Do any of you vets completely ignore this rule?

[Nibbler 71]

I miss beer : - (

[tenseintexas 182]

@@LipstickLady when did food stop grossing you out ?

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[Dub 9,922]

Had a Diet Pepsi at 11 months out.

Was during a working lunch.

Two minutes after finishing it off.......was my turn to address the group.

Carbonation was not fun. Thought I was gonna hurl the entire time....Every time I opened my mouth to speak it felt like bubbles were gonna fly outa my mouth.

Surgeon gave me the okay to have Diet Dews if I wanted them (6th month appointment). He said, "Sure...give 'em a try if you can tolerate them". I think it was a setup. Tha brotha knew I'd not be able to.

I'm perfectly okay with Water & coffee.

[tenseintexas 182]

@@Dub isn't it so weird how this surgery affects people so differently . 10 weeks out and carbonation slides right one down with no problems . Unfortunately.

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[GraybirdH 2]

I am about a year and a half out and I still haven't had a carbonated drink. I was a Diet Dew addict before surgery and I just don't even want to open that door. Plus, all of my joints felt better after just a week away from all the chemicals in those damn drinks.

I'm just about 2 years out and still do not drink carbonated beverages - at least not more than a sip or two. There are (and have been) plenty of times I'd love to drink a Diet Coke, Diet Cheerwine, Diet Sunkist, or Diet Root Beer, but I do not like the way the carbonation makes me feel. Once in a great while, I will take a sip or two, nothing more, of my husband's Diet Sunkist just to taste something other than our usual SF flavored Water, tea, coffee, plain Water, etc. I continue to have great restriction with my sleeve so sometimes one or two bites (or sips) too many can/will make me feel absolutely miserable for at least a hour afterwards. It's not worth it.

I am about a year and a half out and I still haven't had a carbonated drink. I was a Diet Dew addict before surgery and I just don't even want to open that door. Plus, all of my joints felt better after just a week away from all the chemicals in those damn drinks.< /p>

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[LipstickLady 25,682]

@@LipstickLady when did food stop grossing you out ?

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Probably around the 6-9 month mark?

[Dub 9,922]

@@Dub isn't it so weird how this surgery affects people so differently . 10 weeks out and carbonation slides right one down with no problems . Unfortunately.

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It is odd. Truly a case of each of us having to refine things to our individual preferences.

I've never really noticed any problems with losing weight when I was pre-op and drinking Diet Dews and the other diet colas. It's just something now that I"m glad to set aside. I was drinking way more of them than I should. I feel better....more hydrated....with Water and coffee. I still rely on Splenda for coffee.....and likely always will.

[Dashofpixiedust8 1,469]

@lipssticklady- I have . He kept saying its all hotmail at this time I told

Him

I read on forums and everyone else seems to be doing better than I at this point- he just says its normal I do occasionally drink g2 a few sips a day. So you weren't eating Much either at this point!?

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I am a newbie and had my surgery on May 27th and have had issues since. My surgeon said I could have flat Soda if that helps. Right after I had surgery I had no interest in food or drink and was in a ton of pain. I ended up taking dilaudid for 3 weeks and I also had mild nausea so I took zofran every so often. I finally was feeling okay again and then 2 days later the extreme nausea hit. I took my 8 mg zofran and it did nothing, I thought maybe I was hungry so I tried to eat..huge mistake. I threw it up and the nausea got worse and then the pain started. I gave it another day and when I still felt so sick I went to the ER. Just the smell of coffee made me want to throw up. I could not be around food or think about food I was so nauseous. I ended up staying in the hospital for 9 days and they did an endoscopy to open up a kink I had in the connection from my stomach to my intestines. They put a picc line in and I had to give myself infusions every night to give me fluids and nutrients since I couldn't eat or drink. I did not eat or drink anything for over a month because of the horrible nausea.

