Hey Everyone! I know Cokes and anything that is carbonated we have been told that we can NEVER drink again right? I was thinking yeah, but maybe after I'm healed a little bit here or there wouldn't hurt right? I have read about other people that have had a little bit and didn't bother them.

Well, I am finally cured from all carbonated beverages. My mom was talking to a doctor friend of ours and he was wanting her to know how serious the decision I was making to have the sleeve was and how I need to follow all directions and take care of myself. He was telling her that he helped assist on a WLS, not sure which one this lady had and afterwards I'm not sure how long it was, but she drunk a COKE! :w00t: And... her stomach exploded and she died... :001_tt2:

So, for me and any of you that are tempted to have a soft drink from time to time we just need to remember this story. I'm sure I won't be tempted anymore... It's just NOT worth it! :svengo:

LOL! There's no way her stomach exploded! come on! really? I drink diet coke every day, sometimes several times. I can only sip it, not gulp, but I manage to finish one or two. Except for belching, I have no problems. Even Dr Campos told me it's just the bubbles, the burping, thats the problem. If you really want one, go ahead, just SLOWLY! The same rule that applies to all eating.

I have one real life friend who was sleeved about 18 months ago, self pay. She, like me, loves diet soda. She waited 6 months before she drank any and since then has one about one a week. She treats it the way a lot of people treat beer. It's special and she has rules. She drinks only a "small" from a fast food joint which also has ice in it...no high test with no ice, sips it over about 30 minutes and considers it a sub for a meal. (Doesn't try to drink it soon after for before food.) She said it's never caused her any bother following those guidelines aside from the occasional burp. It's interesting because she told her doctor about it when they ran into each other at the Zoo and she was holding a cup sipping as she walked this past spring! Caught red handed. He told her that it's all about reason and sanity where anything is concerned (and of course TIME, not doing anything too soon but I'm adding that). He believe the carbonation does stretch the stomach back out and that's why he prefers that people not drink soda. But the way she drinks it, he said he can't see it being a big problem or she would know it by now.

She, by the way, is about 30 pound from goal. She doesn't talk numbers but my guess is that she has lost about 80 pounds in the 18 months. She's doing great and lives life like she was always this way. I hope to be just like her in 2 years.

rum goes great with juice. really good.you will not miss the carbonation.

If I drink diet coke i get a straw with it and blow bubbles into it. It makes you feel like a kid again and it degasses it to a point where you can drink it!