question for the post-ops

[Guest guest]

I AM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH GETTING IN ALL THE LIQUIDS THAT I NEED

EVERY DAY.

FOR ME NOTHING TASTE THE SAME ANYMORE. I MEAN I CAN DRINK A FEW SIPS

OF WATER BUT THEN I STARTS TO TAST FUNNY TO ME (TAP WATER AND

ESPCIALLY BOTTLE WATER)I HAVE TRIED CHRYSTAL LITE AND IT IS PRETTY

GOOD BUT THEN I GET TIRED OF THAT I THAD SOME GATORADE THE OTHER DAY

JUST BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT MY ELECTROLYTES WERE BALANCE

AND IT WAS RELLY GOOD IT WAS THE MOST I HADE MEEN ABLE TO TAKE IN

SINCE MY WLS AND THAT WAS ABOUT 18OZS. BUT THE NEXT DAY I HAD SOME

AND IT WAS NOT GOOD TO ME.

MY OTHER PROBLEM THAT I AM HAVING IS EATING FOR EXAMPLE TODAY I COULD

EAT AND NOTHING REALLY TASTE GOOD TO MESO THEN I JUST SAY FORGET IT

AND I DON'T EAT AND THEN TOMORROW I AM HUNGRY ALL DAY AND I JUST

NIBBLE (OR GRAZE) ALL DAY LONG.

I WAS JUST WONDERING IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD OR ARE HAVING THESE SAME

ISSUES. I JUST DO NOT WANT TO GET SICK AGAIN AND END UP BACK IN THE

HOSPITAL.

NORA

POST-OP

10-28-03

292/263/160

MICHIGAN

[Guest guest]

Hi, Nora! I am 4 months post-op and I'm still having difficulty

getting in HALF the liquids my surgeon recommends. Over the weekend,

I tried Fruit2O - WOW! I go through a 16oz bottle without even

realizing it in record time (well, compared to Crystal Light or

bottled water). It's pricey (almost $10 for 24bottles at Sam's Club),

but worth it if I can get in alot more fluids on a daily basis.

Just say " no " to straws! Made that mistake in the hospital (why, oh

why, does the cafeteria include straws for bypass patients)!!! Doc

says " never more " to straws.

I don't know about the gatorade; with all those sugars, I'd be

worried about dumping....

Good luck!

Charlene

08/01/2003

(-53 lbs)

> I AM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH GETTING IN ALL THE LIQUIDS THAT I NEED

> EVERY DAY.

> FOR ME NOTHING TASTE THE SAME ANYMORE. I MEAN I CAN DRINK A FEW

SIPS

> OF WATER BUT THEN I STARTS TO TAST FUNNY TO ME (TAP WATER AND

> ESPCIALLY BOTTLE WATER)I HAVE TRIED CHRYSTAL LITE AND IT IS PRETTY

> GOOD BUT THEN I GET TIRED OF THAT I THAD SOME GATORADE THE OTHER

DAY

> JUST BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT MY ELECTROLYTES WERE

BALANCE

> AND IT WAS RELLY GOOD IT WAS THE MOST I HADE MEEN ABLE TO TAKE IN

> SINCE MY WLS AND THAT WAS ABOUT 18OZS. BUT THE NEXT DAY I HAD SOME

> AND IT WAS NOT GOOD TO ME.

> MY OTHER PROBLEM THAT I AM HAVING IS EATING FOR EXAMPLE TODAY I

COULD

> EAT AND NOTHING REALLY TASTE GOOD TO MESO THEN I JUST SAY FORGET IT

> AND I DON'T EAT AND THEN TOMORROW I AM HUNGRY ALL DAY AND I JUST

> NIBBLE (OR GRAZE) ALL DAY LONG.

> I WAS JUST WONDERING IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD OR ARE HAVING THESE

SAME

> ISSUES. I JUST DO NOT WANT TO GET SICK AGAIN AND END UP BACK IN THE

> HOSPITAL.

>

> NORA

> POST-OP

> 10-28-03

> 292/263/160

> MICHIGAN

[Guest guest]

Nora, it took me months to get to the point where I could drink 64oz water a day

and several weeks before I could get in half of that. Just try to keep building

up constantly so you wont dehydrate.

Just never stop sipping.

Marina (Los Angeles, CA)

post-op 3/12/03

" nora " williams2614@...> wrote:

>I AM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH GETTING IN ALL THE LIQUIDS THAT I NEED

>EVERY DAY.

>FOR ME NOTHING TASTE THE SAME ANYMORE. I MEAN I CAN DRINK A FEW SIPS

>OF WATER BUT THEN I STARTS TO TAST FUNNY TO ME (TAP WATER AND

>ESPCIALLY BOTTLE WATER)I HAVE TRIED CHRYSTAL LITE AND IT IS PRETTY

>GOOD BUT THEN I GET TIRED OF THAT I THAD SOME GATORADE THE OTHER DAY

>JUST BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT MY ELECTROLYTES WERE BALANCE

>AND IT WAS RELLY GOOD IT WAS THE MOST I HADE MEEN ABLE TO TAKE IN

>SINCE MY WLS AND THAT WAS ABOUT 18OZS. BUT THE NEXT DAY I HAD SOME

>AND IT WAS NOT GOOD TO ME.

>MY OTHER PROBLEM THAT I AM HAVING IS EATING FOR EXAMPLE TODAY I COULD

>EAT AND NOTHING REALLY TASTE GOOD TO MESO THEN I JUST SAY FORGET IT

>AND I DON'T EAT AND THEN TOMORROW I AM HUNGRY ALL DAY AND I JUST

>NIBBLE (OR GRAZE) ALL DAY LONG.

>I WAS JUST WONDERING IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD OR ARE HAVING THESE SAME

>ISSUES. I JUST DO NOT WANT TO GET SICK AGAIN AND END UP BACK IN THE

>HOSPITAL.

>

>NORA

>POST-OP

>10-28-03

>292/263/160

>MICHIGAN

>

>

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