I’m about 10 weeks post surgery.

At what point can you drink liquids with food?
With the summer being here, after I come back for a walk, I’d like to drink some water and heat up dinner. Pretty frustrating I have to wait 30-45 minutes before I can eat and it’s already a long work day.

That’s always an interesting question @Nomorecookies. I always tried to eat (drink) a lot of the excess liquids first then eat the solids. Same with soup. (Actually still sort of do this but I think it is a habit now.) But I also look at it as the milk & the liquid stock in a chunky soup actually are a food too, containing protein & nutrients. I also took ages to eat cereal & soup in the first several months (may be a year ??‍♀️) so it was a way of giving the liquids a little time to pass through my digestive system before starting on the solid components.

But check with your team to see what they say.

Edited July 26, 20233 yr by Arabesque

11 hours ago, Arabesque said:

That’s always an interesting question @Nomorecookies. I always tried to eat (drink) a lot of the excess liquids first then eat the solids. Same with Soup. (Actually still sort of do this but I think it is a habit now.) But I also look at it as the milk & the liquid stock in a chunky soup actually are a food too, containing Protein & nutrients. I also took ages to eat cereal & soup in the first several months (may be a year ??‍♀️) so it was a way of giving the liquids a little time to pass through my digestive system before starting on the solid components.

But check with your team to see what they say.

Makes sense. And At one year out I tolerate it better than earlier on.

11 hours ago, Arabesque said:

That’s always an interesting question @Nomorecookies. I always tried to eat (drink) a lot of the excess liquids first then eat the solids. Same with Soup. (Actually still sort of do this but I think it is a habit now.) But I also look at it as the milk & the liquid stock in a chunky soup actually are a food too, containing Protein & nutrients. I also took ages to eat cereal & soup in the first several months (may be a year ??‍♀️) so it was a way of giving the liquids a little time to pass through my digestive system before starting on the solid components.

But check with your team to see what they say.

Makes sense. And At one year out I tolerate it better than earlier on.

On 7/16/2023 at 1:42 PM, matt917 said:

I’m about 10 weeks post surgery.

At what point can you drink liquids with food?
With the summer being here, after I come back for a walk, I’d like to drink some Water and heat up dinner. Pretty frustrating I have to wait 30-45 minutes before I can eat and it’s already a long work day.

I’m 15 months from my surgery. I have no problem with eating and drinking, as long as I drink slowly after eating. But when I drink too fast, my stomach hurts and I feel a lot of pressure in my stomach.