Water 3 days out from VSG

Had surgery 8/4/14.  Pain is better only during transitional movements like sitting down my biggest issue Is drinking water.  I am scared I will drink too much and get sick.  I am trying sipping but that is driving me crazy. I can take a bigger sip without discomfort.  I will occasionally hear a gurgling in my stomach.  Any advice or am I hurting something by taking a bigger sip?

My doctor said to sip sip sip...you don't want to over stress your tummy the first few weeks by drinking big amounts of water at a time...at the beginning i was to drink 2 ounces of water every 15 mins...i'm a month out and i can drink a lil more without feeling any discomfort in my tummy...doctor said i need a minimum of 64oz of liquids..so that means i drink water ALLLLL day...i drink water...propel water..zero vitamin water..or zero powerade..to change it up a bit...i was allowed to drink diet peach snapple...

Just take it easy..be patient..its will take some time to get use to it...trust me! :)

Good luck :)

I was able to take pretty normal swallows of liquid a few days out from surgery with no issue.  I wouldn't guzzle or anything, but as long as you don't feel discomfort and are waiting a little bit between swallows you should be ok with liquid.  The gurgling sounds pretty normal to me, and just happens sometimes. 

You can't really hurt anything with liquids.  

My surgeon says drink at what level is comfortable to you. Just be careful with the first sips after your purées when you get to that stage, to make sure your stomach is ready for them, at whatever interval your program requires.