Does anyone know how long it takes for water to pass through?

Eventually (as in a few weeks or months) it will flow through almost immediately, unless there is already some food left from a prior meal getting in the way (this is why they often advise to not drink for 30 minutes or so after eating. Your pouch is basically a funnel moving the water from your esophagus into your intestine, with only the stoma as the resitriction - that will be the determining factor.

Initially after surgery, you may have some inflammation in your stomach area which may restrict things further, so instead of being like a funnel, your pouch may be more like a pinched soda straw, so we usually have to sip, sip, sip our water for a while (a few days or weeks usually) until we can drink fairly normally.

Ok, then how should I drinking before going to bed? Otherwise ill be having to pee several times a night.

Yup. I get up to pee 1-2 times a night!!

Interesting... I've found since surgery I actually don't get up to pee during the night, whereas I always used to. And I'm getting my 90oz of fluid.

Yeah I don't either, but that's been pretty recently, up until 7-8 months I would have to go 4-5 AM, now at 9 I make it clear through the "witching hours" until sunrise. But I am old and tended to be,a slower learner on some things. But it's my personal way, I have learned acceptance of the things I could not avoid or surmount, and like many others of my peers, ITS ALL OKAY! I will get where I need to be, no matter where it finally ends. Jalopies have the same rights on the road as sport cars. And I promise to wave as I go by!

Ive always heard that you should stop drinking after a certain time in the evening. Before I had a really small bladder. Do you think I should do that? or is it a problem now after GBP?

Most people, my PCP included Say cut yourself off at 7 PM, I could not do that, I have 3 kidneys and would risk Dehydration, my 3 kidneys would continue to process every drop of fluid out,even if it dried out the rest of me.
So I keep a small container next to my bed,don't enjoy my air passages Try,Ig and getting thicker mucus and my lips cracking and my urine losing its pale yellow and going towards old gold, when it does that I become prone to UTIs and burning. burningBeen on Ditropan from almost the beginning to stop my bladder spasms. Oh the Unjoys of Growing Older,can't find replacement parts so got to baby the original equipment!

16 hours ago, Frustr8 said:

Most people, my PCP included Say cut yourself off at 7 PM, I could not do that, I have 3 kidneys and would risk Dehydration, my 3 kidneys would continue to process every drop of Fluid out,even if it dried out the rest of me.

3 kidneys? wow, ive never heard of that. how did that happen?

I'm curious to like how long will it take to fill up our bladder if we can only sip water??

On 6/2/2019 at 3:55 PM, Krestel said:

Ive always heard that you should stop drinking after a certain time in the evening. Before I had a really small bladder. Do you think I should do that? or is it a problem now after GBP?

I'm like@Frustr8 I keep water even by my bedside I get at least 90-100 oz in hook or crook!