You've gotten the best replies and I'm weighing in just to second what White Dove said. There is absolutely no reason you can't eat or drink everything post op that you indulge in pre op. Nothing.

This is a major surgery and you'll want to respect your surgeon's rules in the immediate post op period without exception. Once you're fully healed and certainly by the time you're a year out and beyond, it's all you.

I too am a diet Coke lover. I didn't have my first post-op DC though until I was nine months out. No soda is worth a complication in the healing process.

Having said all that do I drink it now? At over ten years out, all day long Usually I make sure I've gotten all of my water in before I drink more than a couple. But technically DC is a liquid too and counts towards those totals. ( I can almost feel the shuddering out there.) I wouldn't necessarily call drinking 80 to 100 oz of any soda optimal but that's likely another post.

Anywho. Congrats on you're upcoming surgery! You've got a whole different life ahead of you. =)

Thank U so much! Sounds like U are doing great!

I would follow up on that. If you're having a revision due to problems with band, it could be covered.

Some people look for a revision because they gain all their weight back because they went back to old eating habits. Those revisions are not medically necessary.

Get clarification and work with your doctor's office. Appeal the denial.

Hope it works out for you.

Thank you! I just told my boss today. She seems really supportive. Just got out the vacation book and marked me off for the time. So I'm good to go!!

My last step will be the upper GI which I cannot have until 10/2... So it looks like I might end up having surgery in November or December... I guess there are advantages ...