Drank alcohol?! Beer?! Wine?! Liquor?! How much?! Etc?! Thanks. I was thinking my surgeon said 6 months.

Drank alcohol?! Beer?! Wine?! Liquor?! How much?! Etc?! Thanks. I was thinking my surgeon said 6 months.

Wine at about 4-5 months....started with 1/2 to 1 glass. Vodka cocktails around 6-7 months. I've had whiskey, rum, cream liquors (Amarula, Rumchata, etc) since then. Normally I might have a drink 1-2 times a month, but when I was on vacation I had 1-2 cocktails pretty much every day. I was never a "cheap drunk", and surgery has made no difference in my alcohol tolerance. I did discover I could drink a lightly carbonated drink like hard cider if I pour it over ice and let sit awhile, but definitely can't drink beer....my sleeve can't do bubbles.

I had a few sips of champagne at dinner 3 weeks post-op to be polite. I'm not really a big drinker, so this wasn't something I was overly concerned about. Once your stomach is mostly healed after six weeks without complications, there's no reason you can't have alcohol, you'll just need to understand that you're drinking your calories and your stomach is smaller, so there is a greater chance that you are now a lightweight since you don't have 80% of the stomach that used to be able to hold more alcohol. Sip...slowly, lol.

I think maybe 3 months post op? I'm good with white wine and mixed drinks. I made a dinner a couple weeks ago with a red wine reduction and it immediately came back up. I think too many tannins in reds for me now. But I was never a red wine drinker anyhoo, so no terrible loss. Well except for that the dinner was delicious going down and it made me sad to regurgitate it back up. But I digress.

I read that you will get drunk much faster with the sleeve because you don't have a big stomach with lots of food in it to soak up the alcohol. The liquid goes right through your stomach into your intestines and into your blood stream faster! Just be careful the first time you do drink in case that happens! Make sure you're with someone you trust! Better to be safe then sorry!