Guest guest Posted May 11, 2004 Report Share Posted May 11, 2004 Im confused.... I thought we were not to have any fluids with or immediately after a meal.. Message: 25 Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 15:05:04 -0500 Subject: Re: coke Om my God Patty !!!! So do I . My meal goes soooooooo much easier when I chase it down with sips of an ice cold Diet Coke.... Sonja Lap RNY 12/2001 Re: coke Gang, Maybe I am the one that baffles the doctors. I started drinking diet soda about 2 months post op. Now I to have a soda with every meal or the food will not digest. There are also times I need to have a spoonful of sugar to help digest my meal. Patty Spakoski Open RNY 2-25-99 Boston, MA Dr. Forse 267/145/225 Help!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 Absolutely you shouldn't have any type of carbonated beverages after surgery, and even before! Here's three simple tests that you can try in order to form your own opinion! 1) pour some of your favorite carbonated beverage over a piece of raw meat. 2) pour some of your favorite carbonated beverage over your car battery. 3) pour some of your favorite carbonated beverage into a Ziploc baggie and close it tightly. Then let it sit. I'm not going to tell you the results of any of these tests...you need to find them out for yourself. Just try it and watch! Good luck! T. Lap RNY 6/20/03 432/238/170 Houston, Dr. Adam Naaman Visit my homepage at http://users3.ev1.net/~leeds/ " I will find my way, I can go the distance. I'll be there someday if I can be strong, I know every mile will be worth my while, I would go most anywhere to feel like I belong. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 There's nothing wrong with drinking Coke before surgery (other than the obvious empty calorie argument). Stomach acid is stronger than the acids in colas. My surgeon told me no carbonated beverages for six months after surgery because it can cause painful gas, as the pouch isn't fully healed yet. My best friend's surgeon said that if you want a soda that bad, a Diet Pepsi Slurpee is okay to drink. Here's more info on the " coke eats corrosion argument: http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp Claim: The acids in Coca-Cola make it harmful to drink. Status: False. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2001] 1. In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the truck to remove blood from the highway after a car accident. 2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke and it will be gone in two days. 3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl . . . Let the " real thing " sit for one hour, then flush clean. 4. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china. 5. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola. 6. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion. 7. To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes. 8. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan;rap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy. 9. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, And run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield FYI: 1. The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. It's pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days. 2. To carry Coca Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the Hazardous material place cards reserved for Highly Corrosive materials. 3. The distributors of coke have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years! Drink up! No joke. Think what coke and other soft drinks do to your teeth on a daily basis. A tooth will dissolve in a cup of coke in 24-48 hours. Origins: Many of the entries above are just simple household tips involving Coca-Cola, as provided by Joey Green in his 1995 book Polish Your Furniture with Panty Hose and on his web site. That you can cook and clean with Coke is relatively meaningless from a safety standpoint — you can use a wide array of common household substances (including water) for the same purposes; that fact alone doesn't necessarily make them dangerous to ingest. Nearly all carbonated soft drinks contain carbonic acid, which is moderately useful for tasks such as removing stains and dissolving rust deposits (although plain soda water is much better for some of these purposes than Coca-Cola or other soft drinks, as it doesn't leave a sticky sugar residue behind). Carbonic acid is relatively weak, however, and people have been drinking carbonated water for many years with no detrimental effects. The rest of the claims offered here are specious. Coca-Cola does contain small amounts of citric acid and phosphoric acid; however, all the insinuations about the dangers these acids might pose to people who drink Coca-Cola ignore a simple concept familiar to any first-year chemistry student: concentration. Coca-Cola contains less citric acid than orange juice does, and the concentration of phosphoric acid in Coke is far too small (a mere 11 to 13 grams per gallon of syrup, or about 0.20 to 0.30 per cent of the total formula) to dissolve a steak, a tooth, or a nail overnight (Much of the item will dissolve eventually, but after a day or two you'll still have most of the tooth, a whole nail, and one very soggy t-bone.) Besides, the gastric acid in your stomach is much stronger than any of the acids in Coca-Cola, so the Coca-Cola is harmless. The next time you're stopped by a highway patrolman, try asking him if he's ever scrubbed blood stains off a highway with Coca-Cola (or anything else). If you're lucky, by the time he stops laughing he'll have forgotten about the citation he was going to give you. Last updated: 29 March 2004 -- RE: Re Coke Absolutely you shouldn't have any type of carbonated beverages after surgery, and even before! Here's three simple tests that you can try in order to form your own opinion! 1) pour some of your favorite carbonated beverage over a piece of raw meat. 2) pour some of your favorite carbonated beverage over your car battery. 3) pour some of your favorite carbonated beverage into a Ziploc baggie and close it tightly. Then let it sit. I'm not going to tell you the results of any of these tests...you need to find them out for yourself. Just try it and watch! Good luck! T. Lap RNY 6/20/03 432/238/170 Houston, Dr. Adam Naaman Visit my homepage at http://users3.ev1.net/~leeds/ " I will find my way, I can go the distance. I'll be there someday if I can be strong, I know every mile will be worth my while, I would go most anywhere to feel like I belong. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 But I thought our goal was to not stretch our pouch? Re: Re Coke not drinking while eating is/was my biggest adjustment. I learned how to de-carbonate Fresca (which along with decaf coffee and tea is all I drink...can't stand plain water) early on. I just can't seem to get through a meal without drinking something, and I usually feel uncomfortable when I do it. It is a daily struggle. I guess as the pouch stretches it will get easier. Helena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Thank you Delores and Ed............ Re: Re Coke Sonja, You offer such exciting hope. <smile> Thank you. > Here..Here....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nothing wrong with drinking a Diet soda. > Theres so many other things to focus on after bypass, like a new wardrobe > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and just plain feeling great !!!! Ed Kemper & Delores edkemper@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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