I went to pureed and had to go back to liquids. Just to uncomfortable...anyway I noticed when I was drinking my water today that without realizing it I wasn't sipping I was taking pretty big drinks. Was anyone told to always sip or at some point were you told you can drink normal...I just kind of freaked out today. Like I said I have no problems getting fluids down...i just kind of stopped sipping somewhere

I'm 16 months post-op and somewhere I stopped sipping and started drinking. I can't glug down more than about three mouthfuls at a time, but they are certainly not sips. It's one of the ways I started to look "normal" around people who don't know I had surgery.

I am 3 weeks post op and I have had a few gulping faux pas. During week 1, it hurt going down, Yesterday, I took a gulp and it was just a little uncomfortable.

While it may never be advisable to chug water, you definitely get to a point where you don't have to carefully sip anymore. I think by about 5 or 6 months out, I was drinking water pretty much like I did before surgery. Not chugging, but drinking pretty big gulps sometimes. As long as I had not eaten recently, I did fine with bigger gulps at that point.