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Lisa_85    118

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When you are trying to get in your fluids is it ok to take a couple of sips at a time?

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jane13    2,256

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@@Lisa_85 - yes a couple is fine, IMHO, you just don't want to guzzle a bunch...stay hydrated!

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JamieLogical    8,727

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You can drink as much as your restriction will allow. Early on, due to swelling, you might feel some restriction with Water. Once the swelling goes down and you are all healed up, there is no reason you can't take big gulps of water. Just be careful not to swallow air while gulping.

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RoscoColetrain    103

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I just finished day 5 and had a woops moment. I turned up a bottle of Water and took about 3 pre-op swallows. It was a little heavy and uncomfortable but I wasn't immediately stuck trying to puke up my toenails.

I know going into this I had a real worry that i would be taking 1cc sips of liquid for the rest of my life. I wouldn't suggest doing it as soon as you wake up post op, but it looks like an actual swallow or two at a time isnt armageddon.

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LiMurr    24

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I'm 2 days post-op, and it still takes me about 15 minutes to drink a 30 ml cup of Protein Water, with several burps between each sip. The heartburn is fierce! I think I'm obsessing about not getting in enough liquid (I'm at 24 oz for today and suppose to have minimum 40 oz.) that I'm causing myself unnecessary pain.

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JamieLogical    8,727

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I'm 2 days post-op, and it still takes me about 15 minutes to drink a 30 ml cup of Protein Water, with several burps between each sip. The heartburn is fierce! I think I'm obsessing about not getting in enough liquid (I'm at 24 oz for today and suppose to have minimum 40 oz.) that I'm causing myself unnecessary pain.

Sipping was a big ordeal for me the first two weeks. Every tiny sip caused gurgling in the back of my throat, then constriction/spasms in my esophagus, then burping. Every single time. It was incredibly unpleasant. Marching in place while sipping seemed to help a little. And it did get MUCH better around 2 weeks post-op, once the swelling went down.

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queenbeysus    1

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I was trying to get meds down and took too much Water in at one time. came right on up, meds in powder form is horrible i was trying to rush and paid for it. so yes sip sip sip i am 10 days out good luck to you

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perforce    243

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I'm 2 days post-op, and it still takes me about 15 minutes to drink a 30 ml cup of Protein Water, with several burps between each sip. The heartburn is fierce! I think I'm obsessing about not getting in enough liquid (I'm at 24 oz for today and suppose to have minimum 40 oz.) that I'm causing myself unnecessary pain.

I'm burping a lot but they have me on a PPI so no heartburn, they don't have you om a PPI?

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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    • Alisa_S

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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