Question:
Drinking soda at 1 week post op!!!!

I was just wanting to know how soda can affect you being only one week post op. A friend of mine is 2 weeks post op (she had rny) and has been drinking regular soda (not sugar free or diet) since being 1 week post op. Of course her surgeon does not recommend this, so I just wanted to know how this would affect her new stomach.    — tia24tx (posted on May 30, 2006)


May 30, 2006
NO NO NO NO NO, It doesnt matter if its sugar free or not. Soda stretches out your stomach, plus Sugar free soda is just as bad as sugary soda. NO NO NO NO NO SODA
   — JAR

May 30, 2006
Gosh, I thought it was becuase it could mess up your staples/stiches? I was too afraid of a rupture to do anything the dr. told me not to do!
   — TeriC

May 30, 2006
Drinking soda, diet or not, can be bad news for someone who just had RNY. As I understand, the carbonation expanding in the pouch and pull on the staples and cause some serious problems. Not to mention that if she's drinking soda with sugar in it I'm surprised that she hasn't had some real issues with dumping syndrome.
   — cburky911

May 30, 2006
The carbonation can damage the new pouch.Imagine when you have a bottle of soda and you shake it up real good then you open it and it expoldes everywhere. It's just bad news
   — phranny19

May 30, 2006
Drinking soda one or two weeks out isn't good for your pouch, it hasn't even healed yet. As for stretching and popping staples, no...this is why we burp. But I only say that for a fully healed surgery. How on earth is your friend able to consume that much sugar? I'd have been sick as a dog. Now having said all of that...I stopped drinking soda when I had surgery four and a half years ago. If you can give it up it's so much better for your health and allows you to get in more water.
   — RebeccaP

May 30, 2006
I had my surgery on May 9th. I've had no complications, no dumping (keeping my fingers crossed) and lost a steady amount of weight. I've followed my doctor's "rules" to the "T". I know we aren't supposed to be negative here but I have to ask: Can someone explain to me why a person would go through something as major as this and not follow the rules? I can't imagine any surgeon saying soda was okay at any point in the first year for all the reasons stated before me, so why would a person immediately start drinking it? I imagine its a psychological issue, but I'd like some enlightenment.
   — dinky

May 30, 2006
Carbonation expands in your pouch and could tear stitches and staples. As well, full sugar soda will just get you started on the way to not losing anywhere near to goal. If you MUST drink soda, it has to be sugar-free, and sit open overnight in the fridge to de-carbonate, or can be run really quickly through the blender to "break up" the bubbles.
   — j_coulter

May 30, 2006
I Could Not Agree With The First Post More NO NO NO!! Please don't drink ANY kinds of carbonated drinks. We just had a group meeting and discussed that very topic. According to my doctor drinking soda stretches the stomach and the passage hole due to the gases it creates; so please stop right now. I know it is hard but you can do it. I have not had any soda since a week before my surgery about year ago except one time when the drink was labeled sparkling water but was really carbonated water. Believe me I was surprised how bad it tasted; hated the bubbles. I was a 3-4 coke per day or more drinker so if I can do it so can you. Good luck!
   — Laural D.

May 30, 2006
It will deplete you Calcium!! I was told NEVER to drink soda, sugar free or not! It's not good for you anyway. NO SODA intact NO carbonation at all.
   — Janine Greenwood

May 30, 2006
The question should be "why" you would want to drink soda, not "if" you can. After surgery we should want to change all of our bad habits. She should be drinking water, not soda.
   — Dorothy F.

