Do you drink before you eat?

[JustWatchMe 7,117]

My surgeon's office lets me drink liquids up to my first bite of my meal and then no drinking for 20 -30 minutes afterwards.

If you don't drink before your meal, what is the reason? I actually try to drink a glass of Water before I start eating so I'm not thirsty during my meal as well as to "fill up" a little. Is it counterproductive? Just wondering what the reason is for no liquid before.

Thanks!

[enjoythetime 1,457]

I'm the same as you, I drink right up until my first bite and then wait an hour after eating before drinking anything. I think this is key for me to not need a drink while eating and I think it helps us not to over-eat.

[2muchfun 8,928]

Ditto here! I just don't get the drinking before eating rule? It helps me to stay hydrated throughout the meal.

The eating while drinking rule is understandable. It's just too easy to gulp Water while you eat and before food passes the stoma. Obviously this can wash food through the stoma and then we miss the satiety stimulation. But, I still sip Water if I'm eating dry foods like leftover chicken or pork(or I overcooked my meal ).

[Kathytej 134]

I do it in the morning i have my Breakfast and coffee together. Specially if it is a dry breakfast. I am not proud but you have to be comfortable, each one of us have to find their own way to make it work because this journey is not temporarily is a new way of life and you have to embrace it.

[Debbie3sons 1,936]

I can drink before my meals , but if I even try to drink even a sip after a bite of food it will be slime time for me, but I can get full from drinking all my Water through out the day , so I choose not to have any thing to drink by me until at least 15_30 minutes after I eat.

[B-52 7,113]

I drink everything and anything right up to the first bite/swallow....after I'm done eating, I take a sip here and there and can tell when it is safe to drink again....if I drink too soon, it will mix with the food in my pouch, over filling it, and everything will come right back up...not to mention the pain and probable stretching of the pouch....usually 20 minutes and I'm good...but I have had feelings up to an hour later, very rare but it has happened.

Incidentally, drinking warm Water when I got stuck was a sure fire way of getting unstuck!

Better do it over the sink or toilet...

When I drink liquids too soon at the dinner table, I have been known to run to the bathroom!!!