The Doctor and the booze

My surgern told me to not to stop of with the guys afterwork for a tall one.  The he said to give my wife the key to the basement wine racks.  At 3 mos, out and eat'n 3 meals,     Ok, I am gett'n the picture.  When can I have a glass of wine with my meal?  He said the cutt'n he did should be healed, but the effects of 1-2 glasses will knock you for a loop - no driving, talking or sex. You wont be able to either well.  I'am  not a boozer but we're part French and we drink wine with our evening meal 
Need imput!!

It depends on your doctor and what he says. Mine said no alcohol never. I know other guys on the board and they are able to drink


Check with your doctor.

 Vous buvez une bouteille de vin si vous voulez monsieur! Faites attention juste! 

 And I drin****asionally and it affects me really quickly but I also get over it equally soon afterwards pretty much. It all depends on how much you consume really.

Same here. We think that the wine we have will age much and may help replace the hits we took on the 401
It doesnt tast the same and the 1 glass is abouot all
thanks for the post

My surgeon also told me not to have any alcohol either....if I did I would become a cheap date and get drunk very fast! My Nut also said that there are many empty calories in booze and there is no nutritional value. Kinda goes against all our rules for WLS. Plus my doc sez no drinking anything 30 min before or after eating!!

John,

The other thing that makes us cheap dates is that it does not cost that much to feed us either!

My Dr. recommends against it from a purely nutritional standpoint.  I'm around 3 1/2 months out and i've had beer maybe 4 times over the past 2 months.  I definitely noticed getting buzzed a little bit quicker, but it wasn't so much that I couldn't function after one or two beers.  I've limited myself due to nutrition as well, when you are logging your calories (i use livestrong/daily plate) it is amazing what 3 beers can add up to calorie wise.

My advice is to stay away from alcohol for at least the first 9 months post.  With no holding tank (stommach) the alcohol goes straight to the bloodstream and will get you snockered on 1 beer or drink.  Likewise, if after you drink, you down a bottle of water, by the time you fini**** you can be sober.

I drink once in a while and every time I do I realize it isnt worth it.  For every beer I drink I have to get up in the middle of the night and **** twice.  Instead of a hangover, my body feels out of wack for a couple of days, I'm guessing because of the dehydration.

For the first year you need to stay hydrated and the alcohol will totally screw that up.

Never developed much of a taste for wine. But I like a glass of whiskey now and then. And I'll echo what others have said: The buzz I used to get over a period of time and increase with the amount of alcohol consumed, is now almost instantaneous. About 10 oz  of  a good strong 50/50 Crown and coke and I'm loopy for a hour or two. Some people have talked about an increased hunger for alcohol now that their eating is under control, but I haven't noticed any uptick in my drinking. Nor do I think there will be one.