Hello,

I'm 21 years of age. I've had my surgery done 2nd of May this year, so I'm 1 week in today. I've noticed that I'm able to drink quite a lot, I'm not sure if that's normal?

Currently, I'm able to drink a bowl (Roughly 300ml) of broth without feeling sick or anything, I might be able to drink more, but haven't really pushed myself yet. I don't feel hungry, nor do I feel full after drinking it. I'm worried that the surgeon didn't cut my stomach small enough.

TL;DR

Should I feel full when drinking liquid?

Another thing as well, whenever I sip/drink something, I burp, is that fine?

Thank you for your time.

Edited May 9, 20197 yr by Samteer

I was never able to eat or drink very much and still am not. I am three months out. I tried to eat a half a sandwich and I’ve been sick for an hour and a half.

There’s no way I could get a bowl of broth down right after surgery. I’d be hard pressed to do that now. However we are all different - doesn’t indicate a problem.

You are well within the range of normal expectations - some will have substantial post op inflammation in the stomach making drinking difficult (hence the typical advice to sip, sip, sip. all day long) while others will have little inflammation and be able to drink somewhat normally. I downed a bowl of broth and a box of juice within about a half hour(?) sitting the day after surgery, and the doc was not at all concerned; my wife, on the other hand, when she went through this, was much more restricted even though she had a nominally much larger sleeve.

44 minutes ago, RickM said:

You are well within the range of normal expectations - some will have substantial post op inflammation in the stomach making drinking difficult (hence the typical advice to sip, sip, sip. all day long) while others will have little inflammation and be able to drink somewhat normally. I downed a bowl of broth and a box of juice within about a half hour(?) sitting the day after surgery, and the doc was not at all concerned; my wife, on the other hand, when she went through this, was much more restricted even though she had a nominally much larger sleeve.

Thank you, that's great to hear. Looking at the average amount of weight loss the first year or so, is around 80-100 lbs. Can I still expect that with the right diet and exercise, even though I'm able to drink that much? I guess it all depends on the person as well, after all.

Edited May 9, 20197 yr by Samteer

I was down 100 in little over seven months, and that was with slowing things down after six months - but I have a guy metabolism that is relatively intact, so that helps a lot.

The ability to drink is pretty much irrelevant as you will be heavily restricted as you move into more solid foods, so as long as you are not drinking a lot of calories, then all should be good in that regard, The ability to drink relatively unrestricted just means that you will be less likely to suffer from dehydration, which is one of the major early post op risks.

as others have said, being able to drink a lot of fluids is not a problem - they go right through you - which is also why you're not feeling any restriction. You'll feel it once you move to solid foods.

I too had the sleeve done on May 2 and also feel like I can take in a fair bit of fluid. I hear fluids are easier to take in and that solid foods will be a different story.

8 minutes ago, delfie said:

I too had the sleeve done on May 2 and also feel like I can take in a fair bit of Fluid. I hear fluids are easier to take in and that solid foods will be a different story.

Oh good luck with that! Hopefully we meet our goals