Re: Fizzy drinks ?>

[Guest guest]

Hi ..

I am one of those that cannot have fizzy. I can have champagne, but

not coke. When you are allowed to try them, pour it, add ice and

stir it up. That will take away a lot of the aeration and maybe ok.

It is individual... I cannot have it when I have fill, but I can

have champagne, which makes no sense at all I know, but I will live

with being able to have the odd champers.

You are doing well if you are not hungry... that is excellent! I

have been hungry since the time I woke up from the damned surgery,

and have had hunger pangs ever since. If I have just eaten, I get

head hunger - I am not a very good bandit.

Keep up the good work...

Mel

>

> Hello Everybody,

>

> Almost 2 weeks after banding and I'm feeling better and better

each

> day ! Only thing that bothers me is that I'm not yet allowed to

have

> any fizzy drinks.

>

> Yes, I know, I sound like a spoiled child...

> But my problem is that I hardly ever drink coffee or tea and I

used

> to get my daily caffeine fix from coke zero (or diet coke).

>

> I've been told that it's very individual when it comes to fizzy

> drinks - some are no longer able to tolerate them, others don't

have

> any problems at all.

>

> So, is there anybody out there who would like share their

experience

> with me?

>

> My dietician won't even give me any kind of timelines as to when I

> could try, she just told me to talk to my doc about it.

> On the funny side: I went to see her today and gave her a list of

all

> the things I had to eat since I had the surgery (e.g. 13 days).

She

> looked through it and told me to eat more !!! That was the first

> time in my life that somebody was telling me to eat MORE !!! I was

> waiting for 39 years to hear this

> Guess she's a bit concerned that I'm not getting enough protein

but I

> just don't feel hungry and have to remind myself to eat, otherwise

I

> keep forgetting it (never happened to me before in my whole life -

> it's still quite a unique experience for me and I'm afraid that

won't

> last long). Did anybody else have the same thing going on ? And

how

> long does/did it last ? ;-)

>

> Cheers,

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hiya

It is an individual thing – I mean look at me tonight. I am told that I simply cannot eat squid/ calamari etc but I ate a good portion of stuffed calamari tonight, veal etc. So it is so individual, plus with no fill you will have not problem – however having said that, fizzy drinks fall into a whole new category. You should go there – really you don't need them. Go for sparkling mineral water like San Remo – less fizz but still good hydration, minus the salt but we need that right?? Then there is other things like lime bitters, and things that have less fizz. I find things like coke make me feel uncomfortable with their fizz and make me feel a bit embarrassed in social situations as they make me want to burp but cant or I can burp too much. However up until you have your fill you might find you can tolerate these things with no problem. I have quite a bit of restriction, 8.something in a band and I cannot have anything other than San Remo sparkling, things like lemon lime bitters and at a real stretch coke if I have a blockage. It is something that you are going to have to work out for yourself – and be warned that it will change each day, that is why I tend to stick within the guidelines and adhere to them particularly in social situations to avoid the Mount Vesuvius reaction. Hope this helps you!!