SODA?!?!?!?!

okay...im 3 weeks post op and im DYING for some ginger ale so i can burp!!!  when is it safe to try some diet ginger ale???

You might want to check with your nutritionist but I was told soda was not good for the pouch. 
I'm almost 2 years out and still have not had any.

uggghhhh....not the answer i wanted to hear!!  .  i actually dont have a nutritionist.  the one the assigned me to pre op was not good at all, that is a project for me next week cause i have no idea what to eat. 

Sorry....but you can always try a little and see how it feels.

Read my latest blog entry if you want to know what happens when you drink diet ginger ale.  Don't say I didn't warn you!

ohhhhhh my GOD!!! i dont know if that wasposed to be a funny story...but i swear im still wiping tears.  i laughed so hard i hurt my three week old incisions!

Get some gas X strips and leave that soda alone.   Soda is a huge slippery slope for most people and being that you are only 3 weeks out you really should try to find something else.  You don't want to start putting carbination on your 3 week old pouch.  Well at least I didn't, 

I don't drink soda cause I think it was a huge part of me getting fat, diet or otherwise.

funny thing is i never was a soda drinker...ive been craving it this past week because i keep having this feeling like i need to burp real bad and it wont come out.  i have the gas x strips but havent tried them yet.  i think ill just leave that thought behind me!!

You have gas strips haven't tried them and have gas but are talking about drinking soda. 

ME NO UNDERSTAND

Well I am a little over a month out and I haven't thought about drinking any soda, it's something I can do without.  My dietician gave me a handbook that says to stay away from any carbonated beverages until I can get 64 oz. of water in a day.  Some say that it will stretch out your pouch and others say that it won't but everyone is different so, I personally, will just stay away from it.