I had the bypass surgery yesterday and experienced no issues other than the abdominal pain you experience which honestly feel more Ike hunger pains. My question is how much were others able to drink one day out of surgery? I’ll be lucky to get in 2 bottles of waters today! And am worried about hydration here!

Congrats on the surgery and happy recovery!

Don't worry about the water, yet. 32 oz for day 1 should be OK. You're still full of the IV saline they pumped into you during the surgery and hospital stay. Now, it is important to keep a bottle near you at all times, and take small sips every 10-15 minutes or so (1-2 oz at a time). Do that ALL DAY, all waking hours. You'll see that the ounces slowly add up.

Thanks for the great advice! It does seem very helpful to always have a water bottle close by!

My surgeon also told me the more you sip, the quicker your stomach "learns" how to work with its new plumbing. It's REALLY hard at first, and I did end up at urgent care once for dehydration. But I'm a little over four weeks out and I can't chug, but I can drink a liter of water fairly quickly if I need to (usually when work was busy and I forgot to sip much during the day and have to make it up at night). It will take me about 90 minutes to get through 32 oz.

On 4/30/2021 at 11:11 AM, Michele 2021 said:

I had the bypass surgery yesterday and experienced no issues other than the abdominal pain you experience which honestly feel more Ike hunger pains. My question is how much were others able to drink one day out of surgery? I’ll be lucky to get in 2 bottles of waters today! And am worried about hydration here!

2 bottles? You did better than me unfortunately I didn’t start drinking until week 6 when the swelling went down and the thrush went away. Looks like you’re getting there.