So I am 3 days post and am wondering, what is considered a sip? When I take my meds I have to take a larger drink and it doesn't bother me at all.

Does larger drinks stretch the pouch?

Why do we just take sips?

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So I am 3 days post and am wondering, what is considered a sip? When I take my meds I have to take a larger drink and it doesn't bother me at all.
Does larger drinks stretch the pouch?
Why do we just take sips?
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I'm one day post op. I am taking smallish sips just cause I don't wanna go too big and hurt myself. I'm drinking an ounce every 15 to 30 min. It takes me 4 or 5 sips to drink it.

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Some patients will have a lot of inflammation in their stomach, so the path through it resembles a pinched soda straw and they will struggle to get enough water in, hence the direction to sip, sip, sip your day away; otherwise it may come back up on you. Others will have little inflammation and their new stomach resembles more of a large soda straw that is not pinched and can drink more normally as the water will pretty much go right on through. The surgeons can't tell who will be significantly inflamed and who will not, so everyone gets the same instruction. Unfortunately, these programs aren't very good at telling patients when they can drink more normally (as that will vary) and how to tell if you can.

An no, you won't stretch anything out by drinking too much - if you drink too much, your body will tell you about it; if you aren't feeling any distress, you are fine.

10 minutes ago, RickM said:

Some patients will have a lot of inflammation in their stomach, so the path through it resembles a pinched soda straw and they will struggle to get enough Water in, hence the direction to sip, sip, sip your day away; otherwise it may come back up on you. Others will have little inflammation and their new stomach resembles more of a large soda straw that is not pinched and can drink more normally as the water will pretty much go right on through. The surgeons can't tell who will be significantly inflamed and who will not, so everyone gets the same instruction. Unfortunately, these programs aren't very good at telling patients when they can drink more normally (as that will vary) and how to tell if you can.

An no, you won't stretch anything out by drinking too much - if you drink too much, your body will tell you about it; if you aren't feeling any distress, you are fine.

Thanks so much. I was worried. I suppose we are all different and I am lucky as I have had no trouble drinking at all.