Alcohol

[ladydj 17]

Hey yall! Does anyone know who long one should wait to have a glass of wine?

[nmck 68]

My program says a minimum of 6 months, but they prefer waiting a year for alcohol.

[FRED1977 186]

Hey yall! Does anyone know who long one should wait to have a glass of wine?

My nut told me 6 weeks was ok. I'm on week 5 and to be honest in week 3 I did drink a couple of beers and it was not a great experience I think because my stomach was not ready for beer,and I can't stand the way wine taste. If you are post op past 4 weeks I don't think a couple glasses of alcohol will hurt you,but its full of all the bad calories. To be honest I'm off until Sunday and I may have a couple of small 8 0z beers tonight and see what happens, :ph34r: .......

[yvgrace 6]

I was cleared at 6 weeks, I had my first glass at 10 weeks. Went down fine but pace yourself I felt it quick. Lol.

[Mrs.FullerRN 189]

My nut told me 6 weeks was ok. I'm on week 5 and to be honest in week 3 I did drink a couple of beers and it was not a great experience I think because my stomach was not ready for beer' date='and I can't stand the way wine taste. If you are post op past 4 weeks I don't think a couple glasses of alcohol will hurt you,but its full of all the bad calories. To be honest I'm off until Sunday and I may have a couple of small 8 0z beers tonight and see what happens, :ph34r: .......[/quote']

FYI carbonation is a big no no

[Nesa 51]

I still haven't had my surgery but that question was on my list to and he said 6wks I could have some wine.

[Nikiw2008 50]

My nut told me 4-6 weeks also.

[Gitter Dunn 39]

I'm 20 weeks out. Celebrated my recent 100lbs. Loss with a couple bacardi and OJ's. It went down fine,held a buzz for a couple hours...no problems.

[RoxFC 175]

My doc's guidelines were to wait 4 weeks post op. I did have some wine around week 3. I'm now 6 weeks post op. I've drank a couple of times...can only have 2 or 3 glasses of wine now over a two hour period. I feel the buzz much quicker. I did go to a baseball game last saturday and I had two beers. They went down fine. I know it's a big no no...I'm not suggesting you do it. Just remember all the empty calories in alcohol...don't over-do it!

[mummytolewis 21]

Hi in the information diet booklet we are given to follow after surgery it says alcohol not recommended for 12 months:-( this is because we absorb it really quickly post sleeve so you get drunk really fast, and our livers are recovering from being moved about in surgery, I think i, ll have a glass at Christmas definitely which is 5 months post op, sure thats enough time.

[onedaycloser 136]

My NUT said 6 weeks but no beer, too much carbonation

[marfar7 1,533]

My dr also said 6 weeks. I've had 2 half glasses of wine (maybe 2 oz) in the last week. Took me about 2 hrs to finish it. Tasted different. I definitely miss beer. No carbonation allowed for me, however. Ever. Guess I had my last beer. I used to have a Corona Lite about 3x a week and now I miss it. I don't really miss soda (Only drank sips of it since MY lapband almost 4 yrs ago anyway. It's a no non with any wls. Drank maybe 3 sips of hubbys soda couple times a week. Never hurt me or caused me discomfort but I didn't want to chance it by drinking my own.

The wine didn't affect me any diffrently, btw

[teamskinny_keea 70]

I have already had some i just can do one glass

[mummytolewis 21]

I have, nt had alchohol but at 2 wks post op i, m suprised how much fluids I can now drink without sipping especially warm drinks.< /p>