done on the 7th..when can i have a diet coke>>????all i crave is that.lost 9 already.

from what my doc told me all carbinated drinks are out for life- they make your pouch swell and can cause bad ulcers- i would love a coke but dont wat to damge anything or be in pain.

my clinic staff/doctor also say carbonation is out for life. One of the women in the office had the band put in about 3 years ago. Some of the staff told me she is drinking diet pepsi all day. Of course, she was recently at the ER and had to have her band removed and replaced......

My doc said a big "NO" never never never Oh you could if it was flat....Yuck

there is always unsweetened iced tea.....

My surgeon is another who says NO to carbonation. Weren't you told that preop? You should have been advised...

Hang tough, matey. I was someone who had a coke a day for the last 10 years. I haven't had a drop of anything more than iced tea in over 5 months, and all my cravings for soda are completely gone now.

My surgeon says we can have diet uncaffenated soda occassionally but to pour over ice to let some of the carbonation fizzle out!

My doctor does not allow soda pop. I never drank it before anyway. You might want to see what your doctor says about soda.

Nope, no soda! I was addicted to diet coke for years, its been the hardest thing to give up. now I like to have a glass of raspberry ice flavor crystal lite with ice.

Depends on your doctor's instructions. Mine says you can't have anything with carbonation for life. The gas bubbles can damage your pouch.

Pretty much, the general rule is no sodas (like you haven't already guessed that).

I can't say I don't have any sodas. I was drinking between 4 and 6 liters a day before surgery - I went from that to almost none in 3 weeks.

Now, I will have a can of diet coke maybe once a week.(usually if it is a situation visiting friends who don't know about the surgery). It is amazing how easy it was to cut it out. No problems.

I hope so because I too have a diet coke addition. I guess if we can give up all the other bad stuff we can give up diet coke too. Good Luck

I posted this somewhere else but, I can have soda after 6 weeks, but only 1 a day!! At the seminar, the Doctor giving the lecture had not only had the lap-band himself but was also drinking a diet coke! I had two tiny sips of a fountain diet coke (watered down)yesterday and did just fine..I am not at 6 weeks yet! My Bad!!! Anyway, In two weeks I sure will try a diet dew..

ZOMG I know its already been said, but by having the band placed, you forfeited any carbonated beverage from there on.

Its for your absolute safety that you do not imbibe anything like diet soda. If you do, you risk causing your band to slip out of place and your stomach to expand back to normal.

every dr is different. If you read on LapBand on their direct website, it states that letting the Diet soda go flat is ok. The carbination can cause your stomach to increase with gas. Other drs say small amounts are ok. Ask your dr is the best bet. Not listening to what everyone else on here says about it. Not everyone is a dr on the subject. If I take a sip with carbination, I immediatlely burp. So if I am in dire need of a diet coke I stir it for 3 mins and let it go flat. Thats to warrant off the caffine headaches. But for the most part I have given up the diet coke. Since you cant eat and drink together anymore you dont really realize how little you will consume......