Can you have beer, wine or alcohol after you heal?

[bon trin 0]

I can't imagine not enjoying the local wineries and breweries here with my friends!

[McButterpants 2,846]

I had my first adult beverage about 4 months after surgery. I got buzzed on one drink.

I had another one over the weekend - a Vodka Cranberry...same result. It tasted good and I got buzzed quickly.

I was never a big drinker, but I did like to toss back a couple beers now and then. Beer doesn't make me feel good and my doc doesn't approve due to the carbonation. It doesn't taste good to my anymore now, so it's not a big deal.

On the rare occasion I drink, I just sip very slowly and make sure I am well hydrated before and after.

You will be able to drink again - maybe not the same drinks and not in the same volume.

[Dr-Patient 830]

I'm not a big drinker, and I never liked beer. But yea, after long-healed, you will be able to have something...in moderation.

I've had wine, and also a martini 2 or 3 times in the near seven months since surgery. Also a sangria at Legal Seafood.

Just be careful; as McButterpants said, absorption may be faster, so be careful and see how one glass of wine affects you before drinking more.

Also many doctors find that some patients replace one addiction (food) with another. Not saying you will overindulge, but some do if they have addictive-tendencies.

[marfar7 1,528]

Funny how people r so different. Alcohol doesn't affect me any differently now than before wls. I drink a 4oz glass of red wine almost everynite. Haven't gotten a buzz yet. I do miss drinking my Corona Lite on a really hot So Ca day - but carbonation is just uncomfortble now. I will occasionally have a sip of my husbands beer or diet Coke (and I mean just that - 1 sip) and it's ok. As long as I don't try one on my own.

Not sure why I decided to measure my favorite wine glass a couple months ago. To my horror, it hold 12 oz! Wow. I had been drinking about 11 oz of wine everyday for months. Thinking it was about 100 calories (what a 5 oz serving is of my fav), I assumed I was doing ok. Come to find out it was almost 300 - a whole meal. I bought some 5 oz wine glasses and drink 4 oz every nite now. haven't missed even 1 oz. Even drinking 11 oz didn't get me buzzed! So not fair sometimes!

I started drinking at about 4 mths post op.

[Kindle 8,667]

I have had wine, vodka cocktails and a couple shots of whiskey. And no, don't get buzzed any faster than preop. However, beer is out of the question due to the carbonation. It's the only thing I've truly had to sacrifice for my sleeve. Small price to pay.

Edited July 1, 2014 by Kindle

[AR40 88]

I'm confused either you have to drink slowly to not get too buzzed or no amount gives you a buzz. I've read both and not sure what the consensus is

[Kindle 8,667]

For me, I could basically out drink a football team before surgery, so I was looking forward to becoming a "cheap date" afterwards. Unfortunately that didn't happen. A couple drink experiments proved I am still pretty "alcohol -proof". It's actually become a motivating factor for me to not even bother to drink alcohol anymore. If I can't get buzzed, what's the point of drinking those empty calories when it has the same effect as drinking Water.< /p>

[Fiddleman 4,376]

Kindle - I came to that realization also.

[AR40 88]

Wow I didn't know that would happen. Haven't had a drunk yet but will let you know how it goes.I agree it's not worth the empty calories....I'm kind of bummed

[MammaMac 41]

I had my first glass of wine 2 months post op. I was terrified. I didn't know if it would make me sick or mega drunk and since no one really knew about my surgery, I didn't want either to happen.

I cannot drink as quickly as I could preop so a glass of wine takes me awhile but I am not one of those that gets buzzed off of a glass either. I could drink almost a bottle preop before I got a buzz but I can't handle that capacity now. A glass or two on occasion for me is nice :-)

-MM

[gottagonow 82]

I account for the empty calories, but no difference in the "buzz." I usually just drink Water when out. My NUT got me into a carrying around crystal light (I only like one kind) and getting the drink on the rocks and throwing in my crystal light to reduce the sugar. It's fine, but again, not worth it b/c it's like drinking Water. Particularly, as I watch the scale drop, I'm more picky about my calories.