Just a question,

My surgery is set for March 12th. RNY. My surgeon has decided for a 2 week liquids and 1 meal diet started on the 27th. I am getting quesy everyday. It has gotten to the point of having to eat a few multigrain crackers to get it to let up for a little while. Anyone else have this problem? I am having my protein shake for breakfast and lunch but the sicknes****s and I have to eat something. I don't want to mess up and not loose any weight but I really can't stand it. I have to go see my doctor Wednesday the 7th so I guess if there is a problem he will tell me. Just looking for some encouragement,I guess. Maybe just sympathy. Thanks

Are you getting queasy after having the protein shake? If so, I'd suggest trying a different protein-- perhaps the one you are using has lactose?

cheysma, I started out okay on the protein liquids but, like you, I got real queasy and started throwing them up. Still can't stand them (2 weeks post-op). GNC or The Vitamin Shoppe has isopure protein drinks in a BOTTLE. (Don't like the powder there either!) I can keep down the grape and punch. You might try them and see if they work. I ate sf jello and sf popsicles were great!

It is probably the protein shakes.  I still get quesy if I try a protein drink.  The only one that I found that I could stand was at Smoothy King - The Gladiator.  It's only 180 calories and 43 grams of protein for a 20 oz smoothie.  You get to pick the 2 fruit flavors so you can customize it.  I like it with strawberry lemon. Give that a try and see if you feel better.

Now that I am 6 months out, I have exchanged protein shakes for protein bars.  The Atkins bars and the Premier Protein bars (Sam's & Costco) are really good. 

Just give it some time and you will find what works best for you.

Good luck & don't give up!!

I couldn't drink the shakes and ended up drinking the Isopure clear which meant I had to drink more to get my protein.   I cheated twice in two weeks by haveing a small, plain can of tuna in water.....no carbs.   You are lucky your doctor let you have one real meal a day!  Mine was all liquid.

Thanks. The only thing with the protein is I have been using them for awhile so I could lose my mandatory amount before surgery. I am gonna do this, one way or the other. :D

Hi everyone, my surgery is March 12th too. I just have to do total clear liquids 3-days before the surgery day.

I am pretty nervous. I had the lapband surgery five years ago and it just about killed me. I had two slips, developed bleeding ulcers, had aspiration pneumonia 3 times and when I layed down everything in my pouch ran out of my nose. I ended up anemic and had to sleep sitting straight up in a chair. Finally, it was removed (then I had an emergency appendectomy a month later!!) I was sick for four years straight from that lapband. My body just did not like it.

I exercised and ate right and really thought I could at least maintain what I had lost but our bodies fight us all the way. It is truly a hopeless battle. I then tore both of my meniscuses getting out of a friends car and as my knees got more and more painful, I could hardly move, sleep, walk or move. I now use a walker - so humiliating.

Finally, I realized the RNY was inevitable but after the experience with the lapband I am afraid to feel hopeful.

I lived off my watered down apple juice to keep the quesyness away.  I also lived off of jello and sf fudge pops.  String cheese was a big thing later on for me too but I overdid it and have a hard time eating it now.  Just find the few things that work and go at them full tilt.  Sorry I couldn't be more help!

I had a really hard time with protein shakes after I had surgery. I became lactose intolerant, and some protein stuff just had a lot of useless ingredients that irritated my system. I've only found two that work for me, one doesn't taste like I'm trying to gag down whey.

Thanks everybody for their input. I am gonna get through this one way or another. I hope it gets better.