences. You will be getting some protein from the broths & soups. My surgeon was ok with me not meeting my protein goal to begin as long as I was working towards the 60g each day.

Water can feel hard & heavy to drink. I was a big water drinker before surgery but after it was a struggle. I was allowed green or herbal teas (always drank green tea so this was great for me). I also found warm drinks more soothing than cool or cold. I used to add double the water to my shake to thin it to make it easier to swallow, dilute the unpleasant taste & so I was drinking something besides water. (I’d warm the chocolate one (squint & imagine hard & you can almost convince yourself it’s hot chocolate ?) . Remember, all your soups, tea, etc. count towards your daily fluid goal.

On 07/19/2021 at 04:40, Arabesque said:

It does seem odd that Protein Shakes aren’t in your liquid stage diet because Protein is important to aid your healing & you need to be consuming some nutrients for your body to function effectively but all plans have differences. You will be getting some protein from the broths & Soups. My surgeon was ok with me not meeting my protein goal to begin as long as I was working towards the 60g each day.

Water can feel hard & heavy to drink. I was a big water drinker before surgery but after it was a struggle. I was allowed green or herbal teas (always drank green tea so this was great for me). I also found warm drinks more soothing than cool or cold. I used to add double the water to my shake to thin it to make it easier to swallow, dilute the unpleasant taste & so I was drinking something besides water. (I’d warm the chocolate one (squint & imagine hard & you can almost convince yourself it’s hot chocolate ?) . Remember, all your soups, tea, etc. count towards your daily Fluid goal.

Thank you so much for the information. I’m now in week 3 and feeling better. I noticed that my diet is extremely different from everyone else. Even during the 3rd week I’m still supposed to be on liquids which is super odd and honestly I can’t even see a soup rn. I was wondering what did you eat during your 3rd week ? I wanna try to eat scrambled eggs and ground meat. I’ve seen many diets that allow it and I’m really curious to try

Glad you’re feeling better @lrania. In my third week I was on purées. I was able to have very soft, loose scrambled eggs (made with extra milk), milky rolled oats, yoghurt & yoghurt drinks, thicker soups & mashed boiled eggs with Mayo. I puréed cooked chicken with extra gravy &/or stock. I didn’t enjoy cottage cheese or ricotta much. Puréed tinned salmon & tuna with Mayo too. I didn’t eat many things cause my taste buds were really off & things tasted terrible. In my fifth week on soft foods, I ate a lot of minced meat dishes & made slow cooked casseroles, stews & soups with a mix of meats & vegetables. Froze left overs in single servings. I remember making coq au vin for dinner with my mum & added a splash of wine as you do. Bad decision. It tasted terrible to me. My mum loved it so she got the left overs. Honestly, I wasn’t hungry nor interested in eating for months.

Good luck.

On 7/18/2021 at 11:40 PM, Arabesque said:

I also found warm drinks more soothing than cool or cold. I used to add double the water to my shake to thin it to make it easier to swallow, dilute the unpleasant taste & so I was drinking something besides water. (I’d warm the chocolate one (squint & imagine hard & you can almost convince yourself it’s hot chocolate ?)

I'm having a really hard time with anything that isn't warm broth or water-consistency. I was actually wondering if I could try warming a watered-down chocolate shake...

On 07/09/2021 at 17:36, Jnfinney said:

I would contact your team. I couldn’t handle the sweet shakes after surgery, so for the first 2 weeks my dietician gave me the okay to focus on staying hydrated. There are also Protein waters available like protein2o and Gatorade makes one now.

I felt the same way with the sweetness of the shakes. I just really tried to focus on getting water and Gatorade zero in. I’m in phase 2 now and it’s much better!