Hello friends, I am 2 weeks post-op with the sleeve and overall, think I'm doing fairly well in my recovery. I am on soft mushy food and a little bit of fish, ground beef, soups, cottage cheese, string cheese, Keebler crackers and things like that. My problem is that I get sort of a cotton mouth experience, especially after drinking a protein drink. It is very unpleasant. I always have a bottle of water by my side and take constant sips but it is not resolving the problem. Are there any sort of lozenges we can suck on or some kind of way to not have an awful taste in your mouth? Has anyone else had this experience? Any insight or suggestions is, of course, greatly appreciated. I'm not sure how to fix my ticker but I'm down a total of 14 pounds from 256 to 242. It's exciting to be losing some weight. Smillzee

I think it is caused by being in ketosis which is a great news for your weight loss. I think they have some mouth washes that help with dry mouth (nothing with alcohol in it) and you could try some sugar free breath mints to suck on and just keep sipping on the water.

I had the cotton mouth so bad, I swear I could knit a sweater a day. My husband bought me a tongue scraper and I brushed my teeth multiple times a day. I have found that as I moved to more food based protein instead of shakes, it has gotten much better.

I went thru really bad times with my furry mouth and a tongue scraper really helped me. I also found some peppermint cordial which was nice and refreshing(made by schweppes in the uk).

The more time passes and the less you have to rely on protein drinks the better it will be, good luck.

Make sure your drinking enough water.

I too had cotton mouth and just got over it recently, the fact hat this is such a cold dry winter here doesn't help. You can try the old trick of putting a button in your mouth to stimulate saliva production - this is a variant of the trick of putting a pebble in your mouth when in the desert.