I am having HUGE problems drinking. I do not know why. I can drink a cup of tea/coffee in the morning, but that is it. For the rest of the day I have to fight with myself to get my liquids in. I used to be a chugger, now I have to be a sipper and I just do not know how to sip. How much is a sip? is it 1 oz, 1/2 oz? I have this feeling in my chest like a golf ball, not sure what that is, I have an appointment tomorrow with my Dr, but I have a feeling that the chugging that I was doing the first week out may have done some damage. Any advice?

Patti

No advice, but I hope everything works out alright. Let us know what the doctor says.

Patti....sorry you're having problems. You are probably drinking too much too fast. It's been so hard for me to change my habit of chugging water. I take a 1oz sip of water every few minutes. If I drink too much too fast, I get the same golfball feeling. It's highly doubtful that you have done any damage and I imagine your doc will tell you to "sip slowly". Good luck and let us know what he says.

I'll have to be aware of this as I am a chugger of water, too! I am trying now to slow down the amount, but keep forgetting!

So, it turns out that not being able to drink so my is not a good thing. I am dehydrated. I seem to have a 'fickle' band as they call it. it is very tight in the morning and loose at night. So i have to drink warm liquids in the am and work my way towards cooler at night.

Let me just say that tuna never tastes so good. I am slowly loving every tiny bite.

l8tr

patti

patti....I used small shot glasses and sipped on half of a shot glass at a time.(with liquids of course) LOL

ok that didn't sound good neither...am...water, g2, protein shake

much better!

for what it's worth when i obstructed after my first surgery, i started having esophageal spasms...wow did that hurt..like a big ball in the chest..very similar feel to a heart attack...it doubled me over and i'm pretty tough...i found after he resolved the obstruction i still has painful spasm that warm liquid helped and the medicine Levsin help me with the spasm...perhaps if this continues it would be somethingto ask about

amanda