How long has it been since you have had a soda?

My surgeon said that I had to wait 12 weeks before having soda because the healing process could be aggravated by the carbonation. I am only 13 weeks out....but I have no trouble whatsoever drinking soda. Of course the doc said it would have to be diet soda because the sugar will make me dump....but I dont have any problems at all. I pour a diet Dr. Pepper into my sippy cup and I'm good to go. When you pour it into something else...it goes flat pretty quick anyway. Truth is, whether you are drinking a soda with splenda or an iced tea with splenda, or So Be Lifewater................they all have the same artificial sweeteners. Usually Splenda, Equal, or Sweet & Low. My Doc said it doesn't really matter as long as you are not drinking your calories. He said try to stick to zero calorie beverages.....that includes diet soda.

I was thinking more of the carbonation rather than the sweeteners lol. I don't have a problem with the sweeteners but I don't even want to try and see what happens with the carbonation.

hmmm about 10 months I guess.

i don't miss it.  i never was a soda person...

Had some less than an hour ago with my dinner. I drink diet soda daily. Once I was a few months out and fully healed, it didn't cause me any discomfort.

20 minutes. I drink about 6 a day. Yeah, I miss them. Think I'll go get another one right now!

  I bow down to the Coke Zero GODS!!!!!  I have anywhere from 6 to 8 a day...all it took was one sip and I was hooked..I am opening a can right now and watching it pour over my glass of ice.  I did not touch soda until I was over a year out.

I used to drink about 2-3 liters of Mt. Dew DAILY...That was all I would drink...Sometimes throwing in some water.  I stopped soda about a month before my surgery...And shortly after the surgery Dt. Gingerale was approved...I had a little of that FLAT but literally only cause I was sick and stuff. (I was only home a week and obviously still healing)   Other than that...I have not even had a sip and  I am 8 months post op.  I would like soda...But I know if I was to have it...I would go back into old habits with it, so I just avoid soda completly.

It's been 18 months for me.  I was a Diet Pepsi person.  I don't like plain water that much and I drink weak green Tazo Zen iced tea, any type hot tea - caffeine & decaf.

I just don't want to start the pop habit again.

"Soda" is soft drinks is coke, right? I could but care not to drink coke.

17 months! I was fully addicted to Diet Coke.

Honestly, I couldn't imagine drinking a soda right now.