Guest guest Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 Patty.... Again I'm exactly the same....I can not drink water..it has to be carbinated...Are we weird ???? coke I was a big time coke drinker too. i drank caffeine free diet coke, but eventually i switched to diet coke because i stopped drinking coffee because it hurt my stomach and tea didnt have enuf caffeine for me. After the surgery I couldnt drink coke. So i essentially stopped drinking coke since March 14 ( the day beforethe surgery) and I havent had a coke since. For myself I know I dont want to go back there not even a little, because im actually fine without it. I dont miss it, and I have more energy now so i dont need it. i didnt ever think I would **ever** be able to live without coke, but I can. and I also didnt ever think Id rave about ground turkey either ( it makes my friends chuckle) but I do. And I can cross my legs, and I dont have those awful leg cramps that woke me out of sleep in the middle of the night ( like a charlie horse) not even a one since the surgery. so just my 2 cents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 Sonja, I think that things in our digestion has changed and that's why we need the carbonated beverages to help digest. Patty Spakoski Open RNY 2-25-99 Boston, MA Dr. Forse 267/145/225 Help!! coke I was a big time coke drinker too. i drank caffeine free diet coke, but eventually i switched to diet coke because i stopped drinking coffee because it hurt my stomach and tea didnt have enuf caffeine for me. After the surgery I couldnt drink coke. So i essentially stopped drinking coke since March 14 ( the day beforethe surgery) and I havent had a coke since. For myself I know I dont want to go back there not even a little, because im actually fine without it. I dont miss it, and I have more energy now so i dont need it. i didnt ever think I would **ever** be able to live without coke, but I can. and I also didnt ever think Id rave about ground turkey either ( it makes my friends chuckle) but I do. And I can cross my legs, and I dont have those awful leg cramps that woke me out of sleep in the middle of the night ( like a charlie horse) not even a one since the surgery. so just my 2 cents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 I do have to tell you that my surgeon never told me that soda would make my pouch bigger. I do remember him saying that it's different for everybody and for me not to listen to what other bypass patients can eat or drink. I'm able to eat Subway with no problem, however I know that there are alot of bypass patients out there that could NEVER eat Subway. I lost weight with no problem but I have always been a diet soda person..never regular. Sonja RNY Lap Dec 2001 283/ 170 now...size 12 working into a 10 YIPPY !! coke I was a big time coke drinker too. i drank caffeine free diet coke, but eventually i switched to diet coke because i stopped drinking coffee because it hurt my stomach and tea didnt have enuf caffeine for me. After the surgery I couldnt drink coke. So i essentially stopped drinking coke since March 14 ( the day beforethe surgery) and I havent had a coke since. For myself I know I dont want to go back there not even a little, because im actually fine without it. I dont miss it, and I have more energy now so i dont need it. i didnt ever think I would **ever** be able to live without coke, but I can. and I also didnt ever think Id rave about ground turkey either ( it makes my friends chuckle) but I do. And I can cross my legs, and I dont have those awful leg cramps that woke me out of sleep in the middle of the night ( like a charlie horse) not even a one since the surgery. so just my 2 cents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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