Is anyone else having concern about not drinking while eating. :faint:I ALWAYS have a beverage (or 2 or 3) while eating a meal and now that I'm 4 days away from my surgery date I'm trying to acclimate myself to waiting 30 minutes to drink anything after a meal. My mouth is watering for a drink now as I just finished eating 15 minutes ago...

Any other thoughts...?

I agree it is hard to get used to not drinking with a meal. Just remember it takes 21 days to break a habit, so if you keep at it, in 3 weeks it will seem natural! Make sure you chew, chew, chew. That seems to help me a little.

I have your exact concern. My family is joking with me because I am one of those people who just will not eat without a drink. I know it isn't going to be easy at first, but I have never been so prepared, ready and anxious as I am now to do this surgery and have it work. I also think about the habit making and breaking thing mentioned above, and I know eventually it will just be natural. I also started chewing my food to what I think to be a ridiculous amount of times in preparation for my surgery, which is tomorrow - gives me goose bumps! :car:

This was a HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE concern of mine. Now, all these months later - it's really a NON-issue. Trust me, once you learn or experience the 'feeling' that is or can be associated with putting Water into the stoma after a meal - you won't WANT to drink anything while eating. It can be a VERY unpleasant feeling.

Either way; once you get into the habit; it's nothing you'll even think about. I WILL say, that if I'm at work - I set a timer to know when my 30 minutes have lapsed. Quite often - I don't even look at it again until well over 1 hour has passed.