Thanks for all the support. I am five days out and I am doing well. When I got home I gagged the meds up, (why no liquid meds I don't know, but if you haven't had surgery yet, make SURE they give you LIQUID!!) and I never want to repeat that again. It was painful. Anyway, I have been working hard to get my protein in and I found that just mixing the unflavored protein in with warm soup has worked well and stays with me. My taste is very off, things that are "sugar free" feel like I fell into a sugar vat and canned or processed anything tastes like a salt factory. I weighed myself and I have lost 8 lbs so far. WHoo HOO!