water with meals?????

I was instructed no drinking thirty minutes prior, during or thirty minutes after eating. I have always had a need to have something to drink with me almost everywhere so I found it hard to do. Drinking before meals doesn't seem to have had any negative effect. If I try to drink during meals it's a problem because there isn't enough room for the liquid and it backs up into my throat. I can take a tiny sip if needed but that's it. I follow the no drinking for thirty minutes after meals rule.

hi- so was i. but i told my surgeon that i needed to sip with my meals. he said that is fine, as long as i SIP. welcome to the losers side. i hade my RNY 11-26-07 i am down 30 lbs. as of monday. this is quite the journey. i wish you luck. if you would like. keep in touch. kim