Alcoholism

scoobyluvr1
on 12/16/13 5:18 am
RNY on 10/21/13

I do see a number of posts relating to this topic.  It's something to be aware of.  I have never had issues with drugs/alcohol prior to surgery and I hope I will not after.   I haven't had anything to drink yet but I do plan on resuming my social drinking which only takes place two or three times a year in a few more months.  I will definately be careful knowing this has been an issue for others.

    

~Ronda~  

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Citizen Kim
on 12/16/13 5:46 am - Castle Rock, CO
On December 16, 2013 at 11:54 AM Pacific Time, Kelly S. wrote:

Wow, I used to read the posts and believe it wasn't a problem for me.  Please, if you have this surgery do not EVER drink again. 

Unfortunately, I think this sort of generalisation does more harm than good.   Not ALL of us will have a problem with alcohol, so saying if we have this surgery we should never drink again is a nonsense.

What we need to do is educate our population of the possibility that this could become a problem for ANY of us and to recognise the physical, social and psychological signs that drinking is becoming more than a social pastime! 

 

Proud Feminist, Atheist, LGBT friend, and Democratic Socialist

Dee.spunk
on 12/16/13 6:27 am - Sacramento, CA
Great response!

Height:5'1.5 RNY:11/30/11 HW:307 SW:234 CW:136 GW:140 (LOST 73 Lbs. PRE-OP)

 


 

H.A.L.A B.
on 12/16/13 6:28 am

I do agree..   I know some people can drink and have no issue.  For me alcohol became a "feel good drinks" when I had iron deficient anemia and hernias (few of them) and twisted guts... Even now if I eat too much dense proteins in a day and don't drink - I  may end up in severe pain.... (happened too many times)  It is almost as if alcohol helps digest the meats and dense proteins, and allow my guts to relax.  

Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG

"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"

"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."

Kelly S.
on 12/16/13 10:43 am

Agreed, just worries me how much different our bodies seem to absorb it and how much more some of us like that feeling where as pre-op it wasn't there.



20 pounds lost during two week pre-op diet.

slrm2m2
on 12/16/13 9:17 am - Canada

I do believe RNYers are at higher risk for problem drinking due to changes to how our anatomy is arranged.  I choose not to drink post op at all. Better safe than sorry and just part of my healthy new lifestyle.

Sandy  Surgery Jan.18,2012 with Dr. Timothy Jackson at TWH.
  
    
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