On July 3rd I went to my favorite bar and had 3 Irish coffees and nothing happened. I barely caught a buzz. I didnt get sick or get an upset stomach. I am 2 months post op and it was nice to watch the soccor game on the TVs and sip my Irish coffee. Now this does not mean I will do this all the time but now and then it is a nice stress reliever.

Wow I’m three months post and would love to have a glass of wine. What did your doctor recommend

It doesnt matter what my Dr would recommend. It worked for me.

Holy moly!! Irish coffees!? I’m surprised you didn’t get sick with all that cream and liquor.

Glad you had fun but wow

I just wonder why? At 3 months out, why would you dump extra, empty calories in your body and take the risk of hurting your progress and healing body?
(It’s rhetorical.)

On 07/04/2018 at 12:38, Screwballski said:

I just wonder why? At 3 months out, why would you dump extra, empty calories in your body and take the risk of hurting your progress and healing body?

(It’s rhetorical.)

this forum is for helpful information, not to be lectured and ridiculed. people deal with things in all different ways! maybe next time phrase this in a nicer less hurtful way

On 07/04/2018 at 14:42, saygrace said:

this forum is for helpful information, not to be lectured and ridiculed. people deal with things in all different ways! maybe next time phrase this in a nicer less hurtful way

You’re reading an awful lot into some very simple questions. I posted what I posted so that apositivelife4me could think about the “whys”.
Any judgement or ridicule is projected by you and not intended by me.
I wrote that it was rhetorical because the answers are not my business or in any way related to my path.
I meant absolutely no harm nor did I wish to engage anything other than some introspective thought.
You read negativity where none was intended. I don’t own your frame of reference.

It’s crazy how different our bodies are. I waited a year or more to have a drink, and I was trashed from two sips. I still get teased for that day lol.
I just converted to bypass on 6/26, so who knows how it will go when I try again in a year or so.

Well, you have a sleeve, so no intestinal changes, curious what you thought was going to happen?

53 minutes ago, Matt Z said:

Well, you have a sleeve, so no intestinal changes, curious what you thought was going to happen?

Well I really thought there was a possibility that I might get a slightly upset stomach but no, it did not get that. I didnt even catch a buzz. I dont need to be drinking alcohol and will not be doing that again for a while.

Edited July 5, 20188 yr by apositivelife4me

I was aloud to reintroduce alcohol at 3 months postop. I had vodka and SF Red Bull for my first drink. Some people would ridicule me for having carbonated beverage, but it doesn't bother me at all. But, on the same note, I didn't pick something with a lot of calories... I'd be afraid that Irish Coffees would go down too good, if you catch my drift. Things that we too heavily enjoy, seem to be a slippery slope.

2 minutes ago, apositivelife4me said:

Well I really thought there was a possibility that I might get a slightly upset stomach but no, it did not get that. I didnt even catch a buzz. I dont need to be drinking alcohol and will not be doing that again for a while.

Understood. I was told to wait until the 6 month mark to reintroduce alcohols. But, things are different with the bypass (and like every surgeon on the planet!) BUT I did have 2 drinks at this point, maybe a total of 4 -6 oz between the 2 of them. Got drunk quick, but got sober quick too... didn't seem "worth it" really anymore.