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Posted 1/14/2015 6:19 PM (GMT 0)
Hi, I'm 1 week post op and am having pain drinking water. I can eat yogurt, ice cream etc but sips of water get stuck and hurt.

Has anyone else had this problem?

Thanks
Posted 1/14/2015 7:05 PM (GMT 0)
Just wondering if you try drinking chilled water - as you can manage yogurt and ice cream. Your wrap will be swollen - and the cold water would be more soothing I would think.
Posted 1/15/2015 2:04 AM (GMT 0)
That's what I thought, but I've tried warm and cold water and it all hurts. I'm seeing my surgeon today so I'll see what he says.

Thanks
Posted 1/15/2015 5:34 PM (GMT 0)
I had the same problems. I could not do water. I lived on jello and broth for a while. but plain water just did not work. For some reason, coffee went down ok. I could never figure any rhyme or reason to it. Bread no problem. oatmeal was a no go. it was just weird how some foods of the same consistencies worked and others did not. You will just have to figure out what works. Sorry that there is no simple answer. And even now, after 10 months, cold water will not go down easily.
Posted 1/16/2015 2:27 AM (GMT 0)
I never liked plain water and it was really hard to swallow post-op. I did well with just about anything that had flavor and was quite warm - but not hot! You don't have all your feeling back yet. Try herbal tea, plain old lemon in water warm or cold, coffee is fine too.

Warm milk is good. You could warm up most beverages usually drunk cold like "nutrition" drinks. (Read the labels and make your own "nutrition." They're mostly milk with corn syrup and flavoring and expensive.

You might add something like a cinnamon stick, but avoid powders and spices that don't dissolve well. Particles sticking in your throat can be irritating.

This too shall pass.
Posted 1/18/2015 12:28 PM (GMT 0)

pumukl said...
I had the same problems. I could not do water. I lived on jello and broth for a while. but plain water just did not work. For some reason, coffee went down ok. I could never figure any rhyme or reason to it. Bread no problem. oatmeal was a no go. it was just weird how some foods of the same consistencies worked and others did not. You will just have to figure out what works. Sorry that there is no simple answer. And even now, after 10 months, cold water will not go down easily.

I love this forum. I had my wrap 13 months ago and have had a lot of complications since, and have paid for private consultations with "expert" surgeons.

Every "expert" has looked at me like I'm inventing symptoms when I have told them I simply cannot drink any quantity of water since my wrap. I used to drink about 3 litres a day, now I drink way less than 1 - and I only manage this making a conscious effort to have lots of little sips throughout the day.

Coffee and tea go down better (but I find myself drinking lots of small cups, not large mugs), but after a mouthful or two of water I feel like I used to do after I drank a couple of pints after a run - bloated. Very cold water seems to go down a bit better than cool water for some reason.

All the best everyone.
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