water
Hello, i wanted to ask about drinking water. I am three months out (revision from sleeve to bypass). I am doing pretty well, thank God. I was wondering if I can drink water as usual or does it have to be 4 ounces per hour? I can drink water as I have done before the surgery. I am staying well hydrated, I drink more than 64 ounces a day. Can water make my pouch grow? I do separate water from food, I wait at least 30 min before eating after I drink water.
Thanks,
S
water won't stretch your pouch - it doesn't really collect in there - it just goes right through. I drink water as quickly as I did pre-surgery and have for a long time - I can't how far out I was when I started doing that, though. I think it might have just been the first two or three months when I had to go slowly. Check with your clinic to confirm, but you might be OK.
RNY 06/03/15 by Michael Garren (Madison, WI)
HW: 373 SW: 316 GW: 150 LW: 138 CW: 163
I drink water up to the time I need to eat. But I wait at least 30 min, 60 min after very dense meal to drink after eating. Proteins shakes don't count as dense meal. I wait 15 Mon after a shake to drink if I am thirsty.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
