Drinking alcohol 3 days before surgery ?

that sounds like a question a doctor should answer.

goodluck with surgery

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that sounds like a question a doctor should answer.

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Fat Amy says "you should really listen to your doctor"

Why would it be bad? I've never had a real surgery before I wouldn't know.

3 days before? Hopefully you metabolize alcohol a little faster than that.

btw, you are a better man than me I would have called the wife out about not being a doctor and giving me medical advice.

well alcohol can thin your blood, I guess it would not be a big risk unless you consumed a lot of alcohol, and not to worried about the possibility of a bleed.

Not a big deal at all. And I can't say I've ever heard of this notion that alcohol "thins" the blood. If your wife is referring to the fact that mild to moderate alcohol intake is protective against heart disease and strokes (i.e. may help prevent clots in heart and brain vessels) then that does have some scientific merit. But I would say the impact on surgical bleeding wouls be minimal at worst. Typically our concerns with surgical bleeding are in patients who take blood thinning medications chronically or have some acquired or hereditary disease that affects clotting.

So as long as you are not a chronic alcoholic with poor nutrition or liver cirrhosis your blood should clot just fine. Give yourself a few days to recover if you plan on getting sloshed - being dehydrated and feeling hungover is not how you want to face your procedure. Enjoy the strawberry festival but remember everything in moderation.

Disclaimer: this just represents my opinion and should not be construed as medical advice

Good luck with the surgery, you know one of the recovery metrics is they chart how quickly you come up from the anesthesia and what your mental function is at that point. Be very careful at that point; the one thing you do NOT want to say to them is "Hoddy Toddy".

Hell, I'd go ahead and have a little pop right before he cuts.
Settles the nerves and helps the anesthetic work better.

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Drinking alcohol 3 days before surgery ?
How bad is it to drink a little beer that close to surgery?
I'm having brain surgery to remove a benign tumor Tuesday morning. I'm going to the Strawberry Festival Saturday for a little while. Is a few beers gonna be all that bad for me?

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Have a few beers 3 days before a surgery is going to have absolutely zero effect. You could probably get trashed on Saturday and it would have no effect whatsoever. There isn't going to be any alcohol left in your system by Tuesday unless you keep the drinking going. Your body will do its job.


ETA: I'm not a doctor or anything, just my opinion.