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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