Alcohol Consumption

Thank you . . .

I'm a little shocked at the level of venom in responses. I understand the risks everyone is going on about, but I thought you asked a very normal question. Sigh sometimes people here seem so harsh

I am only as far as your response in this thread (page 4 I think) and I didn't see a single response that was venomous.  I think you are exaggerating and that the OP has been given terrifically supportive help from all kinds of post-ops.  Which post do you find full of venom?  

Ash, you should read her posting history.  Approximately two months post surgery.

And since you don't live in Obese Merica, here's what a meximelt is:

Having six drinks in one night at only 3 months out is not a "normal" post-op behavior, so it therefore is NOT a "normal" question!

I don't think people were harsh ****il the OP got snippy)... They are concerned (and with good reason). Hopefully, the OP is being honest with everyone and this really was just a one time mistake that she truly won't make again (but she doesn't even acknowledge it as a mistake, so I have my doubts).

Lora

i can only drink 4-6 oz of wine before i start feeling a buzz. i havent tried hard alcohol. i am 5 1/2 months out. I would just be careful with how much you drink when you do drink. I am not saying dont enjoy but just set your mind before you get there to have one drink and then have water after that. I understand the losing the weight. Every time i drink my 4-6oz of wine I am down 2 lbs the next morning. some times those 2 lbs stay away and sometimes the come back and bite me in the ass and i have to work twice as hard to get them off.

best of luck!

I am 11 years out and when I have alcohol which is not too often, it is rum and diet coke and usually a 1/4 of a drink and I have a buzz. Effects also don't last very long.

Just coming back to explain!  I think you see the replies as harsh and not answering your question. Please, for your own sake, read this and believe it is an attempt to help and support you. 

Take a moment to look at the signatures and surgery dates. You will see many of us really are long term vets, I personally am nine years post-op. Most of us have read threads on this and other boards for many years. 

We are all concerned, not judgemental.  We all truly want you to succeed. But we KNOW the following:

Those who succeed do not test their limits.

Those who succeed change their lifestyle.

This does not mean a lifetime of deprivation. I have never totally deprived myself of anything and I very often go "off track". But I NEVER went off track for the first six months post-op. In fact, I never went far off trac****il I reached maintenance. 

And the quantity of alcohol raised alarm bells.  It is not at all abnormal for young people (or any) to drink a lot while socialising. But it SHOULD be abnormal. It is enough to classify as binge drinking. Your poor liver is under strain anyway, give it some support not extra pressure! You may not have felt the effect - your liver will have done.

i know you are not an alcoholic but you were, as we all were, an over-eater.  Please believe me transfer addiction is very real.  And none of those who are affected believed it would happen to them. The fact that, irrespective of surgery, that amount of alcohol had no effect implies a high tolerance which, I would assume, means your body is used to alcohol. 

You tried it, you saw it had "no effect", now move on.  

Edited to include a salutation:  Dear YEGgirl,  I came back to this post to read new posts and to see if we both got slammed some more : )  Defensive comebacks to well-intended replies may have helped contribute to responses similar to my own but, nonetheless, I am offering an olive branch to you if you are interested in accepting one.  By the number of views, alcohol is a compassionate subject.  Either that, or else people were enjoying an internet "bar-room brawl" complete with alcohol at center stage.  

Oops, this post was meant for YEGgirl, but found here. However, your kind, thoughtful words prompted me to do the same thing.  Thanks.  (I will edit in an attempt to fix my mess)