For the new post ops--RESIST TEMPTATIONS
Hello BAF and all new post-ops (by newbies, I mean 18 months out or less). It is the holiday season...when friends and family eat and be merry. Temptation will be upon you. I ask you humbly, do NOT give in, especially to the alcohol.
I don't have time to the long alcohol post I normally post, but here is the abbreviated version:
Though you have healed externally, your internal is still healing...your new pouch is nothing more than a surgical ulcer. Drinking will aggravate the ulcer...causing stomach pain, maybe internal bleeding, and possibly death...or it may not bother you at all (but is it really worth it to see).
Too, our bodies do not process alcohol the way it did before surgery. The majority of RNYers (can't speak for other surgeries) get a really quick high/buzz...that last for 15-20 minutes (depending on the person) and then u r back to normal....and drink again. However, your blood alcohol level is far over the legal limit...it is easy to get alcohol posioning if you continue to drink....and if you drink often, due to the way our new body process liquor...liver damage comes at a faster rate.
Please be careful...and ALWAYS, ALWAYS be AWARE.
Love you all (new and old)
Dedee
I focus not on my disabilty; my focus is on my ABILITIES.
(Dedee, 2009)
My hearing impairment ENABLES me, not disables me.
(Dedee, 2008)
~Dedee
This is definitely a need post.
Hello BAF and all new post-ops (by newbies, I mean 18 months out or less). It is the holiday season...when friends and family eat and be merry. Temptation will be upon you. I ask you humbly, do NOT give in, especially to the alcohol.
I don't have time to the long alcohol post I normally post, but here is the abbreviated version:
Though you have healed externally, your internal is still healing...your new pouch is nothing more than a surgical ulcer. Drinking will aggravate the ulcer...causing stomach pain, maybe internal bleeding, and possibly death...or it may not bother you at all (but is it really worth it to see).
Too, our bodies do not process alcohol the way it did before surgery. The majority of RNYers (can't speak for other surgeries) get a really quick high/buzz...that last for 15-20 minutes (depending on the person) and then u r back to normal....and drink again. However, your blood alcohol level is far over the legal limit...it is easy to get alcohol posioning if you continue to drink....and if you drink often, due to the way our new body process liquor...liver damage comes at a faster rate.
Please be careful...and ALWAYS, ALWAYS be AWARE.
Love you all (new and old)
Dedee
This is so true!!! You can get pissy drunk before you realize it.
