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pookybear    284

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It depends on your surgeons program. I have to wait a full year.

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PittGuy    201

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My surgeon requires 9 months.

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SoccerMomma73    1,867

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Mine said he prefers 6 months, but at least 3..,,my 40th birthday was 6 weeks post op and yo baby, I did have a drink....a very very slow drink, that still buzzed me big time. Okay, now yell at me if you must. But in all honesty I'd do it again given the circumstances.

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jules1210    33

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How long before I can have an alcoholic drink? Im 5 1/2 weeks out. I just want to taste a margarita!! <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

As it is it is up to your doctor... Mine said 8 months post op. but I see various timeframes. It doesn't hurt to ask!

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monken    135

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Mine said one year too.....on my fifth anniversary one month out of surgery I had two sips of homemade sangria and felt it big time!

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jerz    251

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I had a drink like a month postop. Naughty Naughty I know. It was one of those frozen mixed drinks. Caught a slight buzz and that was that. Didn't try the others I bought bcuz I found out that I was preggo before I had a chance to drink them. Surgeon said it was ok in moderation just be careful of how you react to it.

HW:358 DOS:338 CW:288 SD:1/28/13

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nathaly    57

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As everyone says every doctor is different. Mine says never to drink alcohol again. His partner in practice says wait a year then only drink red wine 1-2oz a month. I drank often before surgery (2-3 drinks fridays and Saturdays ) and had to stop a month before surgery. So far it's been 2 months since I've had a drink and I don't miss it. But the social component of it makes it hard not to crave a drink.

HW 283. SW265. SD 3/22/13! CW 247

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ECUJenn    116

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Mine didn't give me a guideline, just to be careful. I was 7 weeks out this past week and had a glass of wine. It took me about an hour and I felt fine.

HW 344, DOS 320, Surgery Date 2/20/13, CW 291.1 Sent from my iPad using RNYTalk

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amanda.rodriguez84    18

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My surgeon says 18 mos! :(

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amanda.rodriguez84    18

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As everyone says every doctor is different. Mine says never to drink alcohol again. His partner in practice says wait a year then only drink red wine 1-2oz a month. I drank often before surgery (2-3 drinks fridays and Saturdays ) and had to stop a month before surgery. So far it's been 2 months since I've had a drink and I don't miss it. But the social component of it makes it hard not to crave a drink.

HW 283. SW265. SD 3/22/13! CW 247

Feel ya there but on the flip side it is Kind of cool being the sober one and seeing the others being stupid knowing u aren't one Anymore ( lol at least for me) I thinks it's prob a good thing I.cant drink

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jules1210    33

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My high school reunion is next weekend! I am sure I will see a lot of drunks then! It should be pretty funny for me to see them drunk and be the sober one! If only my reunion were a few months later I may chance it but just 2 weeks out.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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    • Alisa_S

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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