milk??

The nut told me to have milk after surgery .. but doesn't it have ALOT of sugar?? wouldn't it make me dump right away??

I know I have good and bad days with milk....its one of the things that at 14months post -op can still go either way for me, so I tend to limit my milk consumption.  I guess my advice would be to try a small amount and wait for about 20-30minutes and see how you feel.  Unfortunately most food items are a learning process for us....it was like learning how to eat all over again for me. Sorry I couldnt be more help, just offering my own experience. Melissa

I drink milk all the time.  Before surgery, I used to drink 2%, but now I drink 1%.  It doesn't bother me.  I think it is one of those things that you have to find out the hard way.  If your Nut says go for it, you should prolly listen to your Nut.  Milk is really good for you, the calcium is really good. 

I'm glad you brought this up - it is a good question.  I love milk and drink it almost every day.  The problem I have with milk is fat content because milk with more fat in it than skim makes me dump (I find I dump just as hard on fatty things as on really sugary things). 

The sugar you find on milk is lactose, a naturally occuring sugar, so it isn't digested the same as the sugar you find in soda and sweets (it is higher on the glycemic index if that makes more sense) so you most likely won't dump on it the same way you would dump on a candy bar with the same sugar count.  Now I'm looking at my skim milk jug and it says 12 grams of sugar per 8 oz serving.  On first appearance that does look high but remember it isn't like you're drinking high fructose corn syrup here.  Lactose is a more complex sugar so it takes longer to break down, which highly reduces your risk of dumping.  Milk also has 9 grams of protien per 8 oz serving so in my book that justifies the high carb content (and the protien/fat content slows the absorbtion of the lactose, which even further reduces your chances of dumping).  If I'm having a bad protien day I try to drink as extra glass of milk to make up for it - and tonight since I am low on calories I am going to have some before bed.   Post-op you might have trouble with milk because some post-ops become lactose intolerant after surgery so anything with lactose in it makes them sick.  I don't have a statistic about how many people this happens to but I have spoken to at least 2 dozen folks on obesityhelp who have this problem.  That means you'll have trouble with milk based protien drinks, milk, yogurt, some cheeses and ice cream (even the no sugar added stuff) - and anything else with high amounts of lactose.  You will find this out right away if you get really bad gas, diarrea, vomiting or cramps after consuming protien drinks or milk that your surgeon has cleared you to have. In moderation I think milk can be a wonderful way to get protien, healthy amounts of fat (as long as you stick to 1% or skim milk) and the good kind of sugar.  I personally CAN'T STAND protien drinks so early on when I had trouble with animal protiens I drank a lot of skim milk with added milk powder to double the protien.  Your nut isn't crazy by recomending milk.  If you enjoy milk I hope you do well with it post-op!