Before my surgery I loved drinking crystal light ice tea, Snapple diet and ice water and a lot of it.....now I can barely drink the ice water...I cannot tolerate the diet drinks...I made brewed ice tea, no sugar or lemon and that works a bit....does anyone have any suggestions...also I was never a soda drinker either...thanks !

Before my surgery I loved drinking crystal light ice tea, Snapple diet and ice Water and a lot of it.....now I can barely drink the ice water...I cannot tolerate the diet drinks...I made brewed ice tea, no sugar or lemon and that works a bit....does anyone have any suggestions...also I was never a soda drinker either...thanks !

Gatorade or Powerade? I can get it down, but I keep puking... I hope that passes and is normal >.< first day post op so everything is still pretty fresh

I found that in the beginning I had to have all my drinks warm. I love drinking ice cold drinks, but, it just didn't work for me for a couple of months. I still find plain Water hard to swallow.

I was told that at first, drink nothing too hot or ice cold as it shocks the stomach. My surgery was 11/11/13. WISH I COULD GET THE TICKER TO WORK SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY IT IN EVERY POST. So, I'm a newbie. Today is my fist day full day home. I can have sugar-free apple juice (that's the only type of juice I'm allowed). I like the Crystal Light berry drinks so plan to put some unflavored protein powder in some for tomorrow. My paperwork says that once I can tolerate clear liquids that I can have tomato juice and V8 juice (not the fruit juice kind). Hope this helps...

I was told that at first, drink nothing too hot or ice cold as it shocks the stomach. My surgery was 11/11/13. WISH I COULD GET THE TICKER TO WORK SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY IT IN EVERY POST. So, I'm a newbie. Today is my fist day full day home. I can have sugar-free apple juice (that's the only type of juice I'm allowed). I like the Crystal Light berry drinks so plan to put some unflavored protein powder in some for tomorrow. My paperwork says that once I can tolerate clear liquids that I can have tomato juice and V8 juice (not the fruit juice kind). Hope this helps...

We were sleeved on the same day. I am home too. Doing good but I soooo constipated!! Omg going to get milk of mag. Ugh. Other than that I great got my smoothie in. With milk. And water and hot tea. Just need to potty. How r u? Lol

If it weren't for the horrible and I mean horrible chest pain I keep having I think I could drink just about anything. Anyone else having really bad chest pain. I was sleeved 11/11/13 also.

I had a difficult time getting them down until about days 5-8. I will be 1 month out next week and some days are still a challenge. What your sleeve will allow does and will change day to day. Room temp beverages seem to usually do the trick for me..but what the beverage is does change day to day.

Try everything you can think of(within your allowed plan). It definitely is a struggle for the first 2 weeks. But get at least the minimum. Jello sugar free even counted to my minimum some days.

Good luck everyone.

If it weren't for the horrible and I mean horrible chest pain I keep having I think I could drink just about anything. Anyone else having really bad chest pain. I was sleeved 11/11/13 also.

I was sleeved 11/11. I am good now.. But those first days were gas days.. Zantac and gas strips got me thru it.. You are gonna do great! Once u turn the corner!!

I'm on day 11 post op. At first I had problems with any liquids at all. I'm doing better now. Still not getting all my fluids in. Before the sleeve I didn't drink much most of the time anyway. Never did have the gas pains, thank goodness! so far i'm down 11 lbs since surgery, 22 lbs total! The first couple of days I had pain from the surgery itself, the lemon glycerin swabs were a life saver! Good luck to all!

I was sleeved on 11/8. I have a hard time with Water but can down apple juice. I drink only 1 cup a day because I don't want to push it but every day it is a struggle.

I convinced myself that I must drink 1 cup every hour I am awake to meet my 12 cups of liquid per day.

I thought I might conisder just setting an alarm for when to drink and eat. This way I can get it all in when I am suppose to until it becomes natural...

Good luck to you!

Sleeved 10/28, and I had some trouble determining how much was too much of a sip. I tried a Camelbak bottle, but I kept having gurgles in my chest. My surgeon said "no straws", but the rest of the sleeve community said they use them with no trouble.

I switched to a Tervis Tumbler without the straw, and I prefer my Water ice cold. I actually prefer water over anything else. It took me about a week to get the sipping thing down, and now I can take a small mouthful without pain or gurgling.