Hey there. Six days post op and starting to feel normal. I thought of something today and figured others would have had to deal with this in the past so I would put it out there.

Since my new stomach is only 6-8ou in size. How can I ensure hydration for future activities which require maximum sweating?

Is it a matter of very frequent Water breaks, or will i someday be able to consume more than 2 ou of water within 15 min?

Thanks for any feedback.

Bob

Your Water intake will increase. You're in super careful mode. As soon as your swelling goes down, water will clear your stomach very quickly.

I'm 8 weeks out and can now drink/swallow about 3 - 5 small mouthfuls in a row, as long as I wait a bit before doing it again.

I talk about it a bit on my blog. As Wheetsin points out, it does get easier, but for intense activity, you do have to make some adjustments to the frequency of drinking. Where before you could go on a half an hour run without bringing hydration, now you need to bring it. You will learn the new signals your body gives you.

It eases up over time. I am 3 months out and can take 3 large draws on a straw in a row..gulp, gulp, gulp. Then I wait a few seconds and do it again. It is funny. The liquids go in just fine, but I can still only eat around 1 ounce of solid food. So, it must clear pretty quickly.

The first few weeks it is tiny sips all day long. Now it is a little bigger sips all day long I am about a month out from my surgery and I need to drink more. I take a bottle of Water with me everywhere. I put one in my pocket when I walk around the block, go to the store, go over to friends house. even when I went to the movies to see the Avengers I took a bottle of my protien drink. THey want 4.25 for a bottle of water how crazy is that.

So you will do fine just keep your fluids up.

Water doesn't need to be ground up by the stomach in the same way that solid foods do. It can partially trickle through, and what can't can be pushed through as soon as the stomach contracts (happens for most people about 3x a minute). That's why you might "feel" the water for a few moments, but generally not very long.

It eases up over time. I am 3 months out and can take 3 large draws on a straw in a row..gulp, gulp, gulp. Then I wait a few seconds and do it again. It is funny. The liquids go in just fine, but I can still only eat around 1 ounce of solid food. So, it must clear pretty quickly.