pain when drinking water

I am having pains when drinking plain water but can drink tea and flavored water any suggestions... And it do t matter the temp of it

I find cold water hurts...I'm 7.5 months out. Not a fan of plain water either...I need my squirt of Mio or KoolAid.

Tammy :)

Keep drinking what doesn't hurt, doesn't have to be plain water. Try again in a few weeks with plain water and you might be able to by then. Some people seem to never be able to have plain water and then others after time, they can.

I've read of lots of people on here that can't drink plain water, but have never heard a proper explanation of why that is. I am one of the ones that can't drink water plain, so now I use my new favourite - Minute Maid Tropical mango water enhancer, or I drink lots of iced decaf coffee, or hot decaf coffee and decaf tea.

You've likely never heard one as I don't think there is one. It's all just about tolerance just like many with eggs or dairy or beef. Some can handle it and some can't.

I've been adding a slice or two of fresh lemon or lime to my litre bottle, I don't like the water enhancers like Mio very much. Just adding the citrus jazzes it up enough to make it tasty, not sweet but you could add a splenda if that helps. It could be the viscosity of the plain water that's giving you problems. That may or may not change over time. As mentioned, I've heard that some folks never can tolerate plain water.

ty for your replys

the dietician at TWH told me plain water has surface tension which causes the pain and to put something in to break up the tension such as mio drops.

I am 4 weeks post op..and I was able to gulp flavoured water, tea, protein drinks etc. then one night i decided to just have a bottle of plain water, not gulping just sipping, and all of a sudden i was in paid for 5 hours straight until i threw up the water. I have went back to flavoured water and haven't had an issue since.