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Dr. Chris Sanborn did my surgery. I love him!

I am glad I am not the only one with the "Water is hard to drink" problem!
I am 4 months post op. Pre-op and for teh previous 30+ years I drank Water in large amounts EVERYDAY.
Post -op i found water HARD and at times painful to drink. My addiction to water finally won out when I noticed that the temperature of the water was the problem...Really cold water was HARDER to drink than room temp water. So I only drank room temp water until my healing was more complete. Now cold water is easier but still not as easy as room temp.
I asked my Bar doc about the cold/room temp issue and he said I may be constricting at the top of my stomach due to the cold temp of the water...He admitted that was an educated guess and not based on any facts he knew about, but everyones body reacts differently to everything - so it may be plausible.
I say stick with sugar free sports drinks or another healthy alternative - the hydration is the most important thing!

The surface tension of cold Water is high and it stacks up in the sleeve. When sleeve opens up a bit more months out it does get easier. I had a big problem too so that is why mixed it with other things which lowers the surface tension. Also warm wafer has lower surface tension (I.e note as water gets warmer molecules evaporate into steam and that is happening even not as high as boiling. Just needs to be room temp or warmer ham you may usually like. That breaks up the tension as does combining with tea, Gatorade, whatever you like. In beginning I thought I'd never drink water without pain ever again. Happy to report it gets better with time.

I couldn't drink plain Water till about two weeks ago (~ 3 months out) and my NUT had recommended I drink fruit infused water. For me, it was the best thing ever since I can't stand crystal lights etc. Here is a link to some of the recipes: http://www.fruitinfusedwater.com. My favorite was strawberry, mint and lemon. The good news is your taste for water will eventually come back. One difference I noticed in my case though is I drink better when using a straw. Good luck.

This happened to me about three months out!!!! I've thought it was just me so it's good to know it's not!!! I drink a lot if power ade and gator ade but need the water!!! Thank you all and I LOVE this place!!! Deb

Hi everybody I'm 3 1/2 months out and having hard time drinking plain Water and NOW have problems with hemorrhoids do to chronic Constipation. I do good drinking Powerade zero but I'm scared of the all the sugar and the chemicals! I'm very desperate I don't know what to do? I guess I will have to drink whatever so I can stay regular right?????

Personally, I would try to really shake your system up with a very different feeding pattern. Some ideas:
5:2 plan. I hear about lots of success with this. Search on it here and you'll find a lot of threads. Very low carb/high fat. This is about 10% carbs, 50% fats and 40% Protein. You want to shoot for less than 20g carbs a day. Lots of people have success with this one, too. The fats are excellent for satiety and the lack of carbs forces your existing fat to break down into energy. Lower your calories to 900 or raise them to 1200. Try it for a week and see if there is any movement on the scale.< /li> Try interval training for your exercise. That is basically mixing up steady activity with short bouts of hard activity. You can search on that here for more info. I mostly walk for exercise, but I'll run for a minute or two, then go back to walking. Same type of thing on a bike. I read that you shouldn't sit for more than one hour at a time because it slows down your metabolism. There are some studies on it if you want to google it. If you have a desk job, try to get up every hour for at least 5 minutes and walk around. Good luck!

Start weight is 239
Current weight 185
Surgery date May 13, 2013
I am down 54 lbs. Size 14 and I have been stuck here since February. Im so disappointed I don't know what to do anymore. On 1050 calories a day and I know I don't take all that in was under by 400 yesterday. I try to exercise just not everyday. Any advice?