PRE OP LIQUID DIET AND DIARRHEA

Hey Guys,

This is a bit TMI but on Day 4 of my 2 week liquid pre op diet for my Gastric Sleeve scheduled for June 1st. I am experiencing a lot of gastrointestinal issues. Is this normal? Diet is consisting of 2 protein shakes a day, some cottage cheese, yogurt and normally soup for dinner with a limit of 800cals.

Any advice would be appreciated!

Jill

Are you lactose intolerant? Try adding some Lactaid.

some of the shakes made me sick. Pre op I did Premier protein but I can't tolerate them now due to severe nausea.

I use Syntrax and just stared using Phormula One.

hope that helps

No, not lactose intolerant and using a whey isolate that has no lactose in it with Almond Milk. It's worth a try though, may help with the yogurt and cottage cheese. The only thing I can think of is I don't normally eat artificial sweeteners so perhaps they are causing the tummy trouble

Oh yes forgot about those sweeteners.

It could be the liquid in liquid out part that you will get to enjoy for the next month or so. During my pre-op I was really gasy too. Good luck.

Thanks, guess I will just have to be known as the girl with the gurgling gut lol

I am only 2 and 1/2 weeks post-op and my gut is gurgling all the time. A few time my husband has asked me, are you sure you aren't hungry? Nope not at all. It feels funny when it really gurgles but hey I am not hungry and I am getting all my protein and water in so gurgle away stomach gurgle away.

Yep, definitely liquid in, liquid out. But I also found whey protein made me gassy, so that might be the case with you as well. It will be a while before you're back to solid BMs, so don't worry about it.

Like others have said - liquid in, liquid out. Sad times.

I seemed to develop temporary lactose intolerance on the post-surgery liquid diet. It went away once I started eating food again, but in the last several days of the liquid phase, I would chew a Lactaid tablet before I had a protein shake and that helped a lot.