Last call for alcohol

Let me preface this by stating I don't drink. I am just bringing this up for interesting conversation and maybe someone will benefit from it also. That said, how's many DSer's have resumed drinking following this surgery. If you did, when did you resume, how much, and often do you drink. On top of that, have you noticed any difference between your drinking now versus prior to surgery? By that I mean have you noticed a penchance for over imbibing due to surgery?

I have a drink one or twice a month and didn't start that until after I reached goal. I notice that I get a buzz that doesn't last very long. No, it's not a transfer addiction like you read about in recent WLS articles.

--g

I was told not to drink for the first year postop.  I didn't, except for a few sips whenever I ran across something unusual.  I tried some different liquers on vacation, etc.  Total maybe 2 shots of booze the first year.

 

Since then, I probably have 8 or 10 alcoholic beverages a year.  Honestly, I prefer Diet Coke to alcohol.  That's pretty much the same as before surgery.  No over imbibing here.  When I lived in France there was wine everywhere and I was always looking for diet soda.

Alcohol makes me profoundly sleepy after surgery now and that's only on half a glass of wine.  So I don't touch it much at all.

I never was a big drinker, but I waited a year like they suggested, and boy oh boy does it hit me fast....like half a drink down and I cannot feel my lips.  I'm sober within the hour, afterwards, too.

I never was a a drinker of alcohol, and I hardly ever touch the stuff.  I do like wine, though, and I found that Sutter Home has a line of Alcohol-Free wines called Fre' .  I am very fond of the White Zinfandel they make. They also have a Red, White, Chardonnay and one other I can't think of right now.  I'm sure they have a web site, so if you Google it, you probably will find it.

I have a couple of glasses of wine maybe once a week.   Anything else makes me profoundly depressed now, so I don't bother. (Yes, I've tried a couple of times, wasn't worth it)

I was advised not to drink for the 1st year after surgery unless a very special occasion.  I've had a glass of wine now & then - I've never been able to hold my liquor and that hasn't changed.  I just don't enjoy it as much now. 

I'm finding it's an emotional response.  Work is...yeah.  Sometimes I just have to go out with my friends and relax.  The wine helps, as does the company.  To just sit on a couch in a wine bar and laugh.  It helps me sleep too, as my sleeping patterns have returned to what they were before my surgery, an hour at a time then up for 2 or 3. 

Insomnia blows.  I've never been able to get satisfactory help from any doctor and none of the over-the-counter sleep aids work.  I did sleep studies a couple of times.  Was a waste of time.  Never went into REM so they have no idea if I have apnea or not.  The doctor said he doesn't think so, though.  Just over-active brain.

hi Clutterbunny -- I've always had a hard time getting to sleep and it was an over-active brain, too ..spinning around on the day, tomorrow, work...you know?  My doc had me try an anti-histamine, just that - nothing else added (not the non-drowsy formula, of course).  That helps me fall asleep.

Once you're asleep do you have trouble staying asleep?