Im 7 months post op (Saturday) and im also going out that night to Celebrate my birthday. Im not saying im looking to get trashed but i havent drank since surgery and even then i would take sips of my boyfriends drink and would feel some kind of kick.

Any suggestions on introducing my body to this?

I jokingly said id be carrying a sandwich around in my purse at the club (i really am tho) so ive got that much covered haha!

I was cleared by my surgeon at my month pre op. I have had about a drink a week of vodka/water with limes and have not had any issues.

Depending on your size it can easily take your body 1 hour or more per drink to metabolize alcohol to the point where your blood alcohol level is below the legal limit. As a former police officer, every person I arrested for DUI swore they were fine and ALL of them were over the limit on the breath test.

Nothing can help you get alcohol out of your system but time. It doesn't matter if you eat something, drink coffee, or light your farts on fire.

There are many old wive's tales out there about how to sober up. None of them work.

Live and learn.

In one way or another im glad someone said something because i never knew of this and now i wont learn it the hard way. Thanks for your post!

I was cleared by my surgeon at my month pre op. I have had about a drink a week of vodka/water with limes and have not had any issues.

Your month pre op?idk maybe you ment post op but thats crazy!!!!! I was told around 7 to 8 months or later! I didnt have issues but i did feel my stomach kind of burn or sting but other then that i was good. I felt like i handled my alcohol like i would have pre op but not drinking and going out every weekend has saved me a fortune so it was only once and god knows when ill drink again but not anytime soon!