Soda

[cnunez77 29]

Has anyone drank diet soda after surgery if so when did you start drinking again and how often do you drink it?

[MOMW 71]

I am 7 months out and I can tolerate. 1 soda per week. But in order to enjoy it has to be from a fountain, allowed to sit for awhile and drank slowly.

[bbbslady 18]

I'm 7 weeks out and i dint drink diet but i.have tried sprite and orange filled with ice both dont sit well. However pepsi flat with ice and i have no problem

[NtvTxn 1,262]

Has anyone drank diet soda after surgery if so when did you start drinking again and how often do you drink it?

2 years and 7 months out, I have NEVER had a sip. That was the one no no the doctor put forth from the start - there isn't anything good for us or anybody else that can be found in a coke of any kind.

[Merryx 7]

I started drinking about 15 months post surgery and wish I never started again. The diet soda will make you CRAVE sweets something horrible and after awhile you will start to give in to the cravings! Per Dr. Oz he said that when you drink soda your body doesn't realize that you aren't taking in real sugar, so it puts out insulin in to your body to try and deal with the "sugar" but then your brain isnt fooled and realizes it isn't real sugar, so to combat the insulin that has been put in to your body, your brain tells you to eat sugar, which is where the crazy cravings come from! Just thought that it was kind of interesting!

[Yasmine 109]

Try to stay away from sodas! My doctor told me not to drink it, in fact I stopped a few months before surgery. I'm only 2 months out so it's easier for me to speak right now...

But if you can try to stay away from it. My Dr.explained pretty much what everybody else is discussing ... and food-for-thought that my Dr. told me... Why do you think restaurants give free refills on soda and nothing else... because it increases appetite... and the bubbles stretch your stomach out... therefore you will eat more.

Good Luck!!!

[Teddy bear 42]

7 months post op... I haven't had any because everytime I try it's like I swallowed acid but I actually bought a bottle of diet cola yesterday and I take a sip every now & then... still can't tolerate it.. but old habits die hard

[O.T.R. sleever 3,386]

Looks like I'm the bad boy of he bunch. I had a soda about 6-8 weeks post op. a Dr. Pepper, not even diet. I didn't even wait for the carbonation to die off, just opened it up & started sipping.

Well, to be honest, I burped a few times, then wondered why I ever liked those things. Really they are simply too sweet to me anymore.

[lakobe00 63]

Looks like I'm the bad boy of he bunch. I had a soda about 6-8 weeks post op. a Dr. Pepper' date=' not even diet. I didn't even wait for the carbonation to die off, just opened it up & started sipping.

Well, to be honest, I burped a few times, then wondered why I ever liked those things. Really they are simply too sweet to me anymore.[/quote']

You're human...don't beat yourself up about it!!