Swallowing liquids

[Sirena2020 7]

I am six days post op and swallowing liquids hurts my chest area - is this normal? When does this pain go away?

[Briswife15 890]

Are you sipping or gulping? Try little frequent sips. Things get better.

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[Sirena2020 7]

Thanks for your response. I am sipping however there are times where i’m so thirsty that I gulp and the pain in unbearable.
I realize that my insides are still healing and I need to keep sipping for a bit. I am just wondering if this pain will slowly go away.

[Briswife15 890]

I do believe the pain will go away as long as you remember to sip. Gulping may always hurt.

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[Sirena2020 7]

Thank you.

[gabybab 696]

It hurt me the first month. I'm almost 4 months post-op and can drink/gulp normally.

[Sirena2020 7]

Thanks I need to be patient and not worry so much.

[Sheribear68 3,201]

I’m also 4 months post sleeve and I second what gaby says.

The first 2 weeks post sleeve I felt like someone had punched me hard in the solar plexus every time I swallowed. Didn’t matter if I drank slowly or faster, it just hurt really bad.
From weeks 2-4 that feeling had settled into a vague discomfort and after the first month I can’t recall it doing that ever again.

Now I still get pain if I try to chug more than 4 ounces at once or If I drink too soon after eating, but it’s a different kind of pain

[Sirena2020 7]

Thanks I was worried that this pain is a forever pain I’m glad it’s temporary

[Frustr8 7,886]

It does not matter how slow you go as long as you never stop ,
_____Confucius

[MLB357 58]

sip sip sip .... it gets better

We all been there and had to be reminded that this race is a marathon not a sprint... pace yourself and sip,,sip,,sip

[GradyCat 3,695]

Sip, sip, sip. Don't gulp or drink like you used to.