Alcohol?

[TNchick 6]

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!

[Miss Mac 6,261]

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

[gffriend 3]

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

[Kindle 8,667]

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, 2014 by Kindle

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

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, 2014 by proudgrammy

[Stevehud 1,790]

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.

[catdaddy 232]

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

[woo woo 872]

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, 2014 by woo woo

[Kindle 8,667]

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.

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

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?

[andyv539 8]

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.