new me had surgery

So as of monday June 29th I am a new person. I am on fluids still for one more week and am still sore but am off of pain meds which is a good thing. I am feeling great getting a lot of comments but still am having trouble to get in all 64oz of fluid it is hard. The day before surgery I had 14 bottles of watter and know i can barely drink 3. I have a question for you I am back and am feeling good. but cold things like snow cones and pop cicles are amazeing. is that normal. Also has anyone ever craved a coke after surgery. Ill keep you up dated

Kevin,

Greetings and welcome to the Locker Room!

Only thing I use Coke for now is cooking.  I don't know what one would do to a VSG gizzard but on a RNY it is a major no-no.

Had VSG on 3/16/09. Down 74 lbs. No carbination! The sleeve is a tool that will help get you what you want. You have to take care of it. Sip, eat slow, chew well and don't drink too soon before or after you eat. Good news is the sleeve will force you to do most of those things. Drink to soon or while you eat and you'll feel like pruging. You probabably will. Not pretty. Eat too fast and you'll be done before your brain is satisfied and you won't be able to do a thing about it except remember to slow down next time. Not following these simple rules will over time enlarge the sleeve. Not good. We'll be back were we started. I finally figured out, it takes more work to try to live the way I used to than to take care of myself and use the tools I've asked for. It's working for me today.

 Not sure what you mean by "amazeing"  ...   Are you saying you are hungry for something like that, or that they taste different to you now?   

  As to Cokes, one of your "goals" stated on your profile was to never drink a Coke again ..  !        We're going to hold you to that pledge!   

   A wise WLSer once said:  I will drink no more Cokes forever!  

If you take 1 sip from a coke you will NEVER want one again.  I guarantee it.

I drink a diet coke every morning and have never had a problem. I am over 2 years post op.

I have popcicles daily. I have come to love them, probably because they are sweet.

As for Coke, I'm 10 weeks post RNY surgery and was told that carbonated beverages are a no no