I've had almost zero trouble since being sleeved, and I'm thrilled with the result. My biggest problem is that I am not supposed to drink while I'm eating. This has caused me a LOT of trouble. In the beginning, post-surgery (April 4, 2012) nearly everything was liquid anyway, so it wasn't an issue. Now, three months later, I find myself gagging and having great difficulty swallowing more than 1 or 2 bites of "real" food because I can't even take a sip of Water. This means that I'm not actually getting anywhere near the minimum number of calories the doctor says I need, but I can apparently choose to eat OR drink.

I've tried all sorts of different things, but I'm currently reduced to a lot of Soup, or taking small sips of water and waiting for my stomach to settle down. I'm really afraid of stretching my stomach (part of the dire warnings I've read and the doctor's warnings) but I can't seem to manage this issue.

Anyone else experience this who might have some suggestions for me?

P.S. This is not new - I have been unable to eat all my life without having water to sip.

CE

This is a big issue for me as well. I have always drank while I eat. I am only 11 days post-op and I have drank while eating my liquids with no problems. While sitting here on the PC reading the forums' date=' I had about 10 to 15 cheese puff balls and drank 16 oz of water. I kind of surprised myself when I realized how many cheese puffs I had ate and how much water I had drank. I didn't know I was able to have that much?? Why was I able to have that much? Why don't I feel stuffed?[/quote']

Why on earth would you go through a surgery like this, the pain and potential complications just to eat cheese balls 11 days out? Doesn't sound like you ate fully in the game, hopefully you can readjust your mental status and not keep eating that way. If you don't conquor your food deamons you are on your way to failure.

Don't feed the troll.

Don't feed the troll.

I agree, don't let comments like that get you worked up.