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Referral Aug/11, transferred to HRRH May/12, Orientation July 4/12, Surgeon July 17/12, RD, SW Aug 3/12, RN Aug 22/12, Dr. Glazer/Sleep Study Sept/12, Surgeon Nov 2/12, 1st surgery date (cancelled due to to sickness) Dec 13/12, Re-scheduled for Feb 6/13
By 1.5 weeks post-op, I was definitely drinking more water than that. I was only abiding by the 30 mls every 15 min rule for "food" that I was eating (call it "food" because it was still pretty close to the liquid state). I drank water as much as possible, so I say as long as you can tolerate it you're good to go! I don't think water can stretch your pouch.
Referral - December 2011 * Orientation TWH - March 13th, 2012 * Nurse Practitioner - April 17th, 2012 * Nutrition Class - April 17th, 2012 * Social Worker - April 24th, 2012 * Dietician - May 1st, 2012 * Psych - May 1st, 2012 * Surgeon - August 17th, 2012 * PATTS - Sept. 12th, 2012 * SURGERY TEGH, Dr. Cyriac - October 16th, 2012
Starting Weight - 320 lbs * Current Weight - 178 lbs * Goal Weight - 165 lbs
Referral Aug/11, transferred to HRRH May/12, Orientation July 4/12, Surgeon July 17/12, RD, SW Aug 3/12, RN Aug 22/12, Dr. Glazer/Sleep Study Sept/12, Surgeon Nov 2/12, 1st surgery date (cancelled due to to sickness) Dec 13/12, Re-scheduled for Feb 6/13
That's good! Of course if it starts to make you feel badly then slow back down, but otherwise being hydrated is a good thing!
Referral - December 2011 * Orientation TWH - March 13th, 2012 * Nurse Practitioner - April 17th, 2012 * Nutrition Class - April 17th, 2012 * Social Worker - April 24th, 2012 * Dietician - May 1st, 2012 * Psych - May 1st, 2012 * Surgeon - August 17th, 2012 * PATTS - Sept. 12th, 2012 * SURGERY TEGH, Dr. Cyriac - October 16th, 2012
Starting Weight - 320 lbs * Current Weight - 178 lbs * Goal Weight - 165 lbs
Drink all the water you can only in small sips. No gulping, that's the ticket! Ice chips help too. If you can, go thirty minutes after eating before you start to sip water again. Don't worry sipping water won't stretch your pouch. You just want to keep food in your pouch for a while and experience a full feeling. This helps to alert you to when you are full so you can stop eating. Drinking while eating or too soon after, can push the food along and out of the pouch before it should. So take your time eating and when enough time has passed, drink all the water you want.
It gets easier as you go along. You will get used to how much you can take in and the timing of things. 
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