Why is carbonation a no no?

^^^ This is exactly what my surgeon said when I asked him about carbonation.

I didn't drink any sodas for a year after surgery. Now I have an occasional Coke Zero maybe 2-3 times a week. I buy the mini bottles and I sometimes I don't even finish those.

So many centres seem to use these outdated "scare" tactics not to mention overall crappy advice to new post ops, drives me mental, my centre is horrible but I digress this is about soda/pop...

I rarely drank pop pre surgery, was just not my thing, but a really cold can of Coke in a cold glass filled with ice sounds yummy until my hubby had one and I took a drink and had pain for a hour after... Pop does not sit well with me, it feels like I have an air bubble in my throat/chest, but that's just me. My husband is a gingerale and coke drinker, neither sit well with me but Rootbeer or Dr Pepper are okay, so weird. I am just not into pop so I don't drink it and it feels odd/slightly painful to me but I know a lot of successful post ops who drink Diet pop all the time and are fine.

Will is stretch your stomach/pouch no. If you can handle the carbonation and choose zero calorie brands and it will not be a trigger food or make you want to eat a bag of chips with it go for it, it sure makes getting your liquids in easier by expanding the list of what you can drink. Just be aware that pop is a slippery slope for some.

Pop does not sit well with me, it feels like I have an air bubble in my throat/chest, but that's just me

This was also my experience. 2 days later, I had the biggest burp. That was it for me. No more soda

It makes my stomach unhappy and can cause gas, for me at least. I very rarely drink it. There is carbonation in my khombucha tea and I'm not positive but for me at least it seems to contribute to my acid reflux issue. I am not sure if it is the carbonation or the fermentation. Really haven't delved too deep into it.

I don't drink it because it's just down right painful for me now. I was a heavy Pepsi drinker before but stopped about 3 months before surgery. I've tried it on occasion but can never get past 2 or 3 sips. My center also strictly forbids the consumption of carbonation due to "sleeve/pouch stretching".

I think it's great you don't drink soda -- and obviously not if you find it painful. I do not either. However, your center's assertion that it causes "sleeve/pouch stretching" is a myth and completely unfounded. In fact, "thinking that a swig of soda could permanently stretch out a stomach is incompatible with the laws of physics in the universe that I reside in--it just can't happen.

A true understanding of the mechanics of the "pouch" after gastric bypass will tell you intuitively that a bag with a hole in it (the outlet) cannot allow a high enough gas pressure to build up within it to stretch it out. The sleeved stomach does have two weak valves at either end, but to believe that they could ever trap enough pressure inside to permanently stretch out the muscular wall of the stomach is somewhat unreasonable."

http://www.cibr.es/ka/apps/cibr/docs/Cuomo_2009.pdf

http://drmatthewweiner.com/bariatric-surgery-myths/

http://yakmax.com/weight-loss-surgery-nutrition-myths/

Yes, I agree with you. That's why I put "sleeve/pouch stretching" in quotations because I think it's ridiculous.

I drink carbonated beverages from time to time but mostly I don't because I have enough trouble getting in my water! If I was good on water, I think I'd be more forgiving of myself for the occasional soda.

That said, carbonation can also be kind of painful. While it doesn't stretch your pouch it does take up room and that can make you feel awful.

It's a myth. Your stomach has sphincters that'll let gas escape so... yeah.

That said, you might find that carbonation makes you feel icky.

I had my first soda about 2 years post-op. It was an emergency situation and I had a diet gingerale. I took really small sips, drank slowly, and it was completely fine.

Heh heh. Sphincter.