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Hi Everyone -

Quick question - do any of you drink soda? Since I had my K Pouch surgery last June, I have not had any carbonated drinks (for fear that the gas pain will be too much)! I was never a big soda drinker (an occasional vodka/tonic cocktail) but now, I don't drink anything carbonated.
If you do drink sodas, beer, champagne etc - what's the secret to keeping the gas pain away while mingling with friends at a dinner party - without doubling over with gas pains and running to the bathroom?
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I have had my k pouch for 33+ yrs and have always had a diet drink of two whenever I felt like it...if my memory serves me well, I didn't start drinking them til after the 1st yr but then I was just fine with it...one of the girls who had had hers done just before me told me that by 6 months she was drinking a beer or 2 when she went out but never more...I am not a beer drinker but now have a large, icy diet coke whenever I go out and really don't feel a thing...
Allow your pouch to stretch out a bit and your capacity to grow before you start trying them...then just gage your capacity and like everything else...take it slowly and go slowly.
Sharon
ps...I have only used beano or other such stuff on the very rare occasions when I eat artichokes late at night and don't want to be woken up by gas during the night.

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