I had my surgery on aug 21st and am struggling to drink water. Before surgery I was a huge water drinker and now I can barely sip water without pain. Any suggestions to make this better, or when I can expect to be able to drink without pain??

Thank you for your suggestion. I will definitely try using a straw. I know I don't want to get dehydrated and end up back in the hospital.

I was a big water drinker before my surgery. It took me a good 6 weeks before I could drink it without a weird pain/queasy sensation. Before that I had to mix in a little crystal light. In the last few days (8 weeks post op now) I've been able to chug a little bit. Experiment with the water temperature, ice cold works best for me but some had theirs warm.

Thank you for the suggestion, I just made some broth so we will see if that goes does better than my ice water.

Sit up really straight and/or stand and lean back a little if it feels like it's getting stuck.

I'm 4 week post op and it was the same for me. I tried cold,warm and hot water and still pain so I stopped drinking reg water. I was able to drink vitamin water. I tried again 2 days ago and no more pain