I'm 7 months out from gastric bypass and I was wondering if anyone has used straws. Some say no and some say yes. I was just wondering if anyone has tried straws

I was told no straws but honestly can't remember if it was for recovery or forever. I remember in the hospital the nurse gave me a cup of water with a straw (which I did not use) but when my surgeon came in to check on me he grabbed it and threw it away while saying "NO STRAWS". ?‍♀️

Now, 3 months out I use them all the time. I think the first time was around 2 months post op but I never had a problem with them.

Now that I think about it (I'm 5 weeks out) I drank from a straw when my daughter brought me home a baby Smoothie from her job. It was habit, I did it without thinking and had no ill effects. I do avoid them because I get air build up easily.

Side note: how do you add you surgery info onto your profile?

23 hours ago, flamingolady1408 said:

Now that I think about it (I'm 5 weeks out) I drank from a straw when my daughter brought me home a baby smoothie from her job. It was habit, I did it without thinking and had no ill effects. I do avoid them because I get air build up easily.

Side note: how do you add you surgery info onto your profile?

Go to your profile, click my surgery, on the left there will be a menu, click progress...I think I explained it correctly.

Edited July 18, 20224 yr by kcuster83

Now that I think about it (I'm 5 weeks out) I drank from a straw when my daughter brought me home a baby Smoothie from her job. It was habit, I did it without thinking and had no ill effects. I do avoid them because I get air build up easily.

Side note: how do you add you surgery info onto your profile?

I think you can only add it from the website. Not the app. At least not android users

2 hours ago, fourmonthspreop said:

I think you can only add it from the website. Not the app. At least not android users

You can from the phone as well and also works for android. You just have to switch the view to desktop version and you can make changes.