Tennille P. Elerby

Im 7 mths post opt and alcohol has never been an issue for me. im a social drinker. i have a drink @ least once a week. the only problem i have is that my alcohol absorption rate sucks now. I feel tipsy after a glass of wine. thats the only problem i have ever had with alcohol and my sleeve. so I say have your wine :smile1:

Hi Amanda, Your story is identical to my post opt story. i was sleeved 4/12/11 hours after surgery i woke up gagging. the gagging until throwing up continued EVERY single day until July. I had so many upper GI's to determine the probably. it was finally caught. i hade a horrible case of stenolis (the stomach narrows off and doesnt allow food to past so it comes back up) after 3 hospital stays, 2 stint placements in my stomach, being on iv vitamins and fluids for 3 months, and 3 upper GI's. my problem is finally fixed and im doing well. my best advice to you would be to STAY on your doctor. Keep telling him how you truely feel. if you feel like crap let it be known!!!! if you throw up every single thing you put in your mouth tell him! the doctors and nurses are on a first name basics with me i have visited the office so much.

Hang in there. that sounds identical to my post opt experience. I dry heaved for a couple months after surgery. I think some of it is that "foaming" stuff the doc tells you about. Protonix works wonders on the heaving tho. Once again hang in there it gets better with time.