THIS is why you should not get drunk after WLS
So I know that everyone has different post-op plans...they vary from Dr. to Dr....I think pretty much all of them say don't drink alcohol for the first 6 months...mine said 1st year but I see 6 months alot...regardless...don't drink 3 months after surgery...this is why my fellow OH'ers. Saturday night was my 2nd time with alcohol post-op. My first experience was pleasent. got drunk FAST and sobered up FASTER. no sickness, no hangover..no problems. 2nd experience was not so pleasent. Drank Alsolut and redbull saturday night...about half a pint of vodka and probably 3 cans of redbull. Had to potty every 30 minutes. once again...drunk FAST and sobered up FASTER. Went to bed and woke up about 4:30 sunday morning feeling horrible. nauseaus stomach and all. From that time until 1:00 sunday afternoon I was in the bathroom...not vomiting b/c there was nothing in my stomach but my body did the motion...just kept spitting up foamy saliva. To say this as nice as possible...my 13 stools that day were 100% liquid. Finally i decided to drive myself to the urgent care...they don't do IV's btw...I knew I was getting dehydrated so I went in to get fluids because by this time, I could not keep anything in my stomach. So off to the ER i go. Passed out walking into the ER...spend 6 hours in there getting blood drawn and tests run. They gave me 3 liters of fluids and the conclusion was...the OUTRAGEOUS sugar in the redbull gave me the "dumping like" symptoms and made me dehydrated. the doctor @ the ER said he was surprised I had not had kidney failure already it was that severe.
Thanks for running that experiment for us !!!!
Hope your feeling better!!!
frisco
SW 338lbs. GW 175lbs. Goal in 11 months. CW 148lbs. WL 190lbs.
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Anyway, glad you are ok - that must've been a scary experience!
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HW: 309 ~ PreOpW: 306 ~ SW: 293 ~ CW: 184


Single incision lap VSG 10/21/2010
Height 5'2
Pre-op weight: 260
Day of surgery: 240
Current weight: 190