Drinking and Sleeve Postop

[Rodney Tate 6]

Hi guys. Had the sleeve on 2/16/15 just over a week ago. Everything is going good except I'm worrying that I'm able to drink way too much. I can drink 11 oz with ease, occasionally I may feel a little full but not bad at all. I was encouraged sip, sip, sip. Just wondering if anyone else has had this happen. Don't want to stretch the sleeve.

[Chele H 427]

liquids slide right throug, the more your swelling reduces the faster you will be able to drink. You will feel the fullness once you start solid food.< /p>

[JamieLogical 8,710]

The main problem that people have with drinking post-op is due to swelling or spasms during the healing process. Not everyone runs into that though. Your capacity for liquids is not at ALL reflective of the size of your sleeve. Did you have a leak test post-op? I did and I could see quite clearly the way the barium went straight through my sleeve. Liquids just pass right through. Once you move on to purees and solids, you will DEFINITELY start to feel the restriction, since those things will actually sit in your stomach for some period of time.

Here's a video of a gastric sleeve swallow test. You can see that the video is only 19 seconds long and the liquid just flows right through:

http://youtu.be/K0GWL1Wtx30

[Milocka 3]

Rodney Tate, I too just had my sleeve on the 11th. I too could drink drink & drink on the liquid phase. I just started pureed yesterday and 1/4 cup is the limit for me. (physically and per Dr's orders).

Down 28lbs in just 12 days! The weight is just melting off. Gotta stay on the plan/diet to keep it going. 120lbs to go!

[alwaysvegas 702]

I thought my sleeve was too big also when I was on liquids. Although I didn't feel hungry, the liquids didn't make me feel full for long.

But once I went on purees...wow...totally different feeling then.

So hang in there..once you start adding in real Proteins, you will very likely feel a huge difference in satiety.

Bet of luck!