Hi Katydid
Interesting to hear about the beer. I haven't been banded yet (first appointment next week with Stephen Watson) but I thought I had read somewhere that beer could not be tolerated. I too love a beer on a hot or a cold day. Although I don't drink much beer I feel there is nothing like it. I believe fizzy drinks of most kinds can't be tolerated either.
I am at the stage where I am thinking should I or should I not go ahead with the lapbanding and am still focussing on what I can and can't have to eat/drink. Cherry Blue has very kindly been speaking with me and enthusing about the benefits of the weight loss and I think that that is where I will have to focus my thoughts. It's best not to dwell on what will be lacking in my life after banding but instead to think about the positive health and appearance benefits. A friend of mine who is in AA and who works with addicted people said that what is a priority in my life at the moment will no longer be a priority in my life in the future and I will still be happy. She also said that I will feel so differently about myself that I will be a new person.
Still, reading about getting sick, etc. is making me think twice. However, everyone's different and I won't know until I do it.
Cheers.