I finally was able to start eat and drink a bit a month or 2 ago but I still have issues getting enough Protein and Fluid in. I am trying all different Protein drinks and powders but I'm really only able to eat a yogurt small amounts of Protein throughout the day. Right now my intake st each meal is a 5 oz yogurt or 2-3 oz protein and 1 oz veggies. I had been giving myself those infusions all the way up to a week and a half ago. That was when I had my second blood infection from the picc line and landed me in the hospital again.

I often read the stories of others experiences and how great they are doing and I can't help but be jealous. My surgeon assures me that this is normal and it happens to a few people after the surgery. He said it should go away after a few days or months, they aren't sure. Well it has been months and I'm still suffering. It has been a long road. I had my gallbladder removed last Tuesday and went home from the hospital on Wednesday. I was back in the ER on Saturday and am now in the hospital again awaiting results from tests to see why I am in extreme pain with vomiting...

Even though I have had a really tough time I don't regret the surgery. It's saved my life.

Starting weight:540

Surgery weight :480

Current weight:383

I wish you the best of luck!

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[AvaFern 3,516]

I drink carbonated diet beverages daily. I drank them with a straw for years, but I am now three-years post-op and I just drink them the way I used to- can, bottle, glass, whatever. Diet Dr. Pepper, Diet Pepsi, sugar free Red Bull, Diet Root Beer...I have no issues with carbonation. I lasted on the whole "no diet soda" rule for about 6 weeks and I've had it ever since.

[TheCurvyJones 721]

I drink them. And sparkling Water. I didn't START drinking them until I was about 6ish months or so out, as the carbonation was a bit much for me. My surgeon advised drinking it out of a glass with a straw and LOTS OF ICE. Let the carbonation settle and the ice melt a little. Will be less of a shock on your sleeve.

He has never seen carbonation cause any issues with a sleeve, however MOST sleeves don't like it, it's an irritant. Usually if I let the bubbles fizz out a bit I am fine. I'm also several years out.

I still never finish a drink, though and going out, I made myself stop ordering them because I have to wait so long after eating that I never get to it. If I drink before I eat I am too full to eat. So I have them at home, with takeout and most times I don't finish it.

[TheCurvyJones 721]

Also I agree with Alex that it will hurt like a mother effer at 9 weeks out. At 9 weeks I was just barely getting in solids... don't feel like you're the only person at the kid's table! Your progress goes as fast as it goes and while I think people should be open to seeing how their sleeves can handle certain things i also dont believe in pushing or testing the sleeve.

The sleeve is your new boss. I call mine Jelly and she's a DIVA. Some days a sprite zero is gooood to me. Some days it makes me wanna hurl. Depends on the day.

[Butterflywarrior 241]

@@Butterflywarrior I hope your surgery goes well...be sure to check back in, okay? It's a whole new world post-op

hello, sorry off today but was sorta asked to so thought I would update and say surgery went well, happy to have a private room, gas is killing my chest, walked the floor twice. Nothing by month still and I'm sooo thirsty and they won't even let me use sponge lollipops... I am using mouthwash but it doesn't help much and as per usual they have kinda messed my pain management up. Still overall I'm happy

[4MRB4PHOTO 3,900]

@@Butterflywarrior I hope your surgery goes well...be sure to check back in, okay? It's a whole new world post-op

hello, sorry off today but was sorta asked to so thought I would update and say surgery went well, happy to have a private room, gas is killing my chest, walked the floor twice. Nothing by month still and I'm sooo thirsty and they won't even let me use sponge lollipops... I am using mouthwash but it doesn't help much and as per usual they have kinda messed my pain management up. Still overall I'm happy

Congratulations on your surgery.

[autymn 27]

Never.

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[Bufflehead 6,358]

Perhaps some food for thought for diet soda fans:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/21/well/eat/for-weight-loss-water-beats-diet-soda.html?

--people on the same diet except drinking Water instead of diet soda lost more weight, had better insulin readings, etc.