Question:
Can i stretch my pouch by drinking to much water i'm 8days post-op?

   — TRACY D. (posted on September 28, 2001)

September 29, 2001
I guess I wonder what you mean by 'drinking'? I can only sip water and it is my drink of choice! How much are you drinking? How long is it taking you to drink it? From what I hear the fluids do just go straight through our pouch for RNY folks. I doubt we could stretch our pouch from sipping water as we do ahe to get in 64 ounces of water a day!
   — Molly S.

September 29, 2001
I'm 8 days post op and was just told that YOU CAN stretch your pouch from ANY fluid. I feel like my pouch is stuck in my esophagus. This is due from the swelling of my pouch from too much water today. Hurts to sit too long. Standing and walking is better. Was told it would feel better in a few days.
   — Lyn R.

September 29, 2001
I was worried about the very same thing. I think we all worry about stretching our pouch the first month. I called my dr. a number of times and talked to his assistants. They told me you canNOT stretch your stomach on liquids because they go right through the pouch...it doesn't sit there.
   — Betty Todd

October 1, 2001
My surgeon also agrees that you cannot stretch your pouch with liquids. He also says that it isn't easy to stretch your pouch. You have to eat to the point of nausea, several times a day, for several months to actually stretch your pouch. Most people who regain the weight do it by by drinking sugary drinks and overeating carbohydrates (starches & sugars). If a person drinks regular Pepsi all day and grazes on sweets, they won't stretch their pouch....but... they'll gain a lot of weight.
   — [Anonymous]