Day 10 of my new life

[summerseeker 2,354]

My first 9 days post surgery were quite traumatising. I was not ready for the sleep depravation and symptoms of a swelling in my new stomach. I had constant foamies, all day and night for 9 days. I was honking foam like a over powdered washing machine. I have been unable to take my medicines and Vitamins In a fashion all I have managed to eat/ drink is squash, broth and coffee [ I am allowed]

Day 10 arrives and I feel better. I tried some well pureed ramen broth with chicken and vegetables and later that day a banana milkshake with Peanut Butter added. I am allowed to drink milk instead of Protein Shakes, just adding extra dried milk powder and to it. Protein shakes are expensive in the Uk and unless I have to I will stay on milk. I need to work on getting a Breakfast into my regime. At the moment it may be another milkshake but its getting my liquid content up too. I feel like I am a week behind my peers. So I will do a week of these liquids before moving to the next staging post.

I have no hunger and get full signals on so little liquid, About 4 oz. Should I continue with the soup/ milkshake at a later time ? Or call it eating over

Any help gratefully received

[Smanky 754]

I'm sorry you've had a rocky start, Summerseeker, and hope you're on a upward trajectory now. My instinct would be to stay on the liquids for that second week, purely because your start was so rough. Give your system the gentlest easing into the pureed stage.

Are you able to take your medicine and Vitamins now that the foamies have subsided?

[summerseeker 2,354]

No I haven't but I will try to introduce some day by day but I know they will restrict my drinking time. I am so thirsty. Some of my tablets are tiny but I am a little apprehensive about them getting lodged and starting foaming again. I will have to be brave and pull up my old lady pants and get on with it.

[Pricilla 92]

6 hours ago, summerseeker said:

No I haven't but I will try to introduce some day by day but I know they will restrict my drinking time. I am so thirsty. Some of my tablets are tiny but I am a little apprehensive about them getting lodged and starting foaming again. I will have to be brave and pull up my old lady pants and get on with it.

I loathe taking my Vitamins. I’m a month out. I’ve found if I eat a couple spoon fulls of sugar free pudding right after i swallow, it helps weigh it down.
After I have the pills in my mouth and the Water, i lean my head back dramatically and tap on my throat to center the pills…. I’m sure I look REAL crazy.
I also stand there a while convincing myself not to to throw up and I sorta pat my belly to get burps out, hahahaha. This is everyday, every time.
I couldn’t stomach the Bariatric Advantage chew or calcium chews. So now I’m taking a Centrum womens and a target brand Calcium that I can swallow. I have an Iron I’m to take every other day. A sublingual b-12 once a week. And a high dose thiamin every day, because I was deficient.