Has anyone experienced black out with memory loss

Your surgeon? The one who can't stay anywhere at all? The one who tells his postops to not worry about supplemental iron because they can easily be infused WHEN THEIR IRON CRASHES?

Who's doing your followup now that he's disappeared AGAIN? And are you on HIS program? Oh wait, he doesn't have one.

Please dump him and get a real doctor.

"I have had the same thing happen a few times now ..."
"... whenever it has happened to me it has always involved alcohol ..."
"I drink pretty regularly- 2-4 times a month."
"If I drink rum and diet coke I am completely fine."
"This past time by the time the ambulance arrived ..."
"I know it is so scary and confusing because you never know when it will happen."
"I have just had to learn the very hard way that I am unable to ever drink wine or beer ..."

Are you ******g KIDDING ME??  You are still drinking AT ALL??  I would say you have a DRINKING PROBLEM, because you are having BLACKOUTS and yet you are STILL DRINKING!

Two months ago I passed out after having 3 sips of a cranberry vodka. This wasn't my first drink. I have one every so often, so I don't think it had much to do with the alcohol?  In the process of fainting, I twisted my ankle, so I spent the next day at the ER. They did bloodwork and an Ekg to make sure my heart was ok, and all turned out fine. I had more blood work done at my surgeons office, but those results haven't came back yet, so I'm not sure if it was a low vitamin level or what. The ER Doctor just chalked it up to low blood sugar because as soon as I came to and drank juice, I felt 100% fine.

what was the residual sugar of the wine, some wines are higher in sugars than others.
when was the last time you  had eaten before drinking? how fast did you drink it? over two hours or basically did you drink it pretty fast?

so basically it is like drinking a sugar bolus and your body reacts with an increase in insulin thus driving your blood sugar down quickly. REACTIVE HYPOGLYCEMIA

the other concern is that alcohol and wls can be a bad mixture, we can get a very high blood alcohol level quickly- that spikes up, this may be part of what attributed to the blackout/ amnesia.

Best bet lay off sugared alcohol. Or better yet lay off alcohol altogether.

looked at the time line again 15 minutes seems awfully fast for this to all occur----maybe you were slipped something....

the other thing is some wine glasses are very differently sized, my husband used one the other night and I had one glass of wine and it seemed like alot ( pretty mellow too fast) turns out the half way on that glass held almost 50% more than the usual glass I use. You may have underestimated how much you consumed.

Just a note to those who don't already know this. Our new configuration after surgery, and the greater volume of waste to process can cause our liver to be very stressed. Alcohol should either be eliminated or greatly limited by DSers. That's what I was told and I do believe it.

I am 11.5 years post-op.  My drinking habits have not changed at all.  I have a couple of glasses of wine every week,  and an occasional ****tail.  I have never had any issues of any kind, not pre-op and not post-op.  

Everything in moderation.

Having nothing to with alcohol,  I do have some bouts of hypoglycemia now and then.  I think this occurs in DSers more often than we realize, or more often than is reported.  The "trick" is to eat every few hours,  limit the simple carbs...in other words,  keep your blood sugar level even...

I would consider your level of drinking as very limited. Unfortunately, there are many *****place their food "addiction" with alcohol. I have personally seen this happen all too often with terrible results. The critical time to limit alcohol is during the rapid weight loss phase when our liver is most stressed. I am one of those whose liver was traumatized and I am going to be interested in what my upcoming two year labs show.  You are right! Everything in moderation. (which is a lot easier at my age...)