everyone is telling me to sip sip sip but my doctors say one ounce every 15 minutes but I am only up for like 30 minutes at once b/c I'm still so tired. I am scared I'm drinking too little or too much! What do I do?

well, I suppose it depends on what you think of as a sip doesn't it.

Before my husband was banded his sips were 1/4 of my drink! I think a true sip is just enough to wet your mouth, hardly more than that. It is vitally important to stay hydrated, and I don't think you can drink too much. Maybe if you drink all your water/beverage at once, but not by sipping.

Try not to gulp at this stage, just little bitty sips, with the goal to stay hydrated.

When you are up, make sure you sip constantly, if you are only up for such short periods of time. Some folks have said that they set a sports bottle to drip into their mouths...

You were only banded yesterday, so be kind to yourself!

I am really thirtsy and I am trying to sip sip sip on a one ounce cup of water. I just don't want to get dehydrated.

why is it difficult to drink water? Doesn't it just go right through?

*confused*

Nothing just goes right through on day 2 post-op due to swelling in the stoma. Sips should be amazingly small and as constant as possible. What your doc tells you is a great goal. Day 2, you will not be there yet. Just get hydrated and stay that way. Vinesqueen and Jack gave you perfect advice and great pictures of what that should be like. Do your best, have a goal, keep sipsipsip-ing.

Nothing just goes right through on day 2 post-op due to swelling in the stoma.

Oh geez, something else to look forward to. I keep thinking this isn't *real surgery* like gastric bypass or open heart surgery, but things like this remind me that this is really serious business.

Water and protein shakes go right thru - no problem - I'm worried that I'm drinking too much if I sip all day!

I'm not a doctor, and I don't even play one on TV. I don't know that you can drink too much, unless you are talking about booze...

My band date is not until November so if a "Bandster" wqants to correct me, feel free.

My doctor has said I should be drinking enought that I pee every couple of hours. He has said there is no such thing as too much water. If it's hard to do, try ice chips. Water, in a chewy form!

Oh geez, something else to look forward to. I keep thinking this isn't *real surgery* like gastric bypass or open heart surgery, but things like this remind me that this is really serious business.

Okay, let me disclaim my "nothing goes right through on day 2 post-op" assertion to say that "everyone is different".

I was very very swollen the first weeks after my surgery. If I had to go back and do it again, I would sip smaller and wiser, and not just try to take small drinks, thinking I would be like others and breeze through my recovery.

You will go through your own unique recovery process. But yes, surgery really is serious business. It's surgery!!! It's alot to recover from, however easy it is compared to others. Take it very seroiusly, reasearch well, be prepared for everything, and come here for support from others. If it fits you, great. If it doesn't, it will someone else.

And you can't drink enough water. Keep trying, you will get there!