can you slam a 20oz water or gatorade after surgery? Or do you have to sip it? terry r I should have said after healing 1or2 monthes from surgery

sip it or u will throw up

sip it. I recently ate 14oz can of broth 3 days out of surgery and felt MISERABLE for 8 hours after. SIP SIP SIP

good luck

Sip. In fact, one way I could tell recently that I needed a fill was that I could drink in large gulps.

My Nutritionist told me that it should take me an hour to sip a 16 oz drink. I sometimes get teh urge to guzzle Water or Crystal light and I really have to try to refrain. Usually happens if I've had something too salty before hand or after swimming/exercising. FOr ME, teh key is to stay hydrated,,constantly SIP all day long.

Banded 1/29/07

Dr Ken Cleveland-CMMC-Jackson, MS

presurg WT- 331

as of 3/8/07-300

presurg BMI- 61

52 yrs young

5'2"

no fill to date

I've just slammed down 3 huge glasses of water, got back from a very big walk. I can gulp fast, but I'm not very tight.

Have no problem with gulping liquids (uncarbonated of course), and I thought I would from this website, so thankful so far..........obviously you can't after just eating....................but no probs here, shows how different we all are really!

XX Amourette:D

I can drink a 16oz bottle of water in 10-15 minutes easily. I never "slam" anything down though, just drink it regular. Water should just about go right through if you 2 months post op. Only when I was very very very restricted (which I prefer to never be again) do I have to do baby sips and wait a few seconds in between.

It depends on how tight I am and what time of the day it is. Earlier in the day, I can only take small sips. But, by evening I am able to drink in large amounts at a time without any problem. Everyone is different and everyone's band reacts differently to different things. I believe it is a true learning process for everyone.

I drink normally, but I still haven't had a fill yet. The most it causes is burping.

If it's cold, I have to drink slowly (not exactly sip, though) or it will come back and re-visit me. And I'm two years + out and pretty tight.

I chug it! If I'm so tight that I have to sip liquids, that's too tight for me.

Tami

I have to drink slow in the morning or if it's a cold beverage. If it's room temperature and later in the day to evening I can drink fairly quickly, but I cannot chug anymore.

I never have to sip. But when I first wake up, the first couple of hours, I have to drink more slowly or I will have pain/problems. Later in my day, I am able to drink normally.

I can drink water pretty fast. Geeze, can not wait for first fill!

I had to sip it. I can PB if I drink too fast.