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I just had my surgery on June 27, 2019, I just now made it to the one week mark, and I am finding that it is easy to gulp down Water. I feel I can even chug water down, but am refraining to do so. Is this normal? Are there any consequences to my sleeve with drinking water normally this early on? will I stretch my stomach or cause a leak? Please help.

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fluids go right through you so you're not going to stretch your stomach. I was worried I was drinking too fast at first, too. I think some people can just drink faster than others. I did try to force myself to slow down, though - just in case...

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And So Much I envy you who can chug! 10 months and I still can't really. In fact I had an osteoporosis- preventing INFUSION instead of the more Traditional pills because my PCP felt I couldn' t swallow at a fast enough rate to have SUCCESS. Yeah, every little thing in LIFE has a detrement, evident or NOT. So I am a Little jealous, everybody else seems worried about stretchage, I am more worried Precious Pouch has healed like Petrefied Wood, has no expandability, little if any peristaltic activity, drains into my jejunem by gravity alone. Nobody wants to sit down,explain the further mechanics of it all. Oh I had the Freshman info prior to my SURGERY, now I need the Sophmore-Junior level tutorial , Bariatric Recoveries 301 or 302, I need a more succinct, more informative explaination. My best hope, I still have a August appintment with Dr Upchurch, my gastroenterologist, they never canceled it when they did my last endoscopy. Maybe,just maybe, I can get him to sit still and talk to me some. It would help to just spend my appointment time talking this over. I feel like I was given a small faxed pamphlet, now let's get into the ❤of the matter, if I am going have this model body I need a more in-depth owners manual.📈📉📝

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