if a ds'er absorbs slower & we need to increase

the amount we take of some medications and vit then why do some ds'ers find if they drink they become intoxicated quicker after surgery?  I do not know where alcohol is absorbed in our system I assume it begins in the stomach lining but I could be way off.  I may have a drink twice a year and I am a cheap drunk to begin with before my surgery,  if alcohol will impact me quicker then I am thinking I should simply omit it from my intake all together.  If I try to think of this logically I would seem one would have to take in more alcohol along the same lines as the medication or vitamins but this logic does not hold up with the experiences I have read on here. 
Thanks
Donna

Some of us tried to argue, or explain, the quick buzz to our dietitian and she was not buying it logically either. I know what I feel but I don't know the science behind it.

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I normally do not like the taste of most alcohol but on a recent vacation I did enjoy kahlua and milk combined on ice and it was tasty but not something which would win if I had to chose between it and my new DS.  thanks Donna

Just FYI---Kahlua and milk will *probably* give you some horrible gas post-DS. That's one drink that nearly killed me, gas-wise, PRE-op!

Alcohol is absorbed beginning in the mouth, and continues to be absorbed throughout the digestive tract. However, I've never noticed that it hits me any harder or faster---but I do sober up faster and, well, cleaner. As in no hangover. (Well, at least I haven't had a hangover since my DS 8 years ago, and I do enjoy my ****tails. *grin*)

    To cute nothing wrong with a ****tail once in a while.  I think I will learn from you experience and avoid Kahlua all together as it does not sound like a pleasurable evening and it best untested!  Thank you for sharing
Donna

LOL---it's not the Kahlua, it's the milk!

That is the only way I could drink Kahlua?  or do they drink it straight?  I am not sure if this is a drink or if the bartenders were joking but they kept asking me if I wanted vodka with the Kahlua and Milk it did not sound good but since I was asked by more then one Spanish bartender in Ixtapa I started thinking maybe it was a real drink.  PS I have been told dossers tolerate half and half better then milk. Sounds like I should of avoid lactate for the first 3 months. I can drink almost a gallon a day................bad girl
Thanks
Donna

You can drink Kahlua straight. Kahlua and vodka is a Black Russian. When you add milk, cream, or, even better, a dollop of vanilla ice cream, it becomes a White Russian. White Russians gave me debilitating gas even as a pre-op.

Some people become lactose intolerant, and some are more intolerant than others. Sometimes it goes away, sometimes it doesn't. Even DSers who aren't intolerant often use half-n-half or heavy cream instead, because---well, because we CAN, LOL!

But you do need to avoid all alcohol while you're in the rapid weight-loss phase. Not only is alcohol high in non-nutritional calories, it's hard on the liver---and so is rapid weight loss. If you're lucky, you'll have gotten over any lactose intolerance by the time you're ready for ****tails again.

lol thank you.  The ice cream sounds good not sure about the vodka.  I plan on experimenting with proteins shakes with water while I am on the 5 day preop diet.  My dr office said it was OK so long as I did not mix it with milk.  I am a bit worried about absorption of effexor I figured I would get it changed from extended release to immediate release.  I do not want to be a tearful mess during my recovery as I will be dealing with enough.  In the past if I was ill & did not take my anti depressant effexor after a few days it does something with my receptors in the brain and without it I become very nauseated and vomit.  Of  course to get to that side effect it takes not taking for 2 to 3 days and I have not done that in a long time only if I was ill.  I hope if I take them on a regular bases and they are not time released I will not have an upset stomach as I would imagine it would be awful.  What I have experienced from low levels of effexor is bad enough I certainly would not want to put a new surgical stomach through that....................  thanks for the education.  Donna