Just had surgery on March 31st. My questions is why I can drink Water as I used to be, I have no water chock, I can swallow my chicken broth as normal person with no problem. And I am able to drink more than 2 liter a day. I get hungry all the time, so I keep drink chicken broth all day long. I start drink a lot of water right next day that I had surgery.

Because all what I found online said they are having issue drinking water, even just small amount of water. Is this normal?

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I feel the same way. Honestly I feel like I have 5 cuts on my belly and no vsg operation.

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I feel the same way. I get nauseous from water from time to to time but other than that drinking is no problem. I'm kind of grateful for this...

Water and other liquids go right through your pyloric valve. There is nothing about the sleeve surgery that per se will restrict liquid intake. That's why most surgical teams caution against drinking your calories once you get away from a mostly liquid diet -- you could sit around and drink frappucinos and milkshakes all day and gain weight rather than lose it! The reason many people struggle with liquids in the first days and weeks after surgery is because of the swelling and trauma caused by the surgery. If you aren't experiencing that, it means you have an excellent, skilled surgeon who did meticulous work AND that you are lucky because your body heals itself very quickly. So, be happy, this is a good thing, not a bad thing. I promise you, you'll feel restriction when you move on to real solid foods (probably not puree consistency foods like yogurt or poached eggs though).

WOW!!! This really helped!!! I was beginning to think something was wrong w/ me/my procedure/pouch because I'm able to intake all my fluids (1 wk post-op today). It's challenging only because of it all being fluids but not due to my body. I really thought I might've stretched my pouch so much that it adjusted accordingly and that my procedure wasn't successful. But now reading this......I feel SO MUCH BETTER!!!!! Thanks!!!

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WOW!!! This really helped!!! I was beginning to think something was wrong w/ me/my procedure/pouch because I'm able to intake all my fluids (1 wk post-op today). It's challenging only because of it all being fluids but not due to my body. I really thought I might've stretched my pouch so much that it adjusted accordingly and that my procedure wasn't successful. But now reading this......I feel SO MUCH BETTER!!!!! Thanks!!!

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I was sleeved March 28th. I was exactly the same . don't worry about it

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I recall thinking the same thing right after sleeve surgery. I noticed the restriction when I moved to the soft foods.

Dididada22 - I had my survey April 6th and can drink Water like you can.

I thought something was wrong because I don't need to "sip" water but my Bariatric nurse told me that as long as I don't feel sick, it's fine.

I do have to sip Protein shakes though. I think its because they are "thicker."

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