Whole Milk vs VSG (4 days post-op)

I am coming to a horrifying realization that I won't be able to drink my one life staple.... whole milk.

In the hospital they gave me 2%, no issues drinking that. I like whole and have only drank whole milk for as long as I have been buying my own groceries (decades.....)

How could this be? It's the ONE thing I didn't want/couldn't ever give up. Now when I just drink one ounce, it sits in my esophagus waiting for an invitation to my new stomach. It can take a couple hours for it to move along. Nothing else, even yogurt, takes that long.

I don't know what lactose intolerance feels like, but I don't think it's that. 

In my best Nancy Kerrigan whine..."wwhhhyyyyyyy?"

You are still quite swollen inside, and will be for a few weeks.  It's possible that thicker liquids like whole milk just don't work quite yet.  Try again in, say, a month.  I'm betting that this too shall pass, LOL!

Drink skim milk for a week, and you'll find the taste of whole milk repulsive. Too thick. Too fatty. And skim milk will be your new love. (Personally, I switched to almond milk.)

Remember that the way you feel now, a mere 4 days post-op, will not be the way you feel for always.  

4days post op I can't remember anything much tasting good - give it a month ...

I am also noticing this. I am struggling to find things I can drink and eat to get my fluids and proteins in my very limited new stomach. I am looking forward to getting through this phase.

Yeah 4 days post op nothing is normal.  

I bet bet you won't have any problem wi it in a week.

I love love love milk and could not drink it for about 6 weeks after my surgery, so hopefully this is a temporary thing for you.  I drink skim now though b/c of the calories and carbs. :)

I love milk and couldn't drink it for a few months after surgery without it making me nauseous! I am a year out now and I can drink it :) Just takes time. :)