Question:
can you still go out socially and have a few cocktails after surgery??

   — cheryl V. (posted on July 14, 1999)

July 13, 1999
This is a fun one to answer. I was a never a big drinker mind you but now I drink 1/2 a wine cooler and I am feeling it or I drink Barcardi L'Mon and pepsi, I ask for a small glass (maybe a 4 oz glass) because I am really feeling it after that. I have to start having my social drink after everyone else has had about 3. After a while I'm sure it changes because I have seen it with a friend of mine but with me, I am 5 months post op and it hasn't changed yet. Cheaper that way!!!!!
   — Rhonda B.

July 14, 1999
I'm 9 years post. I am a cheep date and an EASY drunk. The neck of a long neck beer and I'm skying. ONE HALF a wine cooler and I sugar dump. ONE drink lasts the whole evening. My hubby and I usually share a drink now. Kind of more romantic if you ask me. :~)
   — Christine N.

July 14, 1999
I had RNY bypass in 1995 and the panniculectomy in 1996. I also drink socially. I find that it takes only a little bit of a drink to cause the "familiar buzz" so I take it very easy. I also find that the "familiar buzz" is gone much quicker than prior to my surgery. Because of these things, I drink much less and take much longer to sip along on a drink. I do not like the feeling of being drunk so I am very careful about alcohol consumption. I drink but do so in a very careful way.
   — Peggy W.

July 14, 1999
This is one well kept secret of WLS. Maybe only RNY though. I wish the Doc would answer this one. It takes about 1/2 ounce of alcohol to feel "buzzed" but like one of the previous answers it seems to go away quickly. I have one or two drinks once a week. It is my social "treat"......
   — JAN C.

July 14, 1999
You can drink post op..but ..be carefull..one SMALL drink can get you extremely buzzed! It goes away quick though...I was totally unable to drink anything till I was about 6 or 7 months post op..I am about 2 years now, and i can have an after dinner drink...I havent tried beer..just because I personally dont like it..but, I've seen others handle it ok..like I said though, it affects you a lot different post op. I used to hate wine..now a glass of merlot will ususlly do me for a social gathering..and the buzz I feel from it is usally minimal for some reason
   — Deanna D.

July 14, 1999
I had my first margarita since surgery last weekend, and it put me on my butte. Then I dumped because of the sugar. So I wouldn't say you would be having "a few cocktails". Maybe one, or more likely a few sips of one.
   — dboat

July 14, 1999
I had my first margarita since surgery last weekend, and it put me on my butte. Then I dumped because of the sugar. So I wouldn't say you would be having "a few cocktails". Maybe one, or more likely a few sips of one.
   — dboat