So when is it safe to have first glass of wine???
3 1/2 weeks out and doing great. Lost 28lbs so far and want to drink a glass or two of wine tonight while watching the football game (Saints vs Steelers). I know doctors don't like this but hell I need to be a bad boy once since this all began. Anybody out there played around with booze this early post-op?
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I do enjoy a glass of wine and occasionally a beer. I tolerate the wine a little better than beer due to the carbination. I can do about 1/2 a beer, than I'm done. By the time I'm ready to finish the other half, its warm and skanky. I've even enjoyed some mixed drinks and Scotch on the rocks. It is amazing how long a single drink can last. Makes for a much cheaper bar tab.
I think I was more than 3.5 weeks post-op before I had my first nip. Not sure which WLS you had. I'm post RNY and with my small pouch and the malabsorbtion thing, a very little ETOH goes a long way. Do be careful and DON"T DRINK AND DRIVE!!!!
One thing to remember too about ETOH, it is empty calories. Before you embibe, make sure you have all your protien and H20 in for the day.
I do enjoy a glass of wine and occasionally a beer. I tolerate the wine a little better than beer due to the carbination. I can do about 1/2 a beer, than I'm done. By the time I'm ready to finish the other half, its warm and skanky. I've even enjoyed some mixed drinks and Scotch on the rocks. It is amazing how long a single drink can last. Makes for a much cheaper bar tab.
I think I was more than 3.5 weeks post-op before I had my first nip. Not sure which WLS you had. I'm post RNY and with my small pouch and the malabsorbtion thing, a very little ETOH goes a long way. Do be careful and DON"T DRINK AND DRIVE!!!!
One thing to remember too about ETOH, it is empty calories. Before you embibe, make sure you have all your protien and H20 in for the day.
Eating junk food and CRAP is not a reward...it's a punishment...
it's a DEATH sentence...Reward yourself with Good Health!
Highest Weight: 287 Lbs-January 2010; Reached Goal 195 Lbs - Dec 2010
Total Lost: 92 Lbs; Completed FULL MARATHON (26.2 Miles) 10-16-2011
it's a DEATH sentence...Reward yourself with Good Health!
Highest Weight: 287 Lbs-January 2010; Reached Goal 195 Lbs - Dec 2010
Total Lost: 92 Lbs; Completed FULL MARATHON (26.2 Miles) 10-16-2011
Some docs say six months to a year before the first indulgence. Be home when you try it is my best advice. The booze, generic meaning here, passes through your pouch into your small intestine quicker where the alcohol is absorbed into your blood stream en route to your liver to be metabolized at the liver's normal rate. Translation: you can get **** faced really quick but you will also "sober" up quick.
Being cheap to feed and taking very little to get us drunk is what makes the RNY's among us "cheap" dates!! 
I don't indulge at all. Quit 20+ years ago. GF though likes a Jack and Diet Coke when we go out. She would not be able to pass any field sobriety testing much less blowing below .08 on an intoxilizer after one much less two or more!
Never, and I mean NEVER, trust a fart!! 
Thanks guys. I took it slow last night but wound up drinking 4 glasses of wine. My brain did get the quick feedback, "Don't try this while driving!". I did immediately feel the effects of the wine but not as hard as I was expecting. But after the third glass, I was feeling tipsy. Didn't get any bad side effects that would have me worry about my still-in-recovery pouch but common sense tells me not to make this a habit until my surgery has healed. And to top it all off, the Saints beat the Steelers which completed a nice Halloween night for me.
You apparently don't know many Italians. Wine is a staple of life for us. And I do believe a glass of wine now and then is good for you. I appreciate the concern, I really do friend. And I know about the empty calories. This was purely a reward thing I gave myself on a Sunday night football event. I have no intention of doing this daily or even weekly. But totally give it up forever? Not gonna happen.
I'm glad you're taking my challenging comments in the positive way that they are given. I have a few more challenging comments if you want to think about them...
At this stage your operation cuts are still not fully healed, so why didn't you ask your surgeon this question? Afraid of the answer? I'm not suggesting you give up alcohol altogether, in a social situation it's wonderful. However alcohol is part of the problem that led to the surgery, and I wonder what your unresolved issues are that make you want to sabotage the operation?
An occasional glass of wine sounds great (under medical advice), but you drank four! Living where you do I assume you're an American citizen. Being 'Italian' is therefore just an excuse for your behaviour.
The reward is surely the weight loss? Alcohol is not part of the solution. I challenge you to talk to your medical team about what you've done and take their advice seriously. I'm eight months postop and I enjoy sniffing the wine my wife drinks. No alcohol for at least twelve months postop - I may not even like the taste of wine in another four months, and I make my own wine!
Best of luck with the rest of your healthier life!!!
At this stage your operation cuts are still not fully healed, so why didn't you ask your surgeon this question? Afraid of the answer? I'm not suggesting you give up alcohol altogether, in a social situation it's wonderful. However alcohol is part of the problem that led to the surgery, and I wonder what your unresolved issues are that make you want to sabotage the operation?
An occasional glass of wine sounds great (under medical advice), but you drank four! Living where you do I assume you're an American citizen. Being 'Italian' is therefore just an excuse for your behaviour.
The reward is surely the weight loss? Alcohol is not part of the solution. I challenge you to talk to your medical team about what you've done and take their advice seriously. I'm eight months postop and I enjoy sniffing the wine my wife drinks. No alcohol for at least twelve months postop - I may not even like the taste of wine in another four months, and I make my own wine!
Best of luck with the rest of your healthier life!!!
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