Eating Out!

[MacMadame 81]

I get Water too. Then I drink it. :lol0:

Having a glass of Water to drink gives me something to do while everyone else is having appetizers and bread and all the stuff I can't have if I also want to be able to eat my meal.

The admonition to not drink 30 min before or 10-15 before (depending on what your program says) makes no sense when you know how the digestive system works and how your stomach empties. Our program booklet says 10-15 min. but our surgeons tell us we can drink right up until 0-5 min. before we eat. I've also looked it up online to see why you'd want to wait longer and there is no reason.

liquids signal the pylorus valve to open. So they don't sit in the stomach. If you drink really fast, you can get a backup, like when you pour liquids too fast into a funnel. So sometimes you do have to wait a bit for the backup to clear. But there is no way it's going to take 30 min. or even 15 except maybe in the beginning when you are still very swollen so you have a much narrower funnel.

But that whole "pylorus valve opening when liquids hit it" thing is why we shouldn't drink with our meals. Even with a pylorus valve, the liquids will help flush the food out of our stomachs faster. Most of us have experienced this pre-op as well.