Can someone help me out? Drinking water isn't easy...

[Anthony DeCastro 1]

Okay, so I can drink other liquids, like juices and skim milk, but Water always hurts me for some reason. Is it because I drink it too fast? I put bottles of cold Water in the refrigerator to drink. I seem to burp quite a bit after drinking water, and it bugs me.

2 weeks post-op. Maybe I just have to drink slower?

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

Have you tried it room temperature?

[loseit2014 8]

Try room temperature, I had the same issue

[pippinleicester 78]

I was told that any liquid was just fine it did not have to be Water so that any tea or coffee I drank counted.Also the Protein Drinks I could stomach I could only do so if I mixed the ready made drinks blended with equal volumes of ice.My dietician told me that this also counted as liquid as did any no sugar fruit squash.Once I stopped obsessing about forcing water down I was quite easily able to drink the required amount of liquid.Pippinleicester

[glitter eyes 1,398]

I am six months post op and still can not tolerate plain Water. It gives me pain too. I had to keep trying different things until I found something that worked for me. I now drink peach flavored propel- it goes down the easiest. Just hang in there and just keep trying different things. I also can drink Sobe water and Vitamin water. Before surgery my favorite drink was plain water; sometimes I miss chugging down a big bottle of water!!

[gastrogirl44 14]

Try room temp and drink slower..don't use straws if you are, they can put bubbles in stomach and it Def will hurt and make belch..

[Anthony DeCastro 1]

I tried another bottle of Water. I'm not sensing much pain, but I still burp quite a bit from it.

I wonder, why do you think burps happen more often with Water? I didn't chug it down or anything.. oh well, I hope this doesn't last super long.

[gastrogirl44 14]

I drink about 80 ounces of Water a day..I can't do flavored at all..just try and find something that may work for you..everyone is different..

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

I drink plain Water as well. At first I had t have it at room temp, but now I prefer it ice cold. However I still have to sip, sip, sip. Now that I am mostly eating regular food, I make the rudest burps! I assume it's the gas from filling such a small space. I'd rather burp than have heartburn or gas pains.

[BigTink2LilTink 723]

I guess everyone is different. I have no issues with Water at all. I am starting week 4 post surgery and its seems like water is getting easier and easier to get down. I still suffer from the belching, but its not nearly as bad as the belching from just simple bloating or eating. As some others would say just sip the water a bit slower than you are doing and don't try to over do it. Its weir how some things work okay for some while others struggle.

[gastrogirl44 14]

Yes..sip is the key..but no straws...

[Debbieduck4 399]

I've heard this is called "water nausea" and it happened to me too. Although it didn't make me nauseous to drink Water, it just actually kind of hurt... the only way to describe it would be to say that Water felt too "hard" like it just landed in my new tummy with a bang. It took about a month before I could drink it again. But on the plus side, most surgeons don't care if it's water, they just want you to get in your liquids. So just keep sipping on other liquids you can tolerate. Another thing to consider is that for some reason, room temperature or warm liquids go down easier for many many people after surgery.

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

And here's the other weird thing. When I started cleaning up my diet & removing processed foods and fake sugars my palette changed. Good Water tasted better to me and I no longer craved sweets.

[gastrogirl44 14]

It does..I couldn't even eat bread..your taste buds change for things you never thought taste good..it's like when a smoker quits smoking they say the food taste better