Good morning everyone. I had my surgery on Tuesday and came home yesterday. I'm just getting my head round the medication and how much fluid I've got to get in. Any tips for the first few days would be gratefully received. Thank you
Congrats Cathyem! During the fluids stage I was told to sip all day in order to get at least 1 litre. 1.5 litres would have been better but it turned out to be soooo difficult. Didn't your team give you any guidelines?
I had my operation for the band on Tuesday and I've been told that I can have non lumpy soup (200ml), light smooth yoghurt, no added sugar jelly, boiled veg juice, bovril/oxo/knorr, puréed fruit, up to 100ml of fruit juice (diluted 50:50 with water), no added sugar squash, tea, coffee, peppermint tea to help the gas build up in the shoulder, fruit teas and 1 pint of semi skimmed milk per day. I've been told to have 3L-4L of fluid per day but that includes the soups and yogurt. Basically if can go up a straw, I can have it. Hope this helps?
I'm not feeling too bad thank you apart from the wind pain, I'm even using gripe water to try to get rid of it as for me, that's more painful than the actual surgery lol! How are you feeling?