Can you drink alcohol 6 months after surgery

Going to disney first week in July am I able to have a drink?? Maybe a glass of wine or something by the pool????

I am told NO alcohol for a year after any WLS.  After that, with RNY, I am told a couple sips, max.  Sleevers would be able to tolerate a glass after a year.  Besides the risk of dumping, there is a real danger of alcohol poisoning.  One of the reasons why RNY was right for me is because I have a sweet tooth and tend to drink my calories (wine). It was a deterrent. 

Can you drink? Sure. Should you? Probably not.

I've had a few drinks starting 3 months after surgery.  Now that I'm 7 months out, I have a drink maybe once a week, more like once or twice a month.  Before surgery I would routinely make myself a whiskey on the rocks, every night after work.

I haven't had any adverse effects, except for the fact that after 1 strong 1/2 pint, I'm shlitzed.  Wife and I went out last night to celebrate a new job I got, and I had 1/2 a pint before dinner, and I was bumbling.

Congrats on new job?  Does this mean you won't have to do so much traveling?

How is your wife doing?

Yes, thank you! It will be local work, but a long daily commute. At least I will be home at the end of the work day though

Wife is doing so much better now. After they suggested a fourth Stent we asked if they could do a balloon dilation instead. After the dilation she's had zero complications or issues. Morale of the story, doctors don't know everything, you have to drive your own health care.

You may want to see if you can handle a glass of wine before you go.  It would suck if you were on vacation and got sick.  I had two - half glasses of wine over Christmas and I was fine.  I think it's all about moderation.  They try to deter as so we don't have addiction transfer.  There supposedly is a high percentage of bariatric patients that become alcoholics.  I don't know the exact percentage, but it was enough that my husband watches me like a hawk and doesn't want me to drink at all.  I see his point and I do limit - I think the real sugary carbonated beverages would be a mistake, a glass of wine, not so much.

I did and currently do and I'm 9m out. I wasnt told not to drink or anything like that.  Just a word of caution is does affect me differently...just 3 swallows of a light mixed drink has me feeling like i had 2 shots.  I know my limits and i only drink on the weekends but I would say try it at home first for the first few times before drinking at a bar or something.

So I was a big drinker before surgery, and didn't let RNY slow me down much. LOL. Sorry - bad humor for some.  I'm no surreptitious drinker, and I advised my dietician and surgeon when I had my first drink after surgery (which was no where near 6 months post-op).  But theres a consequence to that, I think that alcohol may be a culprit in my slow weight loss, because other than occasionally deviating with regards to carbs (perhaps I indulge in pasta 4 times a month), I pretty much try to stick to plan.   

But if you are not a real big drinker, then I would think that you would NOT want to drink your first drink post-op while out on vacation. This seems best to be done in the privacy of your own home. So I had absolutely no different feelings with regards to being sick when I had my first drink after surgery - because I was already a drinker. But I also do not dump from sugars. I dump from starches and sugars (ie. cake or cookies will make me break out into a sweat and have to lay down), and I do not indulge in cookies or cake any longer. 

One thing I do notice is that it does take a "lil" less for me to get a buzz as a post op. Red wine brings it on really fast (like after maybe 3-4 sips. 

If you acknowledge that you had a "food addiction" of ANY SORT. PLEASE DO NOT DRINK. I really believe that "addiction is addiction" and it is true that the rate of addiction "transfer" is high for our population. Also beware of ulcers and gastritis. I had a horrible case of gastritis as a pre-op and I feared that my surgery would be delayed because of it. I think it was primarily in the part of the intestine that was bypassed because I have not suffered with this post surgery.  

I'd have to cosign this one!