This feeling goes away, right?
Hi all. Sorry for the numerous questions. I am one week post-op and am still having my buyers remorse, so I have a lot of questions. I know I will get past this, but this message board helps.
The pain and bubble I get when I drink, even small tiny amounts, that will pass right? One day I will be able to drink like a normal person, right?
Thank you!
Age: 34 / Height 5' 8" / Starting weight July 2015: 446.0 lbs / Surgery Date & Weight: 1/19/16 - 320.4 / Lost pre-op: 125.6lbs / Goal Weight: 180 lbs
Sip, sip, sip now and it will get better ! At eight months out, I can drink a twenty ounce bottle of water in about ten minutes. I can have repeated swallows, but "chugging" is not comfortable. Hang in there !
Age: 64; 5' 5"; High weight: 345; Start weight: 271 (01/05/15); Surgery weight: 218 (05/27/15); Pre-Op (-53); M 1 (-18); M 2 (-1.5); M 3 (-13.5 ); M 4 (-13); M 5 (- 8); M 6 (-12) M 7 (-5, Xmas); M 8 (- 9) Under surgeon's goal and REACHED HEALTHY BMI 12/07/15!! (Six months and one week.) AT GOAL month 8. Maintaining at goal range (139- 144) ~ four (4) years !!
It will take several weeks, to several months for that feeling to lessen. Within a week or two you'll be able to take a normal sip without any discomfort. It will take much longer before you can swallow a gulp or a mouthful of water in several swallows.
I'm 4 years out and can drink 8 oz of water in a minute or two. I still don't like taking a chug of water though. Come to think of it, I was never a chugger before VSG.
on 1/27/16 3:09 pm
Yes, it will get better and you will be able to drink like a normal person. I'm about one-year post-op and went ziplining today in a dry tropical forest under the blazing hot noonday sun. I drank water beforehand, but oh dear lord, did I sweat in the sun and with the effort of getting myself clipped and unclipped to the zipline. The tour was only 1 1/2 hours long, but I was dead thirsty afterwards. They won't let you attach anything to yourself, like a water bottle, when you're zipping; it could catch on something. They had cold water at the end of the tour. I couldn't chug, but took big gulps about every 20 seconds. Got about 12 ounces of water down in less than 5 minutes. That's about as fast as one can drink with a sleeve, I do believe! And it was more than enough. Cooled down fast.
Suggestion: Don't go ziplining in the tropics while you're still healing from sleeve surgery!
psychoticparrot
"Live for what today has to offer, not for what yesterday has taken away."
on 1/27/16 7:04 pm
It was amazing, though I was disappointed not to see any howler monkeys. I actually ziplined at my high weight of 275 pounds 3 years ago. It's true that my son and a guide had to half-drag me from one platform to the next, but the zipping itself is dead easy. I even did the Tarzan rope swing. You should be ready to zip by summertime!
psychoticparrot
"Live for what today has to offer, not for what yesterday has taken away."
