I am aware this is a hot topic..

My surgeon discourages drinking diet pop but I personally enjoy diet pop.. I've never found it a "slider" food for me on any previous diets.

And I know several surgeons DO say it's okay..

I've heard that surgeons say drinking diet pop will stretch your sleeve. I have a feeling this is a scare tactic either because a lot of docs just don't support diet pop and the artificial sweeteners that are in them or are worried about them being "slider foods" so they just say "Oh it'll stretch your sleeve" If it would really stretch your sleeve wouldn't all surgeons be united in agreeing that diet pop is bad?

I'm basically wanting to hear from people whose surgeons DO agree with diet pop so I can get another opinion on the matter. Why have your surgeons said it's okay.. what do they say to the "it'll stretch your stomach" (myth?) What guidelines do your surgeons give about drinking it.

And also how soon after your surgery did you try diet pop for the first time?

NOTE: If you don't agree with my decision to potentially go against what my surgeon suggests please don't lecture me.. I'm well aware and on most things I follow the rules.. but I'm also smart enough to know that if some surgeons allow it there is a reason and I want to find out and have second opinions and I don't feel that's wrong. I've encountered a lot of hostility here toward people who dare to question what their surgeons say so if you don't agree please just ignore this post. THANK YOU.

I do think that Carbonic Acid should be avoided while the skin in your stomach is growing around the staples. Acid and metal don't mix well. That said, our daily antacid should protect us from harm after 6 weeks...

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/1998-10/909181221.Ch.r.html

Believe what you want to believe. Carbonation can screw a sleeve up. The pictures are real. I really don't care if you believe it or not. I know for fact they are real. I was in the office with her when it happened.

I personally have a friend that had the sleeve and started drinking sodas again. She noticed she could eat alot more and got nervous. She went to her bariatric doctor and did a barium swallow test, sure enough her sleeve was stretched to the size it was before surgery.

Ever wonder what carbonation does to our sleeved tummies? The photo on the left is a normal banana tummy, the photo on the right is a banana tummy on carbonation. It is stretched and will not return to banana size

If this is true, the surgeon who did her original surgery screwed the pooch. There shouldn't be enough fundus left to stretch, much less back to the size of the original stomach.

She should seek legal counsel.

I want a friend who will go to all my appointments with me....anybody? Anybody? Buehler? Buehler?

Love that movie.... I went to the appointments alone, I felt fine... Where do you live?

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I want a Sprite or ginger ale so bad to help with this nausea but I'm afraid it will make it worse.

Here's my reaction to those photos and this discussion:

First of all, I can't tell what I'm looking at in those pictures. Really. I can't.

Second, it does look to me like the scales of the two pics are different (taken from far away in the left pic; a close-up in the right pic).

And third, if someone's sleeve actually were larger many months / years down the road, after they've eaten and drunk many things many times, how does one conclude that "diet soda" is THE THING responsible for the stretching?

Finally, regardless of what one eats or drinks post-op, if someone's sleeve did stretch, doesn't that likely mean that their surgeon did not properly remove the fundus (stretchy) part of the stomach to form a properly shaped sleeve?

I want a Sprite or ginger ale so bad to help with this nausea but I'm afraid it will make it worse.

It will. You are too soon out. Gatorade is your friend right now.

@Beck90. My personal opinion. After reading hundreds of post on this site I don't want to read anymore to get info. The information is all over the place. Some post after reading make me hesitant to go through with the surgery. Everyone's experience has been different and everyone's Doctor is different. My best friend was sleeved 7 yrs ago in Beirut, Lebanon. She never had to have a EGD test or the Motility test, no pre opt diet prior to surgery (ate pizza the night before surgery). To date she eats whatever she want (3 to 4 bites) drinks wine (no soda bc it just doesn't agree with her) has an occasional smoke and still looks amazing!

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Carbonated beverages are a gas, when you drink them...guess what? You are more susceptible to... well what do you know, gas. Or more so feeling the discomfort from the gas very quickly, due to that small pouch you now have.

I am no doctor, nor do I play one on TV...I have no authority to speak on the matter, no official research conducted. I asked my doctor, he says during the healing phase, stay away because it can cause complications. After that, it can cause some serious gas, so he suggests sipping.

But since it seems everyone is giving their opinion on the matter, I figured why not chime in with my non-professional opinion.

My name is Mia, I am a diet soda sipper, and I approve this message LMBO

What if you get out the carbonation.

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Carbonated beverages are a gas, when you drink them...guess what? You are more susceptible to... well what do you know, gas. Or more so feeling the discomfort from the gas very quickly, due to that small pouch you now have.

Sleevers don't have pouches.

What if you get out the carbonation.

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Then your soda would be gross. Really gross.

What if you get out the carbonation.

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I do let mine deflate a bit before partaking. Certainly not to the point of 'flatness' because, as @@LipstickLady so eloquently explained...gross! I just crack it open for either an hour in a glass or two hours in the bottle/can to let it settle down a bit.

And I will admit it: last weekend was the first time I did not air out my Pellegrino before diving in, and I was left uncomfortable for the evening. Very, very uncomfortable.

I think micro brew on tap has less bubbles...

I think micro brew on tap has less bubbles...

Is that based on research or personal experience?[emoji39][emoji39][emoji39]

Based on the 3 pints I drank over the Memorial Day Weekend. I think when it comes to bottled beer, the colder the better!