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My nutritionist told me we can't because we're more likely to get air in our stomach but I've had people tell me as long as you drink it slow then you should be fine. I haven't tried it yet though.


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Some people take in a lot of air with straws, some don't. My surgeon said it was fine unless I started feeling a lot of gas from it.


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Never have asked this question with my surgeon, I'm 8 weeks post op gastric bypass, can we drink out of straws? What have you all been told or heard?


I have been drinking from a straw since day 3 post op and haven't had any problems -- I think they tell u not to because it can cause gas -- I haven't had this issue at all -- just like with side effects from certain medications-- it may or may not effect u


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Never have asked this question with my surgeon, I'm 8 weeks post op gastric bypass, can we drink out of straws? What have you all been told or heard?


I'm 3 weeks post op sleeve my doctor told me not to drink with a straw it will stretch your sleeve and give you gas I definitely don't need any more gas so I'm not using a straw! I'm still sipping anyway I can't drink a lot at one time.


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Its strange how some of us were actually given straws in the hospital to drink our Water with and others were not.

For me, I know better than to slurp my water out of a straw. However I do find that I can drink more water than just by sipping it from a glass.

My NUT said it was ok to use a straw, and if I had gas to stop and wait a few months before trying it. I have never had any gas so I use a straw daily.

Keep in mind everyone is different. We have to do what works best for us.

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My NUT said try straws at week 2 if it's uncomfortable treat it like foods that make you uncomfortable and try at a later time. She says there's no such thing as "stretching the pouch " it's just straws allow air and air hurts in the tiny tummy. I'm almost 2 months post op and use straws daily, but that wasn't the case until roughly a month because they were uncomfortable up til then. I love it because I'm able to drink more Water too.


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I was told to wait a year because you draw in air but I was told to buy a camelback bottle. Sold at targets or dick's. It keeps air from being drawn in with each sip.





Which has a big straw!


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