Question for those people whose surgeon says "no milk" for some period of time

The protein in milk is not of a different nature than the protein in cheese.  However, a glass of milk has significantly more lactose than cheese, which is probably why milk bothers you and cheese does not.

Milk and milk-based dairy products are all complete proteins.

Lora

Oops!   You are right Lora, I read that wrong....

 

After surgery we had a meeting with the bariatric manager at surgeons office who is also a nurse. One of the patients said the surgeon said she could put milk in her coffee and the the manager got upset. She said that in beginning when you are in risk of having a leak the milk can cause them to not be able to figure it out and you can get septic quickly. I can not explain it like she did but she said she follows the bariatric surgery guideline from some group name I can't remember.
Then after that they said add milk in slowly as a lot of patients become lactose intolerant and can't handle it.

The only reason we are not allowed milk is because they don't want us drinking out calories. The most we should have in our drinks is 20 calories. They also don't allow yogurt after the soft food stage. It considered a slider food and they only want us to eat dense protien. If we have the space after eating that, then we can have veggies or something.

Either way, I can't drink milk. I'm lactose intolerant now. Cheese I can eat, no problem, but I only eat it occasionally. Yogurt, were not supposed to eat, but I'll eat a tiny bit every day as a snack (Greek yogurt). I tolerate it okay as long as I keep it down to only a 1/4 of a cup.

I will say that I am nearly 60 and can't retain details very well anymore (that is why I have notes all over and use my wod calendar daily).  I am thankful my doctor gave us a cd for the computer with all the information from pre-op on.   I printed this out, and when I go to a class they hand out the info they are going over on paper.   As far as what we are allowed to eat, he doesn't allow "slider" foods like yogurt for more than that reason and limits us to one protein drink made with water a day.   My sugar intake per day is almost non existent, 3 in my protein drink.    I see all the time on here "each doctor has their own plan and you should follow that" but for some reason I am constantly being questioned about my doctors plan.  I think I am doing pretty good on his plan.  He also gives his patients a script for potassium chloride (costs me like $3) for four months so as not to have the problems others have early out.    Like I said, I took in a lot of info and felt very comfortable with my decision to go with my doctor.  

I have studied a few different surgeon's plans and find this one interesting, mostly because I am majorly concerned about keeping my carbs and calories as low as possible. My surgeon's plan does allow milk and suggests several different protein drink options; one is a mixture of milk, nonfat dry milk, and sugar free carnation instant breakfast. I tried the milk option for the first week, but found that it is a lot higher in calories and carbs than premier protein shakes. That is what I have been using for a couple of weeks now. They have 160 calories, 30 g protein and 5 carbs with 3g fiber; the milk, non fat dry milk, carnation mix had 250 calories 23 grams protein 36 carbs. I don't eat yogurt for a snack, but have added it to tuna, chicken etc in the place of mayo. The last week I have been trying very hard to reach my goal of 23 lbs lost in my 2nd month and am not on track so I have cut my carb intake from food down to nearly nothing and increased exercise to 60 minutes a day from 30 minutes.

My protein drink made with water is 118 calories, 3 carbs, 22 protein,  3 sugar and 2 fat

My plan specifically said to eat yogurt & skim or 1% milk. I'm 4 wks out & will mix 8 ozs of 1% milk with my Syntrax Nectar Capuccino  protein shake for an extra boost. I think it makes it a total of 32g of protein, but there is also 13g of sugar. The only time I had an issue with the sugar, I had it too close to my yogurt breakfast. I save it for my 2nd protein shake of the day, after lunch. Thankfully I tolerate milk just fine.