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I would like to know how long you guys waited to have a drink?????

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3 months...that was OK'd by my doctor. You should always follow what your doc says. I've read some docs want you to wait 6 months or a year to start consuming alcohol.

I wasn't a big drinker before surgery, but I did enjoy a drink every once in a while. My drink of choice now is a vodka cranberry with a twist of lime. I can only have one at a time because I can feel the effects right away. I'm a cheap date now!

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Our doctor suggested we wait 6 months, so we did (my wife was sleeved 2 months after me.). We weren't heavy drinkers prior to surgery, so it really wasn't a big deal.

drinks of choice are a blender (I knew that damn Ninja would come in handy after the pureed phase! :lol:), some ice and just about any combination you can fathom of vodka, Malibu rum, Fireball, Ocean Spray diet cranberry/diet cran-pomeganate/diet cran-blueberry, various Crystal Light flavors, etc.

I was bored one night and made an adult smoothie that is now my wife's favorite...ice, bananas, strawberries, almond milk, Malibu rum, vodka and a heaping scoop of vanilla Gladiator Protein powder...gotta get the Protein in, by any means necessary! :P

Shucks, all this talk about drinks, gotta go get my blender! ;) :D

Good luck on your journey!

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