Carbonated drinks.
There really is no reason you can't have carbonation post op and even in the same amounts as you drank pre-op. A rumor that will not die consists of a "warning" that carbonation can stretch your pouch. It absolutely can NOT do so.
Like so much of the post-op life, you get to decide what works for you. Personally, I didn't drink any until about nine months post-op. Now I drink approx the same amount as I did in my pre-op life.
What Amy said (on all counts). I don't drink quite as much as I did before my RNY, and didn't drink any at all until after 6 months out (closer to 9 months), but at almost 7 years out, I have at least one a day.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
I am not RNY, but VSG. Haven't had a carbonated beverage for about 4 months now. Is this a question you want at ask here or at the doctor's office?
Be careful. If you've given it up I personally wouldn't go back. I have two siblings who had a RNY and they both drink pop all the time. But, both have gained most of their weight back too. I don't think sodas are the only reason, but I was told to give it up for good by my health provider. I usually get unsweetened tea or zero calorie lemonade when eating out. It was a bid deal to me, but in my pre-surgery days I never lost weight drinking diet pop.
I agarre, if you've stopped, don't start again. I went back to drinking a mix of diet coke and lemonade but found it was a gateway drug for me and was only able to quit by subsituteing iced tea, no sugar, no lemon. Once I started drinking that the other was easy to get away from. and I am finding the carb cravings are starting to subside again now that I have quit.
Thank you all for the input. I asked that question because for 4 years now, I have been drinking the Sobe 0 calorie vitamin waters. My husband was introduced to the ICE sparkling flavored waters, also 0 calories. He told me how good they were but I said I couldn't drink them because they were carbonated. Which got me thinking, why???? I believe it was the myth about the pouch stretching. But I couldn't remember. Anyway, I have discovered that if I open an ICE and let it sit awhile it goes flat and is not so bubbly. I just needed a change. Thanks again, everyone!!