stomach aches 7 days out

hi

i had surgery 1 week ago and for several days i have been trying to get my protein in by a variety of means.  i cannot palate the protein shots, so i started drinking the eas shakes a little early, my doctor's guidelines are very cloudy so i have been trying to follow the dr. alvarez book on the sleeve

anyway, i wake up feeling pretty good and as i sip the protein i feel worse and worse and i have diarrhea. so i thought i was lactose intolerant and this morning i started only with sipping some lactaid milk, half way throught he glass i started to have the same terrible feeling in my stomach and diarrhea (but that milk has no lactose)

what do i do?  should i call the doctor?  i feell ike i shouldn't feel like crap when i drink

cristina

A week out I would worry more abou****er than protein. Your new tummy may not be able to handle it yet.

Hope you feel better soon.

~Lori

ok great thanks, i am getting plenty of water, when should i start to worry about protein?

I should have also said that if you are not sure, about anything, def call your doctor. That's what he's there for.

I would just periodically try to sip your protein here and there and you'll probably start to tolerate it better. Give it a day or two, then try again.

Other than the squirts, are you recovering ok?

~Lori

I started out on the EAS light protein shakes and I am lactose intolerant and they never bothered me. My diatian assured me that they were lactose free. It did not happen to me and I am still on liquids but I hear many people say the first couple of weeks "liquid in - liquid out", So that might be for you that it is just going straight though. I would call the Dr. if I were you. It dosen't hurt to ask questions. I hope you get to feeling better soon.

Maybe you should stick to clear liquids?  ISOPURE from GNC has a good grape flavor (0 carbs), 40 grams of protein.  I wasn't allowed to have "milky"/"full" liquids for 3 weeks.  But like others said, you should really focus on water.  Don't forget to walk, this helps in the healing.

Congratulations on the surgery and welcome to the losers bench!

I also think you're worring about getting protein in too soon.
That being said - I found that cold water - or just about any liquid cold would hurt going down, and/or once it was down.  I had to drink my water at room temp and my soups just warm.  Anything else hot or cold would hurt.
I've had chronic diarrhea for 8 weeks now, I'm going to my doctor tomorrow to try to fix it with drugs.
I would suggest you eat cottage cheese or yogurt if the protein shakes make you sick (personally, I STILL have problems getting anything but Special K chocolate down myself - I like that one).
I thought the first month was the hardest, so take it easy, it will get better.

At one week out I also had diarrhea, nothing explosive but surprising, to say the least.

Also at one week out, I could barely tolerate ANYTHING besides water and popsiclles, with a few sips of strained chicken noodle soup.

I used to think I would absolutely die if I couldn't drink milk every day, but now it's wayyyy at the bottom of my list....I can't really believe that simply by having a smaller stomach one becomes intolerant, but it sure seems to happen to a lot of us. So I'm thinking it's more of a size of stomach vs. milk thing. I'm no scientist obviously but there is some definite link there.

As much as milk used to tide us over between meals, just avoid it for now, especially so close to surgery. Do not worry about trying to get in protein AND water, just drink water as much as you can. You'll be 100% fine. If you worry about the protein and no water, you'll end up in the ER on IV fluids.

ok thanks.  what about calories?  should i not worry about anything to sustain me because all i drink is water, broth, and sugar free jello