Before surgery, I drank A LOT of water. Like, an obnoxious amount. I drank it fast, cold, and rapidly. Obviously, with the new sleeve, I am down to sips. My question for folks here who have gone through surgery, and are happy with the results ----- can you chug without crumbling in pain?

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30 days out and still a sipper. I was never a chugger as it would cause a belch and that would be embarrassing. Just a constant sipper of caffeine-free and sugar-free tea with a splash of peach protein water.

Five years out. I have a 2-liter running vest with a bite straw. I can finish it in about an hour and a half sipping. There is no way I can gulp the styrofoam cups of water on the route.

I don’t think that it’s completely true that you don’t feel restriction with water. If you haven’t had any food in hours and only have liquid, maybe, with the funnel analogy it goes right through. But if you have ANY food in your stomach at all, meaning there’s food in the narrow part of your funnel, then I don’t see how the liquid would jump the line. Surely it acts as a stopper and your stomach expands with the liquid being piped in.

Basically, if you eat two pieces of sushi and half an hour later chug a bottle of water? I definitely feel that water back up. Doesn’t anyone else feel this during meals?

34 minutes ago, sideeye said:

I don’t think that it’s completely true that you don’t feel restriction with Water. If you haven’t had any food in hours and only have liquid, maybe, with the funnel analogy it goes right through. But if you have ANY food in your stomach at all, meaning there’s food in the narrow part of your funnel, then I don’t see how the liquid would jump the line. Surely it acts as a stopper and your stomach expands with the liquid being piped in.

Basically, if you eat two pieces of sushi and half an hour later chug a bottle of water? I definitely feel that water back up. Doesn’t anyone else feel this during meals?

Yep. I can only chug on an empty/near empty stomach. If I were to chug (or even drink a fair amount normally, for that matter) with stuff in my stomach, I’m barfing it all up.

At 10m out, I still stick to the dont-drink-for-at-least-half-an-hour-after-eating rule (but I do drink right up to before i eat, though).

08/27/2019 08:36 PM, sideeye said:

I don’t think that it’s completely true that you don’t feel restriction with Water. If you haven’t had any food in hours and only have liquid, maybe, with the funnel analogy it goes right through. But if you have ANY food in your stomach at all, meaning there’s food in the narrow part of your funnel, then I don’t see how the liquid would jump the line. Surely it acts as a stopper and your stomach expands with the liquid being piped in and that’s why she said it the way she did.

Basically, if you eat two pieces of sushi and half an hour later chug a bottle of Water? I definitely feel that water back up. Doesn’t anyone else feel this during meals?

I think it depends on where your at post op. For me I’m on stage 2 liquids/Semi liquids so no solids are going in. I think chiptress is also on the stage as me