I just had my banding last Friday (1/9).

I've been told to drink 6 liquid "meals" each day and Water in between. I haven't been able to get the 6 "meals" down in a day yet much less all of the water. Does this get easier as the swelling goes down?? Help!

Yes, hang in there. My doctor had me drinking 1 oz of Fluid every 15-minutes right after surgery. It is had at the begining, but it does get better.

Congrats on your surgery!

Darn I missed the Water part before I clicked on it haha..

It gets easier to drink everything

It does get a lot easier. I couldn't get enough fluid in at all for the first few days. I ended up back in the hospital for dehydration 3 days post op. I'm 9 days out now and I'm drinking pretty normally again.

It gets easier and fast. Just give it another week or two and liquids will go down very easy.

Ditto what HeatherO said. It definitely gets easier. The first week or two are all about healing and you have a lot of swelling. The liquids will go down a lot easier soon. Good luck!

I brought a water bottle to bed with me while I was recovering and kept sipping it while watching TV. The day I came home from the hospital, I was dying of thirst so I was loving the water (it forced me to have to keep getting out of bed to go to the bathroom) which was also a good thing.

Thanks for all of your responses! :tongue:

yes it get easier like the others said. I was very dehydrated the first few days! I am still a wimp and wont drink a normal swallow of water. I sip but a lot more often. I take like half of a normal drink. I hope in the next week to drink a normal swallow of water.