caffeine and alcohol

[diamondrme 8]

How soon can I have caffeine or alcohol?

[caligirltt 60]

[emoji15] never. I think some do 4-6 months out. Like a sip. It's not recommend ever because it causes ulcers. It's hard to get an answer on this. Everyone is different. There is cross addiction and it's not great for weight loss but we all want to know the million dollar answer because we also want to enjoy life and have a few drinks again at some point.

[2goldengirl 2,076]

I'm guessing the answer above is relative to alcohol.

What did your surgeon and/or NUT say about this? I do know from posts on these boards that some folks have been enjoying their coffee since shortly after their surgery, though most of them have been told to limit caffeine to 8 oz/day or less.

Some surgeons say "never" to alcohol for a number of reasons. Some say otherwise. It appears (again, from posts on these boards), that six months or more seems to be the average for those who have had alcohol postop.

I used to absolutely love my coffee. I'd gradually decaffeinated in the past couple years, but I still loved my coffee. I haven't had any in the month since my surgery and I have to say, it just doesn't sound good to me right now. Will I go back to it? I don't know.

I loved my wine (a glass with dinner most evenings, sometimes two on weekends). Obviously, I haven't had any in the month since my surgery. I don't miss it right now, but then I'm not eating anything close to "normally" these days yet, so that doesn't surprise me. Will I go back to it? Probably, but I haven't really thought about it.

I don't know whether you're preop or postop, but just from what I've read on these boards these past few months, questions like these are most often from individuals who haven't had surgery yet. It's a part of trying to learn what post-op life is like, and thinking of the things we think we'll miss most.

All I can offer to that is that postop life differs for everyone - but for me, I'm not missing anything just yet, I'm still getting used to my new me.

[FocusOnMeNow 599]

My doctor said no caffeine for 8 weeks and no alcohol for at least a year. Believe me it was at least 12 weeks before I could even consider coffee. And even then only diluted with quite a bit of vanilla Protein Shake. Alcohol was also tough. I wouldn't even try it till about 3 months out as well. And even then like 1/2 a glass. 2 glasses of wine and I get pretty lit. Just be careful because it hits you a lot harder than it used to. Lots of bariatric patients develop a cross over addiction to alcohol. It's easy to overdo it because we have lost the main crutch that we used to stuff our feelings with (food). So it's important to try try try to learn "healthier" ways to deal with stress. My ex just moved in with my one of my best "friends" two doors down. And I really tied one on over at a girlfriends. It was a one time incident but I cannot let it become a habit. I'm going to move but in the meantime I have to learn to deal. Also I never ever ever drink alone.

[diamondrme 8]

Thanks you guys I am post op 12 days. I've never really done routine coffee and I've never drank but my sleeve sister asked abt a glass of wine. I'm so happy that we can all help each other!