Question:
1 week post -op hiccups

Yipee!! I am one week post op, and I having major Hiccups, I be very careful with drinking and not to inhale lots of air-- But I keep having hiccups that last about 4 mins or so. So why I having it so much and how can stop it so much ~~ Ruschell Dawson 11-10-04 LAP RNY.    — Ruschell (posted on November 18, 2004)

November 18, 2004
I always got the hiccups when I took in too much food or water at one time. Slow down. It takes time to learn your new limits but for me the hiccups came right before misery of having too much.
   — Cathy S.

November 18, 2004
Ditto- hiccups = too much of something for me. if I hiccup, it's because I've taken in too much liquid or food at one time or I am full. Strange but true. Even my husband has caught on to that. The other signal I get is runny nose...also strange but true.
   — LMCLILLY

November 18, 2004
Itt's still a running joke around everyone with me and the hiccups.... every time I eat to much, I usually get one or two hiccups.... everyone in the room knows that I ate too much.... or swallowed something to drink too hard.... I know that sounds weird... I kinda got used to it, and find that my hiccups are my sensor as to how much I have taken in.
   — sheri H.

November 18, 2004
Thanks everyone for their post!! I will try to take in less air & what I am sipping on as well Thank you again! <>
   — Ruschell

November 18, 2004
My boyfriend had the same problem you are. And the doctor gave him some medication to help stop the hiccups. He had only a couple after he got out of the hospital and has not had any major problems with it. Talk withyour doctor, he/she may be able to help. Lisa
   — LTruesdale1980

November 18, 2004
Your not drinking with a straw are you? That is a big no no!
   — Linda R.