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They say more air is swallowed with them, but I use them and have no issue with them. My NUT said that's fine if I can tolerate it.

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The common belief is that it will introduce more air into your itty bitty stomach. I feel like I drank more when I could use my camelback bottle. Regular Water bottles just aren't the same.

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I have yet to drink from a straw, but it's only because I don't drink at restaurants and we don't have straws at home. I drink out of my camelbak every week and it has a 2 foot long straw.

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Does anyone know why straws are discouraged with the sleeve? I think i miss straws the most!

I think I'll miss them too! It's hard for me to sip not using a straw. Whenever I was little and recovering from a stomach bug my mom made me sip any Fluid from a straw. Anything without a straw is big glugs. How did you guys learn to sip slowly? OP, ask your NUT or surgeon about trying straws.

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They can be used if they don't create air build up issues for you. I never did stop using them

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Other than bottled Water, I MUST use straws! I did, however, follow the no-straw rule for a week or so after surgery. I am fine with it.

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I accidentally forgot and used one with my first coffee in forever, (i do iced) and I thought oh no issues maybe this is ok, so I may try again... Thanks for asking!

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The NO STRAW rule is in a word ... bunk. My doc actually suggested using one as you can take smaller sips and do it more often.

If you suck more air with a straw and swallow it you are using it wrong. Take a sip through as straw and see. You suck the liquid up the straw, exhale the excess air through your nose (or even mouth sometimes) and THEN swallow. See? No difference.

This is just another old wives tale that even some doctors believe.

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I take in much less air when I use a straw. I rarely used them before. I use them all of the time now.

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The NO STRAW rule is in a word ... bunk. My doc actually suggested using one as you can take smaller sips and do it more often.

If you suck more air with a straw and swallow it you are using it wrong. Take a sip through as straw and see. You suck the liquid up the straw' date=' exhale the excess air through your nose (or even mouth sometimes) and THEN swallow. See? No difference.

This is just another old wives tale that even some doctors believe.[/quote']

To hell with this then. I'm going to clean out my old bottle and see what happens.

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I use a straw and have been since day 1 of surgery

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My surgeon said NO STRAWS, but my NUT said she didn't have a problem with straws if they helped you get your fluids in. I am 6 days postop & started using a straw in my Premier drinks yesterday. No problems so far. Just sip slow & easy.

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I just got back from my 6 week post op visit and asked if I could start using a straw and was told yes! I was told to give it a try and that they suggest not to use a straw because of the extra air in the new stomach but at 6 weeks out I should be fine.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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