I am 18 days out and tonight after a 20 minute walk I went to the refrigerator for a bottle of ice cold water. I get the bottle put a crystal light and shake it up take a big swallow and all of a sudden I couldn't breathe. Then I could feel the rumbling in my chest and then it starts the vomiting up water... Wow I guess I can't chug water like I use to before surgery!!! This is an awful feeling.. Anybody else experience this?

I think you're supposed to sip for a while. So sorry... that sounds very unpleasant.

I think you're supposed to sip for a while. So sorry... that sounds very unpleasant.

Thanks ShapeShifter I totally forgot about sipping! I think I was so thirsty and hot it slipped my mind

Good for you going on a long walk! Yes, you still have to sip for quite a while. It will be the new you, stopping every so often to take a sip even if you don't feel thirsty. By the time you feel thirsty you are depleted already.

As for the future... I can take big sips now but am still unable to chug an entire bottle. Restriction works...yeah!

No regrets, I love my sleeve!

Good for you going on a long walk! Yes' date=' you still have to sip for quite a while. It will be the new you, stopping every so often to take a sip even if you don't feel thirsty. By the time you feel thirsty you are depleted already.

As for the future... I can take big sips now but am still unable to chug an entire bottle. Restriction works...yeah!

No regrets, I love my sleeve![/quote']

Thanks iegal I was so hot I forgot but I won't do that again it was an awful feeling! It's also good to know that farther out I won't have to sip as much! Believe me I love the sleeve too.