May 30, 2006
Don't know if soda "stretches the pouch" or not ... but there is no way that a person should drink it this soon after surgery. I imagine that diet soda eventually could be used as an occasional treat, but it is true that it depletes calcium in the body. Of course, my question to your friend is why does he or she feel the need to sabotage her efforts and possibly ruin her health.
   — peacefuldaizy

May 30, 2006
I drink regular at least 4 oz daily. I love the stuff. I think to key to this surgery is moderation. I am almost 4 months POST-OP and I eat and drink everything I ate and drank prior to the surgery. I do waste a lot of food. But I am a big loser from a size 18 to a 8. MODERATION is KEY!
   — Mrsmanners862

May 30, 2006
LISTEN TO JORGE!!!! NO CARBONATION OR CAFFEINE!!! YOU'LL BE RIGHT BACK WHERE YOU STARTED BEFORE YOUR SURGERY AND GIVE YOURSELF AN ULCER!!!!
   — vlaster

May 31, 2006
2 weeks out and can't put down the sugary soda huh? I'm usually pretty liberal about letting people find their path, but this screams of something like Oppositional Defiance Disorder to me. I wouldn't know for sure, but someone who refuses to comply with something that basic is hell bent to make this fail. THAT BEING SAID, I vehemently disagree with the statements here about carbonation stretching the pouch. This soon out I have no doubts it could be a problem both for the healing incisions and discomfort, but this urban legend of soda stretching the pouch has no scientific backing. You have half the surgeons who will parrot that and half who refute that. So you have the surgeons going on their personal belief system and NOT science. Again, this soon out is asking for troubles in more way than one, but more than anything what is concerning is the utter lack of regard for following the rules in order to be successful. Many people test their limits early on. Some people just have to have those boundaries and make sure they are in place. Other people constantly push those boundaries and they can really set themselves up for failure. That is quite sad. I hope regardless of what she chooses to do that she still finds success. I would wish failure on no one - even if they didn't follow the rules. But it's so sad to see someone who goes through so much to throw it away because they can't give up the sugar.
   — Dinka Doo

May 31, 2006
I don't believe this person made any true comittment to changing her life style with the surgery. The surgery is not a cure, it's merely a tool. Ask your friend to seek psychiatric counseling. Her surgeon could help her find that. Only a person with serious emotional or psychological issues would knowingly and willingly put themselves and their short-term & long-term surgical result at such risk. One other possibility. Could your friend have any learning disabilities to the extent that she simply is unable to understand how to care for herself. Either way, she needs help NOW.
   — PorkyPug

May 31, 2006
I am 10 years out and I dont drink any soda neither regular nor diet. If the doctor said no soda that means no soda. People get in trouble and start having problems and then put the weight back on and start blaming the surgeon and the surgery blah blah blah. THEY MUST BLAME THEMSELVES> you know why I am a success story? I lost the weight I have no complications for 10 years and I am living a healthy and a normal life. BECAUSE I FOLLOWED DOCTOR'S ADVISE AND INSTRUCTIONS WITHOUT ANY MANIPULATIONS.
   — Dani96

May 31, 2006
I cannot tolerate soda at 3 years out, but will ice it up alot and shake out most of the bubbles when I have a craving... I have heard both sides of the issue. eg. My surgeon claims no findings that soda will stretch the pouch in 20 yrs of practice. On the other hand a friend in GA was told that they are finding the soda will misshapen the pouch, not relly stretch it permanently. Who knows! Talk with your surgeon for his/her feelings... Water the soda down with water & ice if you want the taste... but keep it to a minimum is my feelings on the issue... Best wishes and don't let anyone get you down on what you do or not do with your life. This place seems to be full of a bunch of know it all's... Now flame me...if you dare ya'll. MLR
   — Kriola

May 31, 2006
FORGET to mention, 1 week out seems to early to be drinking soda, but who am I to judge. I would be afraid... take care
   — Kriola

May 31, 2006
I say go right ahead and drink up. After you gain most of your weight back like I did you can really feel like a loser. What is the saying nothing tastes as good as thin feels? Well nothing is as painful is waking up one morning with your BMI out of control again and searching for a way to convince yourself you don't deserve to be fat. When you have been doing things you know in your heart are not great choices. I can tell you it is true that nothing tastes as good as thin felt and nothing is as painful as stupid. Learn from my mistakes. Please do not sabotoge yourself. I am sorry this one struck a nerve with me. I regret ever letting diet pepsi back into my life.
   — igot2lose




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