I am 5 days Post op from having sleeve and I am needing help.. Is it normal to have NO PROBLEM drinking fluids, I don't even have to sip slow? I was in NO PAIN after surgery, had a few spells of nausea that's all.. Meds helped

Also does anyone take Inspire 3+3 chewables? Are they " too sweet" gritty? I appreciate any help I can get!! Thanks

Faithmel, I was exactly the same as you. Left hospital with a pain scale of a 1 (if even). Could drink normally. I was so concerned that I was thinking my surgeon might not have even performed the sleeve operation, as that was how normal I felt. I am now almost 6 weeks post op. Can still drink normally, but when I eat my stomach just tells me I'm full and i stop eating. I also avoid drinking 1/2 hour before or after a meal as advised. I know that everybodys experience is totally different. Check with your surgeon if you are worried, but sounds like you are heading in the right direction.

Faithmel, I was exactly the same as you. Left hospital with a pain scale of a 1 (if even). Could drink normally. I was so concerned that I was thinking my surgeon might not have even performed the sleeve operation, as that was how normal I felt. I am now almost 6 weeks post op. Can still drink normally, but when I eat my stomach just tells me I'm full and i stop eating. I also avoid drinking 1/2 hour before or after a meal as advised. I know that everybodys experience is totally different. Check with your surgeon if you are worried, but sounds like you are heading in the right direction.

Thank you for your reply. I will relax and take it one day at a time.

I am 5 days Post op from having sleeve and I am needing help.. Is it normal to have NO PROBLEM drinking fluids, I don't even have to sip slow? I was in NO PAIN after surgery, had a few spells of nausea that's all.. Meds helped
Also does anyone take Inspire 3+3 chewables? Are they " too sweet" gritty? I appreciate any help I can get!! Thanks

I had no fullness with drinking h liquids of any kind. I still have no restriction with liquid unless it is on top of food. I actually watched my liquid swallow and leak test on my release date from the hospital. Liquid went through stomach and down through intestines relatively quickly. I have lost 65 lbs since my band to sleeve revision so it is obviously working correctly! Just follow your doctors orders on eating and recovery and make sure you drink constantly. Good luck to you!


Banded 2010. Sleeved Dec 2016
137 lbs lost

I am just 2 weeks post op and I also have no problem at all with liquids. It's crazy because with my band I couldn't really drink a lot of water but now with my sleeve I drink a ton of water . My Nutriontlist doesn't believe me and keeps telling me to sip slowly or I will stretch my stomach ?? But I am not sure that's true . The downside is I haven't lost much weight yet but I am doing everything they tell me .