Well, went out for a bit on Saturday and did a little bit of bar hopping, live music, etc.

Started pretty light at a winery, and the first sip of wine burned down my throat and into my stomach like a shot of whiskey. Didn't think I would be down for a full night of "fire belly" but I guess it was only the first few sips. Was able to have my wine and a few Crown & Cokes.

This is by NO MEANS a scientific or medical assumption, just how I felt, but it seemed that the alcohol was metabolizing in my system much faster than it used to, thus, giving me a buzz much quicker....but....it seemed to be more short lived than normal, if that makes any sense.

Felt great that night and even better the next morning. No hangover, upset stomach, etc. Much better than I thought it was going to be, to be honest.

Your stomach is smaller, and as soon as you drink any liquid it starts seeping into your small intestines. The smaller stomach and one that is empty most of the time, makes it faster for alcohol to hit your stomach.

The burning is from your insides will being raw and swollen from surgery. Even once your throat doesn't hurt anymore after surgery, it is still a little battered. I took communion at Church a month out, not thinking about the wine and it burned so bad it almost brought tears to my eyes, and communion wine is watered down. I can't imagine drinking straight liquor.

I just wasn't sure how it was going to work. Probably drank 1/4 of what I would have pre-surgery, which honestly, was still probably a LITTLE too much.

I haven't tried drinking yet, but I have taken zzzquil a couple of times to help me sleep since surgery. That has about 10% alcohol, and I can definitely feel a burning sensation as it goes down into my stomach.

Be careful guys. You are both fresh outa surgery.

Give it some time and fully heal.

Thanks for sharing your experience. I don't plan on drinking but also thought it inaccurate when someone posted you could die if you had a drink.

Edited July 14, 201610 yr by UCLA man

I had a drink a few weeks ago for a concert (beyonce).. I was 7 weeks out, had a bottle of wine... I was able to tolerate alcohol just as easy as before, and I'm still standing. People like to

Put the fear of God into new bariatric patients to try and get you to live a holy life of Protein and veggies...

I'm young, I like to enjoy my life. Drinking is fine, of course in moderation. Glad all went okay!

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OMG. I wasn't going to reply to this because people around here get their underwear in a bunch if you say "wow, that wasn't the best choice" about anything.

No one here said anything about drinking being evil. One person rightly said that y'all are really fresh post-ops, you need to be careful. That's nowhere near saying that drinking is evil or people shouldn't enjoy their lives.

As a nurse, there is no way I would advocate anyone drinking "some wine and a few Crown & Cokes" less than 2 months post-op with a GASTRIC surgery. That's a lot of alcohol for someone who HASN'T had their stomach cut on.

I'm going on record right now as saying that wasn't a great choice. If that makes me a bitch, so be it.

OMG. I wasn't going to reply to this because people around here get their underwear in a bunch if you say "wow, that wasn't the best choice" about anything.

No one here said anything about drinking being evil. One person rightly said that y'all are really fresh post-ops, you need to be careful. That's nowhere near saying that drinking is evil or people shouldn't enjoy their lives.

As a nurse, there is no way I would advocate anyone drinking "some wine and a few Crown & Cokes" less than 2 months post-op with a GASTRIC surgery. That's a lot of alcohol for someone who HASN'T had their stomach cut on.

I'm going on record right now as saying that wasn't a great choice. If that makes me a b***h, so be it.

Well you are wrong. Someone here did post 'Is vodka worth dying for'

OMG. I wasn't going to reply to this because people around here get their underwear in a bunch if you say "wow, that wasn't the best choice" about anything.

No one here said anything about drinking being evil. One person rightly said that y'all are really fresh post-ops, you need to be careful. That's nowhere near saying that drinking is evil or people shouldn't enjoy their lives.

As a nurse, there is no way I would advocate anyone drinking "some wine and a few Crown & Cokes" less than 2 months post-op with a GASTRIC surgery. That's a lot of alcohol for someone who HASN'T had their stomach cut on.

I'm going on record right now as saying that wasn't a great choice. If that makes me a b***h, so be it.

Well you are wrong. Someone here did post 'Is vodka worth dying for'

In this thread??

Before this turns into a pissing match - let them drink. It has been said time and time again all the reasons why drinking is dangerous post surgery. If anyone wants to risk bleeds, ulcers, new addictions, or whatever; it's their life.

If nothing bad happens to them, cool for them, live it up and party on dude. Conversely, if complications or something serious happens don't console them or support them. Let them wallow in their failure.

Edited July 14, 201610 yr by BigViffer

Do you see it in this thread?

After more than 5,000 posts here, I'm done telling WLS patients not to do something stupid they're bound and determined to do.

Everybody here was old enough to get WLS.

If you do something that explodes your gizzard, tough titty.

From now on, I'm just here for the wins, the laffs and the porn.

tl;dr What @@BigViffer said.

After more than 12,000 posts here, I'm done telling WLS patients not to do something stupid they're bound and determined to do.

Everybody here was old enough to get WLS.

If you do something that explodes your gizzard, tough titty.

From now on, I'm just here for the wins, the laffs and the porn.

tl;dr What @@BigViffer said.

You had me at "porn".

Ok, pretty sure I'm developing a crush on @@BigViffer and @VSGAnn2014.

On another note, there's porn here?!

I can't resist, but maybe it's because I haven't had enough newb outrage directed at me yet?

Not even taking into consideration the fact that it can impact healing and might be bad to do just from an overall "you just had surgery" standpoint, to me, this is the equivalent of saying "Well, I just had a few cupcakes and only one glass of pure sugar, and I didn't get sick, so I'm fine!"

Alcohol is empty, useless calories. You are not just risking your health, you are adding back in bad for you food/drink and risking your long term progress towards losing weight. Is this a habit that really needs to be reestablished so early?

One of the big things that WLS allows is the time needed to kick out all of your former habits and learn to eat and drink healthier, because you can't hold nearly as much as before AND you lose the tolerances for fatty, sugary foods and experience low hunger for some time. If you're not willing to wipe the slate clean and restart during this short time this happens, well, your body may lose weight in the first 6 months to a year just due to the sleeve restriction and shock of low calorie eating in the early days, but it will eventually stall out and then regain if you eat and drink the same way you did before surgery.

But I do agree: y'all doing all the drinking so early after surgery are adults, and if you're not willing to deny yourself things that you know aren't good for you even for a few months, that's your decision. Good luck with all that.

Edited July 14, 201610 yr by FrankiesGirl