1 month post op and wanted to know when you tried alcohol for the first time, I have 3 Christmas parties to attend and will be surrounded by it! Per my MD can't have any til month 3 just wanted to see if anyone bent the rules out there!

Not a drinker here, but if I had been, I would probably get a Shirley Temple and hang on to it all night.

Mix OJ and cranberry with some water. It will look like a cocktail.

I had my first wine at 3 months. Had hard liquor cocktails by about 5-6 months. I don't get buzzed any quicker than before (bummer), but alcohol will give me gastritis if I drink more than a couple days in a row.

But I wouldn't dream of drinking alcohol only 1 month out. Incision is not healed yet and nothing is worth the risk of causing damage so soon.

Edited December 20, 201411 yr by Kindle

MD - can't have any til month 3

@@TNchick

listen to our advice/suggestions

that is why we are all here

but - the final word comes from your Doc & NUT (and of course me too!!! LOL)

christmas parties - go for the ice Water with lemon!!!

sorry bud

good luck with that!!!

kathy

Edited December 21, 201411 yr by proudgrammy

My surgeon and nutritionist have told me no more alcohol ever, as in for ever , never etc. so im not sure why there is such a disparity of 3 months for some and me never and no im not much of a drinker never was. I like very good expensive wine, although it is very rare maybe once every two years I would have something like that. Ive been told that alcohol hits your bloodstream about 7 to 10 times faster with a sleeve and even more for a bypass so 1 shot is the equivalent of 7 shots to a non wls patient. weird that such a wide variety of treatment plans exist.

I wouldn't and I won't even though I was a big drinker before WLS.

Alcohol seems to hit me at the same rate as before, which was pretty quick to begin with, but I haven't noticed any increase in the rate of intoxication since surgery.

ETA: Either way I would strongly suggest waiting longer to try it, one month is just too soon/risky imo

Edited December 20, 201411 yr by woo woo

My surgeon and nutritionist have told me no more alcohol ever, as in for ever , never etc. so im not sure why there is such a disparity of 3 months for some and me never and no im not much of a drinker never was. I like very good expensive wine, although it is very rare maybe once every two years I would have something like that. Ive been told that alcohol hits your bloodstream about 7 to 10 times faster with a sleeve and even more for a bypass so 1 shot is the equivalent of 7 shots to a non wls patient. weird that such a wide variety of treatment plans exist.

I think how alcohol affects WLS patients is as varied as non-WLS patients. I've had 4 cocktails within a couple hours postop and it certainly didn't hit me like 28-40 cocktails would have preop! In fact, I was barely buzzed. And I definitely didn't have a 28 cocktail hangover. Actually, I really don't notice any difference in how fast or how hard alcohol affects me at all. I simply choose to drink a hell of a lot less than I did before surgery....just because of the whole empty calories, blah blah blah reason. I simply treat it like any other "white carb" and only have it in moderation.

I was told 3 months as well. I agree with @@Kindle that it should be treated like any other "white carb" . I've always been a social drinker and occasionally enjoyed having a glass of wine after busy day but I never felt compelled to drink. There's not reason you can't enjoy a holiday party without drinking. I agree get some juice and Water it down, toss a piece of fruit in it. The holiday's are challenging enough food wise. Why make it more challenging on your self?

I enjoy alcohol. I loved various IPA's (type of beer). I am sure that love got me some extra poundage. After surgery, I stayed away for 3 months. Now, the same beer with the carbonation hasn't been that attractive, plus, taste has changed. Red wine, ok, but again, not the same. I have found vodka either served bloody mary style or with cranberry juice is ok. I do find you feel tipsy faster and I would not drive even with one. the best part of the drinks I just listed, you can go virgin and nobody would know. You also start to count the calories and make choices. Again, I like to drink, I would never say don't, it just becomes harder.