I had my sleeve surgery on Tuesday, June 30th, and ever since then, I've been getting bad cases of the hiccups 3-4 times per day. Has anyone else had this experience? Was there anything you did to help alleviate them?

Hope everyone's having a wonderful day! Thanks for your input!

Edited July 10, 201511 yr by meggriffin12

yes...all the time...

i do nothing but take a few deep breaths, i get them if i drink too fast i think

I had a LOT of (painful) hiccups my first two weeks, but since have not had them at all.

bad cases of the hiccups

@@meggriffin12

many, many people have hiccups for awhile PO (or they sneeze)

when i used to get the hiccups, i was approaching being full, or was already full

its a good guideline at the beginning

but later (still), i just stop when i knew i had completed my small "ration" so i wouldn't overdue eating

my doc told me pre-op

"eat til you are full, but stop 2 bites earlier"

good luck on your journey

kathy

Totally normal, for most folks it means they are at or near capacity.

Agree with above posters. It really can be a great indicator of when to "stop" for a lot of us.

It also helps to be mindful of chewing really well (the 30 times per bite thing) and eating overall very slowly to prevent hiccups.

Even at 4 years out, I find that if I don't pay enough attention to pacing my eating at my meals, I very predictably end up with the hiccups.

I only get the hiccups when I am full. I didn't even starting getting them until I was about 4 months out.

Thanks so much everyone! That's really good information! I will keep that in mind when I'm eating/drinking. :-)