public service announcement re: soda

I have diet vernors mixed with crystal light lemonade sometimes and it doesn't bother me! It helps me with the gas and even though I've been belching since being home from the hospital two months ago and it's driving me crazy....it does make me belch longer and relieve some of that gas in my pouch.

Soda in my pouch feels like a volcano erupting...  It's not worth the horrible feeling. 

I totally understand how my pouch works, and if i have eaten and drink soda, the carbonation DOES build up on top of the food and can cause problems; I just choose to avoid sodas even though a diet dew would taste really good some times.

What scares me is that the surgical nurse where I go says it all the time "stay away from soda, you don't want to stretch your pouch!"

One of my favorite drinks pre-op was club soda and I've stayed away because of the carbonation. I may give it a try since there are no calories in it, even the flavored kind. My favorite is Poland Springs sparkling water with lime.

I would drink one of these if I chose to go out for the evening;  it is just sipped and doesn't 
seem to be so concentrated in the effervescence so doesn't bother me as much.

Another plus:  it's not alcoholic so you don't have to worry about the rapid alcohol effect!! 

I'm a huge diet soda drinker and could not survive without it. As long as I don't take huge gulps at one time and pour it in ice then I'm perfectly fine. I also drink it with a straw! bwaa haa haa!

My post op doctor said that drinking soda is fine, never once said that I couldnt' have them. I buy the pasturized egg whites that you can buy at the vitamin stores (it's great, it has no smell and no flavor) and mix it in with all of my drinks, including soda, so I can have a protein fix (Yay!) while satisfying my Diet Cherry Dr. Pepper craving.

I've never heard of the egg white stuff.  Is it a liquid?  How much protein is in how much of it?  Would it be a good alternative for making protein shakes?

Oh blah, I don't know what I'm getting all excited about.  I forgot for a second that I am only eating free range eggs now.  But anyway, I'd still like to know more about it.

I found this about the egg white stuff....

http://www.eggwhitesint.com/healthfacts.htm 

Thanks!  I wonder if it's really tasteless.  It seems like this might be a good thing to try for people that are really struggling to find a protein drink they like.

Hi Kelly,
Yes this is a liquid.  You can google or go to Amazon and search Liquid Egg White Protein and the company who makes it is called Egg Whites International.   It's a white tub with a green lable with a buffed up chicken on it.  :)    I think it's an excellent substitute for protein shakes because it's a whole food and I like to try to get most of my protein from a whole food source first before I resort to shakes and bars.   The biggest complaint I hear is the whole mentality issue of placing egg whites in your food and it seems gross, but it's pasturized so it's completely tasteless and odorless and mixes in well (you can kinda see it if it's just plain water), if someone was slipping it into your coffee or soda you would never know.  :)  It kind of reminds me of the consistancy of milk and is not gooey through your fingers like a traditional egg white.

I have a pump with mine that screws into the top of the tub and each pump equals 1 egg white and about 3.5 grams of protein.   How much protein you add is really up to you.  :)

Thanks for telling me about this.  It sounds like a great alternative for people early out that have a hard time finding a protein shake they like.