Hi,

I'm scheduled for surgery Nov 23.

My major concern about post-banding life is drinking water.

I love cold water, and I love to gulp down a glass when I am thirsty.

Do people find that they have to take little room-temperature sips? If so, how do you deal with it.

Thanks

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I just cannot chug immediately after a meal. If I do, everything is likely to come back up.

Otherwise, I can drink normally at any temperature.

The sip, sip, sip, is for immediately post-op when you don't want to be stressting a stomach that was just pushed and pulled and put through a trauma and could have swelling.

After you've healed, liquids go through pretty quickly. Yesterday I drank a 24 oz. bottle of Water in about 20 minutes, if that helps. I am 2 1/2 years post-op.

I never had a problem with Water even after surgery...or even after I had too much fill. On the rare occasion I'll take a gulp and it will come back up but I think that has more to do with my throat seizing up and closing than it has to do with the band.

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There are times when I can feel the Water start to "pool" up and then I know I need to take it slower.

However, most of the time, I have no issues drinking water..hot, cold or room temp. I drink cold water almost every day during workouts.. no problems. I drink hot tea or hot water before meals.. no problems. You'll learn what works for you as you go along.

I'm a cold Water girl too, even when I'm skiing! The first week it hurt a bit, but that went away. Room temp water makes me sick, really. You'll be fine.

Melissa

Never had a problem gulping cold water on an empty stomach...just as satisfying as pre-band. Full stomach? No. Have to wait your 30 minutes :huh2:

Thanks to everyone for reassuring me. This is a great forum!

One month to go...

I had to laugh when I saw your post because I remember freaking out about this before surgery..I was like what the hell am I going to do when Im working out and want to chug water??? but it was fine for me..the first week or so I couldnt but after that I gulp just as normal and drink a ton of water all day long, especially when i work out!

I had my surgery on Oct 21st and I am having a hard time forcing myself to drink and I am starting to feel like I am getting dehydrated. I am going to try to really concentrate on drinking...its a lot harder than I thought it would be. I have been horrible about the water and the protein water...and thats all i have been ingesting since my surgery.

I had my surgery on Oct 21st and I am having a hard time forcing myself to drink and I am starting to feel like I am getting dehydrated. I am going to try to really concentrate on drinking...its a lot harder than I thought it would be. I have been horrible about the Water and the Protein water...and thats all i have been ingesting since my surgery.

Patrice, please talk to your surgeon about this if you mean you find it physically hard to drink.

I was guzzling down water and Protein Shakes a few hours out of surgery. I did have a fill that slowed my drinking down for a day or so but I don't think it is normal to last a long time.

After I exercise, I drink a bigggg glass of water and it is delicious :laugh:

I am just into my second month post op now and so far, haven't had any issues with drinking, other than the fact that I don't seem to have the huge thirst that I had previous to my banding. That issue is something I am trying to deal with as I know I am not getting in the amount of water I should be. I just need to train myself to keep drinking through the day.

When I was first post op, I had an issue with only wanting to take teeny tiny sips and I had such a huge fear of throwing up water if I drank too much at one time. My Doctor said to me, "have you TRIED to take bigger sips?". And nope, I sure hadn't. lol. So now I know that I can, I just need to force myself to do it.

I was a water gulper too, so when they said no more gulping and sips only, I started practicing BEFORE surgery until I got into the sipping habit. So now it's easy to sip my water.

I had my surgery on Oct 21st and I am having a hard time forcing myself to drink and I am starting to feel like I am getting dehydrated. I am going to try to really concentrate on drinking...its a lot harder than I thought it would be. I have been horrible about the water and the protein water...and thats all i have been ingesting since my surgery.

You will heal faster if your hydrated. You will feel better too. Dehydration is not fun.