Pain after surgery

[Happy Stylist 86]

1 minute ago, Crisscat said:

Yep my Dr and I just talked about this today and I asked her if I could use chewable Gas-X. She said she will not tell me no because she has said patients have told her gas x helps while others say it did nothing. She explained it the same way as Flab-U-Less, Gas X is for intestinal gas but some ppl seem to get relief from it.

I started taking it today. It's to soon to know if it helps.

[Debsgr 2]

I had my mini gastric bypass on April 26th and I’ve had non stop gas pain. GasX seems to work a little bit but not as much as I expected. I was vomiting for 24 hours straight post surgery and I kept taking gravol which of course made me drowsy . So I couldn’t walk as much as I had hoped. Today is the first day where I feel a tad better. I should mention though my heating pad was my saviour. Good luck with your progress.

[Goldengirl321 52]

A heating pad, mylanta and gas x chewables.

[Happy Stylist 86]

Ok one more question. I know you are full with gas and that gas will leave your body. But today I've had horrible bubbling sounds in my gut and diarrhea. Are these sounds coming from my gut. Just gas from surgery trying to escape? What's in the world is going on

[Crisscat 169]

24 minutes ago, Robz said:

Ok one more question. I know you are full with gas and that gas will leave your body. But today I've had horrible bubbling sounds in my gut and diarrhea. Are these sounds coming from my gut. Just gas from surgery trying to escape? What's in the world is going on

What are you drinking and eating?

[Happy Stylist 86]

13 hours ago, Crisscat said:

What are you drinking and eating?

Only drinking Water, and broth. Eating only sugar free popsicles. I've tried the clear Protein Drinks but I can't finish them at all. The only thing I'm not doing for this stage is getting enough Protein. This morning im going to add powder protein to my broth.

[ShoppGirl 3,391]

do you not love the taste of the clear Protein Drink. There are so many different brands out there. The Protein Powder in the broth is fine if that works but if not keep trying the drinks and you should find one you like. I found that I only liked them ice cold so I would make small batches over ice. I have heard others who like all liquids room temperature. I never added Protein powder to my broth but I think it was lizonaplane that posted the tip to mix the powder with a small amount of cold Water and add that to the Soup. Apparently it gets clumpy if you add it to anything too hot.

Edited May 1, 2022 by ShoppGirl

[Crisscat 169]

Im actually worried about how I will get in the Protein post op myself. Still on liquid diet pre op currently (surgery sometime Tues). I am to the point I cannot stomach the chicken broth anymore. I have purchased some protein mix to mix with Water but it hasnt come in the mail yet.

[ShoppGirl 3,391]

1 minute ago, Crisscat said:

Im actually worried about how I will get in the Protein post op myself. Still on liquid diet pre op currently (surgery sometime Tues). I am to the point I cannot stomach the chicken broth anymore. I have purchased some Protein mix to mix with Water but it hasnt come in the mail yet.

I tried mixing one of the protein powders with Water and it was really gross. It wasn’t as bad with crystal light but I think I still had the bad taste in my memory (it was too soon) cause I couldn’t drink it all. Mine was GENEPRO which is supposed to be unflavored but I could taste it and so could my husband.

[Happy Stylist 86]

36 minutes ago, Crisscat said:

Im actually worried about how I will get in the Protein post op myself. Still on liquid diet pre op currently (surgery sometime Tues). I am to the point I cannot stomach the chicken broth anymore. I have purchased some Protein mix to mix with Water but it hasnt come in the mail yet.

I change up between chicken and beef. I'm having to add protein powder to it because there's not much protein in broth. You can't put the powder in hot broth or Water because it Curdles. I wish clear protein didn't have a weird salty taste. Even the no sodium clear liquid has a salty taste.

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41 minutes ago, ShoppGirl said:

I tried mixing one of the Protein powders with Water and it was really gross. It wasn’t as bad with crystal light but I think I still had the bad taste in my memory (it was too soon) cause I couldn’t drink it all. Mine was GENEPRO which is supposed to be unflavored but I could taste it and so could my husband.

Yes the unflavored still has a taste. It changes the taste of my broths too.

[Happy Stylist 86]

57 minutes ago, ShoppGirl said:

do you not love the taste of the clear Protein Drink. There are so many different brands out there. The Protein Powder in the broth is fine if that works but if not keep trying the drinks and you should find one you like. I found that I only liked them ice cold so I would make small batches over ice. I have heard others who like all liquids room temperature. I never added Protein powder to my broth but I think it was lizonaplane that posted the tip to mix the powder with a small amount of cold Water and add that to the Soup. Apparently it gets clumpy if you add it to anything too hot.

Yes the powder gets clumpy in hot liquids. I've tried Isopure clean liquid drinks, Gatorade Protein zero and protein20 in both natural and regular. (One has no sodium and one does). I don't like any of them. I can drink the Gatorade but it takes me all day to drink one 🤮. It all has a salty taste, kinda reminds me of Pedialyte.

[ShoppGirl 3,391]

2 hours ago, Robz said:

Yes the powder gets clumpy in hot liquids. I've tried Isopure clean liquid drinks, Gatorade Protein zero and protein20 in both natural and regular. (One has no sodium and one does). I don't like any of them. I can drink the Gatorade but it takes me all day to drink one 🤮. It all has a salty taste, kinda reminds me of Pedialyte.

Hummm… i liked the Premier Protein clear in fruit punch, but I like salt (I use way too much) so I wouldn’t have noticed if it was salty. I just asked my husband to taste it cause he is one that chooses to eat low sodium stuff and he said it wasn’t salty to him for what it’s worth. I wish they sold them in singles somewhere. All I could find was the case on Amazon so I had to take a chance and got lucky that I liked them. I was thinking that maybe a gas station would have them in singles??

Edited May 1, 2022 by ShoppGirl

[Happy Stylist 86]

39 minutes ago, ShoppGirl said:

Hummm… i liked the Premier Protein clear in fruit punch, but I like salt (I use way too much) so I wouldn’t have noticed if it was salty. I just asked my husband to taste it cause he is one that chooses to eat low sodium stuff and he said it wasn’t salty to him for what it’s worth. I wish they sold them in singles somewhere. All I could find was the case on Amazon so I had to take a chance and got lucky that I liked them. I was thinking that maybe a gas station would have them in singles? ?

I like salt too. Maybe salt doesn't exactly describe the taste. It's kinda hard to explain. I wasn't able to get the premier clear Protein. I didn't want to buy a case 🤷🏼‍♀️ Maybe be the premier is the one I should have gotten.

[ShoppGirl 3,391]

3 minutes ago, Robz said:

I like salt too. Maybe salt doesn't exactly describe the taste. It's kinda hard to explain. I wasn't able to get the premier clear Protein. I didn't want to buy a case 🤷🏼‍♀️ Maybe be the premier is the one I should have gotten.

Yea with stuff like that and other lower calorie Snacks and stuff I have to order a large quantity of or when they are just crazy expensive to begin with I try to think of them as medicine for my body. Because maintaining a healthy weight does help keep you healthy. That helps me justify the expense in my mind. I get it though. Hate to be stuck with a whole case of something that wasn’t cheap to begin with. Hopefully the Protein powder in the Soup will work out and you will be off this stage soon enough anyways. If not they may have singles of it at convenience stores??