Once I tried the straw ..I am getting way less air than when I sipped with a regular cup or bottle. This in turn has made for less pain for me. Thanks to all of you who advised me to try it. It has made a huge difference!

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It's so funny - my surgeon tells patients "no straws"... but, I actually prefer them too! Maybe some people just have different stray techniques that causes them to swallow a lot of Water. I know I don't, and obviously you don't either!

Glad you found someething that works!

The straw makes it easier for me to get more fluids down in a shorter period of time. I have no discomfort. Maybe the no straw is slanted towards the RnY procedure. LOL

I use a straw too. I can drink more with it and I dont get a lot of air either. I only started using the straw after a few months out. Now i use them all the time.

I too starting using a straw 7 days post op. I am now getting in my water and feeling better.

I just switched to using a straw last monday...world of difference! Went from barely able to get down 20oz of fluids a day to now hitting 60 easy. In fact, I'm working on a 32oz of unsweetened Pineapple Papaya iced tea from Quik Trip right now....delicious!

Hi! My name is Deann and I'm a straw user! I love my unsweetened decaf tropical ice tea and drinking with a straw causes me no discomfort whatsoever. I easily get all my fluids in since I finally started using the straw.

Jeeze, sounds like we're all a bunch of druggies...

"I use THE STRAW!" *wink wink*

"I feel soooo much better since I started using!"

lol

LOL at you Cat Lady!! I confess, I've been known to use a straw as well. I bought some 24 oz insulated cups for water that come with hard straws in them. I try to drink at least 3 of those cups full a day and I've been doing well using them.

Ok, you've sold me. I'll try the straw; but don't tell my doctor! My nutritional nurse made a point of no straws, too much air getting sucked in. I'll try today & let you know how it went.

My doc said he has no preference. They left it up to me if I wanted to use a straw or not. I have used a straw and haven't had any issues with it.

LOL all you ladies crack me up! So cute.

SSUOA sleeved straw users if America or the world!

The no straw rule is ridiculous. I get why they tell us that, but the "theory" just isn't how it happens. If they watched a swallow mechanism and could somehow dye the air to make it visible, or talked to an ENT, or read anything about pressures in the body, or even looked at things like diving principles....or whatever - I think that rule would change. I personally get WAY less air through a straw than through regular drinking.

The other part was the volume you drink - people tend to take bigger drinks wth straws (the fastfood industry studied this inside & out). I think the NUTs' fear being we would drink too much and "stretch our sleeves" or have to yak it back up. If I'm going to over-drink, I'm going to do it through a bottle where my tendency is "chug" rather than with a straw where I'm sort of forced into sipping (I don't use the high capacity fast food straws like McD's, those things are huge).

Hearting my straws over here...

Thank you Lord! All this time I've been avoiding the friendly straw! And want to use it! So I am starting in a few mins. Maybe this is why I can't get all my water in!

I started the straw yesterday, (I was too chicken to start earlier) and it appears okay. I was so dizzy & didn't feel good yesterday I went to my family doctor. It appears that I am dehydrated. So...I started the straw. Still dizzy this morning, but betterr.

I was told no straws, but when they did the scan to check for leaks they made me drink that nasty crap with a straw, so....I am thinking about trying a straw. I also think it's weird that I started with 1 protein shake today and my stomach is liking that much better than water, with water it makes all the noises and I get a little "pain" with it, but the shakes, nothing, not a gurgle or a pain nothing.