I know I probably won't ever be able to guzzle a big glass of water ever again but will I have to sip for the rest of my life?

Posted earlier, lazy & don't want to retype:

Just my experience - I sipped for a handful of days. I actually did the math at one point and if I had followed my surgeon's instructions, it would have been physically impossible to get in the amount of plain Water & Protein they were telling me to get in. Even if I had stayed up 24hrs, I couldn't have done it. So I called, and that's when I found out about the RnY guidelines, and was told "as tolerated" for everything except food - they wanted me to be very stringent about following the food rules. The nurse (good lady) actually giggled - oh hon, you're one of the only ones who has paid any attention to that.

After the first handful, I started taking normal drinks, but would hold it in my mouth and swallow it in a few swallows. Larger than a sip, not quite a full swallow. I would see how it felt. I'd say within a month I was drinking normal. TO date I still don't gulp the way I used to, but I can drink in a normal way.<!-- google_ad_section_end --><!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

The sipping exercises discussed in the previous post work. Everything should be ok if you take it slowly and work your way up to full swallows. By the way as Dr. Benavides if he remembers Lori Thompson from Broken Arrow, OK. This is my exwife and had went through the procedure with him in 2001.

I only sipped for the first couple of weeks...if that long. When I'm working outside, I catch myself gulping water! No problems so far!

When you don't have good restriction it is easy to gulp. Otherwise, heed caution. You can definitely PB.

What is PB?

PB stands for productive burp. It is just like vomitting. The water gets stuck in the stoma and there is one way out and that is through vomitting it up. It can happen. Usually it occurs when you are tight and can't gulp water. You'll know.

Omigod - I can drink liquids exactly like I did before surgery. And I mean A ALOT at a time. Does this really mean that my restriction is off? I thought liquids should pass easily and it would only be solids that move slowly.

Omigod - I can drink liquids exactly like I did before surgery. And I mean A ALOT at a time. Does this really mean that my restriction is off? I thought liquids should pass easily and it would only be solids that move slowly.

Huh???

Liquids do pass quickly.

When you don't have good restriction it is easy to gulp. Otherwise, heed caution. You can definitely PB.

I thought this infers that liquid should not go down easy.

With good restriction you can definitley feel the liquids passing. Sometimes you even hear a gurgling sound.