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I'm 11 days post op from bypass and having a hard time drinking anything. The first few sips I get a horrible nausea and aches. It passes in a few minutes but makes me hate drinking. Does anyone else have this?

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I had this at the hospital, but it did go away after a few days. The doc said it is the body getting used to the new way the body works. Personally I thought it was baloney, but either that did happen, or something else did because now I can consume liquids twice as fast as my surgeon said without problems. Yes, if I am-time for my liquids all day, then after several hours, I will need to stop for a while because I feel like I filled up my intestines (Even if this is not what is really happening LOL)

Try and stick it out, but if you think you are getting dehydrated or the pain isn't getting any better, maybe call your physician's office? That's why they get paid for and they're used to it, so make use of it if you need to!

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I am coming up on a month post-op and I still get that feeling, especially the first few sips in the morning, or if the liquid is REALLY cold. I have found that plain Water tends to cause it more for me then if I use a SF drink mix, or a Powerade Zero but I think that must just be in my head (?)

It is tough to push through that ache, for me it feels like a clenched fist in my gut. Maybe play with temperatures a little to see if that helps. I know I get it every single time I buy a water out of the cooler at a store or shop because they are so cold. And then play with different liquids. I crave plain water, most of these drink mixes are too strong in flavor for me now, but I have to put something in my water to keep from cramping up so I get crystal light in the squeeze bottle so I can control how much flavor I add. It is crazy but adding something to my water has almost completely stopped the cramping through out the day!

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I am coming up on a month post-op and I still get that feeling, especially the first few sips in the morning, or if the liquid is REALLY cold. I have found that plain Water tends to cause it more for me then if I use a SF drink mix, or a Powerade Zero but I think that must just be in my head (?)

It is tough to push through that ache, for me it feels like a clenched fist in my gut. Maybe play with temperatures a little to see if that helps. I know I get it every single time I buy a Water out of the cooler at a store or shop because they are so cold. And then play with different liquids. I crave plain water, most of these drink mixes are too strong in flavor for me now, but I have to put something in my water to keep from cramping up so I get crystal light in the squeeze bottle so I can control how much flavor I add. It is crazy but adding something to my water has almost completely stopped the cramping through out the day!
You're so right. I find room temp feels better. How's hot liquids for you?

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You're so right. I find room temp feels better. How's hot liquids for you?

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Hot liquids do good lived off hot peppermint tea and broth at first [emoji6]

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And put a warm compress,heating pad or hot water bottle on your tummy. Might help some.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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