In the hospital right now, question??

I'm in the hospital post surgery right now, starting my liquids. Had some water, now they're giving me half and half mixture of regular Gatorade and water or regular fruit juice and water. I thought we need sugar free only? Anyone know about this?

Wow. I've never seen anyone given that much sugar after surgery.

Were you diabetic? The trauma from surgery usually majjes our blood sugars skyrocket regardless. Drinking sugar would make it worse.

I was given half regular apple juice and half water after surgery as well. But no gatorade, and only for meals with broth and SF jello, the rest of the time it was water. I was diabetic then, but didn't have any negative affect on me.

I was given juice after surgery as well. It's not something you should have after coming home from the hospital but it won't hurt to give you some energy now.

Yeah, not a big deal for now - I had juice in the hospital as well. We often have things in these early phases that we may not have later on because they work at that stage. Don't worry if it annoys some of the online "experts" because it goes against whatever fad diet they happen to be hooked on - go with your doctor's instructions and recommendations.

You pull this "fad diet" crap all the time. You make it seem as if you aren't doing the exact same thing.

Lose the passive aggressive crap. You aren't doing yourself or anyone else any good.

It's good that you're immune from being an "online expert" -- ::snicker::

People are frequently told in these forums that their surgeons or dieticians don't know anything about nutrition, obesity or bariatrics if they aren't being prescribed the latest diet that's hot on the internet - call it a fad, fashion or whatever you like - with little regard to the most important factor - does it work? Or that they will never be successful if they don't do the diet that my surgeon requires, or if their sleeve or bypass isn't performed the way my surgeon does it.

Historically, one of the things that we see in bariatrics is that there is a fairly wide spectrum of different practices that work - though they may work somewhat differently between individuals, and that is the essence of good medicine - matching the patient with the treatment. Patients did just as well back when low fat diets were "in" as they do today with low carb diets being "in": a good part of this is the matter that a post-op bariatric diet is by default low fat and low carb due to the overall low calorie count enforced by the low volume ingested. While some may have specific morbidities such as diabetes or insulin resistance that may influence the recommended diet, from a strictly weight loss perspective, it makes little difference if one has such things as apple juice, cream of wheat or mashed potatoes in their early transitory diet; the important thing is whether they address their specific dietary issues in the long term.

' from a strictly weight loss perspective, it makes little difference if one has such things as apple juice, cream of wheat or mashed potatoes in their early transitory diet; the important thing is whether they address their specific dietary issues in the long term.'

That's not how it works. That's not how any of this works.

Uh, how does it work, then? All these people that I know who have been around a normal weight for the past 10-20 years (myself included, though not that long yet!) would like to know.