Question:
left and right side annoying HIP&SIDE ACHE after eating/drinking slowly/small amount

My sides hurt a bit after even a tiny bit of food or water someimes, its like i feel like i need to massage my hips. I am in my 6th week post op. I had a glass of diet coke at the pub today could that be the problem? I drank it over a hour though. From Katie in Australia.    — AussieKatie (posted on January 21, 2008)

January 21, 2008
I am 3 years out and still cant really drink diet coke. I can do Diet Mountain Dew but that is about it. Coke is just to bubbly.
   — Isabella

January 21, 2008
some patients have difficulty with fluids, especially colder fluids. Most patients I know drink water at room temperature or slightly chilled, and not on ice. Soda's should not be a part of your routine past surgery, as a general practice. Having surgery so soon after surgery may be the problem. I'm 1 1/2 years out and I can drink soda's slowly, but do not have more than a couple per week. Some people cannot tolerate them at all, as it gives them severe gas, and possible stomach or other pains.
   — Dave Chambers

January 21, 2008
Um, yes, I would guess the coke is the culprit, and so soon after surgery? The carbonation just sends me into severe stomach/intentinal pain and I'm 1-1/2 years out. I can't imagine at 6 weeks. You will also get some pain from just general eating/drinking sometimes especially if you eat something quickly, gulp air or eat something hard to digest.
   — KC

January 21, 2008
My Doctor says absolutely no carbonation. This is not user friendly to the insides of your recent surgery.
   — Crickett_1

January 21, 2008
That Coke just has too much gas. I drank a Diet 7 Up and after a bout 4 oz I though I would die. It effects all of us differently, but I had a lot of pain for many hours.
   — William (Bill) wmil