alcohol after roux-en-y gastric bypass

Hi, I had my surgery in 2002, it will be 10yrs in September. I have noticed recently that alcohol doesnt affect me the way it used to, and i can tolerate more than "normal" people most times. I can drink vodka like there's no tomorrow. sometimes several days in a row, i can drink 5 or more drinks and be buzzed but not drunk.
i am curious to know if anyone else has had effects like this 9 or 10+ years after surgery. i am only 26, had the surgery at 16, before i'd even had a drink. now i can hold my own with the best of them!
i know after surgery alcohol is supposed to affect you more, but i dont know when i lost that.
also, does anyone know the absorption rate for the alcohol or how much will actually hit the liver/etc? what are the dangers of drinking after surgery?

please no judgement and thanks for any advice!

You probably have had at least one hepatitis that you don't know about: non-alcoholic steatohepatitis or NASH due to obesity.

If your ALT or  AST come back  over 20 (yes you read that  right)   you  should not  drink.

Because in the end, your liver doesn't care.

Liver disease is the largest of the undiagnosed illnesses. Why? Because by the time you are diagnosed,  your liver can be beyond repair. It will  still function toapoint but it 's ability to process fats from your body or to regulate your sugar will be extremely limited.

And you liver will not be judgemental. Because your liver doesnot care.

tee

Please be careful!!! Cross addiction is a common reality.

Alcohol definitely affects me differently though I only drink wine occasionally. It hits me faster and the effects are gone faster.

Increased tolerance is a bad sign for people who haven't had surgery- it means the brain and body have become accustomed to a large amount of alcohol, and is one of the signs of addiction.

As I understand it from my fellow WLS'rs who became alcoholics- it was because they didn't feel drunk, so they kept drinking. Your body and blood however, tell a different story. You may not feel the effects of the alcohol, but you body certainly does.

I'm not saying there is anything wrong with having a drink or two, but all those empty calories and needless toxins- are simply not good for you for your liver. As it all goes through your liver- even if you don't feel it.

Good Luck,
:Danni