Just needed to share my scary experience from this weekend..

I had a "girls night out" on Sat. Had 4 cocktails in a period of 4-5 hrs. Next day, I felt HORRIBLE. Bad hangover that wouldn't go away. Couldn't drink Water, couldn't eat. Ended up going to ER Sun night and got 2 liters of saline IV. They did a full metabolic panel and it turned out normal, but still scary.

Feeling much better today (mon), but it's a huge lesson that my body cannot take that amount of alcohol. Up until this weekend, I'd only had up to 2 alcoholic beverages at a time. It was scary to feel that ill after "only" 4 drinks. (ok, still a lot... But in the old days I would have been fine)

Anyone else experienced this?

Just needed to share my scary experience from this weekend..

I had a "girls night out" on Sat. Had 4 cocktails in a period of 4-5 hrs. Next day' date=' I felt HORRIBLE. Bad hangover that wouldn't go away. Couldn't drink Water, couldn't eat. Ended up going to ER Sun night and got 2 liters of saline IV. They did a full metabolic panel and it turned out normal, but still scary.

Feeling much better today (mon), but it's a huge lesson that my body cannot take that amount of alcohol. Up until this weekend, I'd only had up to 2 alcoholic beverages at a time. It was scary to feel that ill after "only" 4 drinks. (ok, still a lot... But in the old days I would have been fine)

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No, but I only have the occasional glass of wine. Alcohol isn't really my thing for recreation, but I do enjoy the drunken stupidness I get from just 1/2 a glass. This is soooo different from pre sleeve. Sorry to hear about the scary experience and hope you recover 100% today.

I was really cautious when I started to drink again. I am a wine lover, and I was missing the social aspect and meeting the girls for a drink after work. I started slow, one glass of wine (where I used to be able to drink a bottle), and honestly it didn't even leave me feeling "buzzy". Didn't make me sick. So lastt night I was with friends and drank wine again, about 2.5 glasses, again I couldn't drink it very quickly, and I was fine. Just pace yourself and maybe stay away from the hard stuff for a while?

Thanks for sharing your story. I think it a good precaution for many of us!

I had half a glass of sangria on saturday and half a glass of moscato on sunday. I usually gage how i feel a few sips in so i know when to stop....feel better my dear

Some also say white wine goes down better than red wine (Iggychic, I think).

The moscato was definetly weak compared to the red sangria....my best friend drove me home saturday :-)

Also i get dehdrated quickly, so i take sips of water before and after

Thats scary! Thanks for sharing. In my group of friends we do a lot of bar hopping so that definitely something to keep in mind.

Oh no! How far out are you ?

Thanks all! I'm about 10 months post op & 135-140 lbs. I've had no problem with 2 glasses of wine (other than the buzz), but I don't think I've had more than 1-2 hard alcohol drinks since surgery, so last Sat was a first.

I think a large part of it was I went into the evening dehydrated. So the alcohol just made it worse. I'm much much better today. Stomach's still a bit angry, but very much on the mend.

Be careful y'all -- we don't live in the same body we used to!!

WHEN ARE YOU ALLOWED TO START DRINKING ALCOHOL

The alcohol convos always get heated.

Im just curious because I'm going to Vegas in 2 moths and want to be able to drink.

Just drink tiny sips spaced apart

I can't handle alcohol now

It causes me to get very dizzy

Okay - if you want to drink most surgeons recommend avoiding until you hit goal or minimum of 3 months.

Saying this - "Drinking alcohol after a bariatric procedure is not recommended because alcohol will take longer to metabolize in the patient's body; therefore serum levels of alcohol will rise more quickly and will be maintained longer in a bariatric patient. I still warn them that they stand the risk of getting drunk with small amounts of alcohol and may take longer to become sober".

Personally, I was a light weight before and am a super light weight now. One drink and I don't drive, at all. Not passing any judgement. As Erica said, be careful if you choose to drink.

PS - Erica you look amazing!