So @ 2 months to 1 year out, how much fluid can you swallow at 1 time. At 1st it seems that at 1st you are down to very small sips at one time drinking often. So after the swelling is gone are you able to say swallow a mouth full of water without it hurting. Also can you drink say 4-8 ozs at a time?

I am 10 days out and it takes me 1/2 hour to drink 6oz... and no pain.

this worries me more than the extremely slow eating and I am currently a speed eater by nature. I drink 100 ounces per day routinely and 1/2 hour to drink 6oz w/o pain, WOW.

Well everyone will be different, but Im 2 1/2 months post op. I can now drink( not sip, sip)

From my sport bottle with zero problems.

I adore ice Water and can now manage a good swallow of it! Right after surgery I couldn't even handle the taste, let alone sipping it. I thought, oh man, I don't like my precious water!! Yipes

But now it's all good. I can drink my yummy EAS dark chocolate shakes too. I have noticed my lack of being able to handle gritty or powdery stuff. Can't hack Protein powder or chewable Vitamins, yucky

But I can take my gummy vitamins and gummy Calcium with no trouble, and tolerate the EAS RTD shakes just fine!!

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i can say i am four month post op march 5.. july 5 woop woop.. well its not july 5 yet but u know wat i mean.. i can manage to drink 6 oz in 15mins i think.. just today i drank more than 64oz of liquid .. it took me 7 hours but i did it! it used to take me the whole day.. so by the time i leave work i can now drink the min amount, n be over that amount by drinking the rest of the day.

I am 7 days out and I could actually drink more on days 2-4 than I can now. It takes me about 1/2 hour for 8 ounces, but my doctor suggested I make that more like an hour so I am trying. I love my water too and am used to drinking approximately 100 ounces per day, but that has gone down to about 80 now and I am really pushing to get that in. I don't have any pain with drinking, but I do get an extremely full feeling if I overdo it.

So when you all work out do you dehydrate too fast and poop out?

I am almost 8 months out! From 242lbs to 141lbs this morning. I'm 5'6. I can drink pretty fast, practically like I could before the surgery.

I have had no problems while working out. But sometimes in the evening after a particularly hard and hot workout (I live in New Orleans and my cardio is usually tennis outside) I find that I get dizzy when standing up to fast. I'm pretty sure it's a hydration issue so I've been trying drink more Water.

It did take all these months to get to the point where I could work out hard. My endurance was really bad before.

I can drink as if nothing happened. Funny thing though. I used to love drinking plain cold water. Can't stand the taste of plain water now. I have to put crystal lite or something in it.