re: Drinking alcohol 3 days before surgery ?

Posted by Casty McBoozer

your mom's fat arse

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Posted on 4/11/14 at 8:35 am to NatalbanyTigerFan

3 days? Shouldn't even be a question. Don't drink the night before.

Posted by LSUfan4444

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Posted on 4/11/14 at 8:41 am to NatalbanyTigerFan

It shouldn't be an issue in regards to the actual procedure. Now, depending on how it reacts and effects any symptoms you might be having, current medications etc is a different story.

Posted by Walt OReilly

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Posted on 4/11/14 at 8:42 am to NatalbanyTigerFan

and I thought I had a problem

best of luck in your surgery

Posted by hardhead

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Posted on 4/11/14 at 8:48 am to NatalbanyTigerFan

Your wife isnt a Dr.

#1 Tell her to put a sock in it

#2 Go get drunk at the strawberry festival

#3 Have the surgery

#4 profit

Posted by Corkfather

Houston

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Posted on 4/11/14 at 8:52 am to Casty McBoozer

quote:
Don't drink the night before.

As with any surgery, you won't be eating or drinking anything 24 hours prior, including water.

Posted by Ghostfacedistiller

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Posted on 4/11/14 at 9:02 am to Ryan3232

quote:
that sounds like a question a doctor should answer.

Posted by absolute692

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Posted on 4/11/14 at 9:09 am to IT_Dawg

quote:

quote:

alcoholic

adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or of the nature of alcohol.
2.
containing or using alcohol.
3. someone who needs to drink 3 days before brain surgery

why even risk it

Posted by mikelbr

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Posted on 4/11/14 at 9:10 am to NatalbanyTigerFan

quote:
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?

I've done far worse 3 days before a minor surgery. You're fine. Just don't get wasted the night before to point your blood is thin or BP is too high.

Posted by NawlinsTigah270

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Posted on 4/11/14 at 9:15 am to NatalbanyTigerFan

I have surgery a week from today and my doc said no drinking the night before. He also said no smoking anything at all 3 weeks prior and 3 weeks after

ETA - mine is nowhere near as serious as brain surgery. Good luck to you, sir

This post was edited on 4/11/14 at 9:18 am

Posted by Kadjin

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Posted on 4/11/14 at 9:17 am to mikelbr

quote:
why even risk it

because its the Catalina frikin....I mean Strawberry Festival

Posted by mikelbr

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Posted on 4/11/14 at 9:18 am to Kadjin

quote:
because its the Catalina frikin....I mean Strawberry Festival

Is that this fricking weekend? frick my throat pussy. Dammit!!!!

This post was edited on 4/11/14 at 9:19 am

Posted by LSUJuicer

Member since Jan 2013

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Posted on 4/11/14 at 9:41 am to NatalbanyTigerFan

They did not give you a sheet of things you can and cannot do prior to surgery? Last one I had they gave me a page that listed things to stop doing two weeks prior to surgery and one week prior to surgery. I remember energy drinks being on the two week list.

Posted by Tiguar

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Posted on 4/11/14 at 10:02 am to NatalbanyTigerFan

I know that binge drinking while on warfarin will increase a patient's INR (basically what your wife said, more bleeding) but I'm not sure if this is a physiologic effect or an interaction with warfarin.

I'm inclined to believe the former. If you're not taking any medication, it probably won't hurt you that much.

This post was edited on 4/11/14 at 10:03 am