At one week post op I remember drinking two complete protein shakes through out the day as well as sipping on water and tea all day long.

Actually, Grim, it is those surgeons most familiar with the sleeve on a day to day basis that are most amenable to NSAID usage for those procedures, as they, well, are most familiar with those procedures and their patients. The practice that I used had been doing them for some twenty years on a near full time basis (interspersed with the odd bypass here and there) - and that was eight years ago, and there are many others who have been doing so since the 80's and 90's. These are also practice that tend to emphasize long term follow up, so they have a better than average understanding of what their patients are going through over the years; it this was a big problem, they would be doing something about it. (and yes, for their bypass patients, it is no-NSAIDs - because that is what the bypass and its propensity toward marginal ulcers demands.)

I'm sure that you have seen bad things with NSAIDs over the years, as the bypass has been the default WLS for many years, and many have accepted these limitations as just a fact of life in the WLS business. Some have become so scarred from these problems with their bypass patients that they simply transfer their rules to their other patients irrespective the different tolerance characteristics of the procedures. This is one of the factors that has driven some surgeons to move toward developing alternatives that address such long term complications and limitations. That's progress, and it's an ongoing process.

Liquid cannot stretch out your stomach. So that's nothing to worry about!

Sip something constantly, whether it's shake or water. Doesn't matter how much of which at one time.

500 pounds I was at 16 pressure. My current autosetting readout ranges 6.8 to 8.1, but my 90 avg is always 7.0 (which is the pressure my machine pushes 90% of the activation cycle). Get the autoset cpap and you don't have to adjust titration as you lose weight. It will automatically reset to what you need to keep hypopneas low. I have my annual visit with the sleep doctor next week. He will read out the machine documentation and determine if I need a new sleep study to assess dropping the machine. But I know I need it still since about once every 14 day I hit 8 on the average. They want all readings below 7 before doing the test. Don't mess with this - get the study and know.

Hello! I'm one week post-op and on the full-liquid diet, and I've been having trouble getting my protein in as well as getting all 64 ounces of water. I can usually stay up late sipping and finish up my water intake, but I'm really struggling with getting in all my protein.

I have seen a few people online talk about continuously working on finishing one protein shake, sipping at in constantly until they finish, so I guess I'm asking if that's what you did, as well? I've just been drinking four ounces of it and then going back to water, but that obviously means it's relatively impossible to get as much protein in as I need.

So I'm wondering if I've misunderstood how I'm supposed to be using protein shakes. Am I supposed to only drink the four ounces of them at a time, or should I continuously sip at them until I've finished? I think my concern regarding doing that would be that it would stretch my stomach out. Is that unfounded, just me over-worrying?

Also sorry if this is a dumb question (it probably is!) but I am just really concerned that I'm going to have some side effects from not getting in all the protein I need.