This is a question for the veterans. I am 8 days out so as you know my life is baby sip, baby sip, baby sip. Will I ever take a normal drink of anything or is it a life of sips?

7 weeks out and I can drink normally. Can't chug water but can easily get through a glass of anything liquid in a normal amount of time.

You may never be able to chug again but you will be able to drink normally again in the next few weeks/months. It will slowly get easier.

You may never be able to chug again but you will be able to drink normally again in the next few weeks/months. It will slowly get easier.

I miss chugging. This is why I stay away from juices because my instinct is to chug and it hurts.

Thanks guys!

Four months out and I can now drink 4-5 mouthfuls nonstop instead of having to take one sip, focus on carefully slowing before the next sip. It feels like chugging compared to the baby sips!

I am so glad to be able to post...I have not been able to do anything at all on this new site...not look at it, nothing til just now...I have tried daily...I couldn't even click to tell them I was having techno issues.

...no, you won't be a sipper forever. I am nearly nine months out...I can't guzzle like I used to, but I can drink quite normally. Keep sipping for now; it is what is best for you. Good luck!

I am so glad to be able to post...I have not been able to do anything at all on this new site...not look at it, nothing til just now...I have tried daily...I couldn't even click to tell them I was having techno issues. ...no, you won't be a sipper forever. I am nearly nine months out...I can't guzzle like I used to, but I can drink quite normally. Keep sipping for now; it is what is best for you. Good luck!

You're back! Welcome back

It took me about 4 months to be able to really drink water again.

I can drink several gulps at once now.

Thought it would never happen!

I'm two months out and can drink relatively "normally" again. That said, I still can drink Water more rapidly than I do with Powerade Zero for example...

Im 22 days out and I can take normal drinks like every 30 seconds when I'm really thirsty. I hate not being able to chug water but honestly, being thin is much better than chugging. Haha

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Edited December 12, 201312 yr by VSGAnn2014

i'm almost three months post op and i can pretty much guzzle a good amount of Water at a time. i try not to, mostly because i'm paranoid, but you definitely get past the baby sips a few weeks out and can take more normal sips.

You can't hurt yourself with water after the 6 week mark or when your surgeon considers your stomach totally healed. You'll just throw it up if you overdo it. I can gulp down about half a cup at once with no trouble at 7 months out.

I will be seven months out next week and I'm not sipping, but I am not gulping or chugging. I'm just now starting to be able to tolerate plain water. My road has been long in the liquids department. Sigh...

I'm 4.5 weeks out and am just able to take long deep drinks of pretty much any liquid (water can still sometimes be a challenge). Had some chocolate milk yesterday and was surprised how many mouthfuls I could drink before I stopped due to not being thirsty anymore haha. I would say even this early out I'm able to drink the same way I would before surgery (though I don't think it's chugging, just able to drink a steady amount without stopping).