Greetings Everyone,

Long time reader, first time poster. I spoke with my nutritionist about coffee and she told me that small amounts were OK, as long as it wasn't black. I saw my surgeon last week and she said, "so how are you doing giving up your morning coffee?"

I'd like to get everyone's opinion on coffee or no coffee. It sounds silly, but giving up my morning cup will probably be my biggest challenge.

Thx

Maggly

I was told no coffee as well. I almost had a heart attack. I work very early in the morning and I work long days - not too happy about this one! I understand the soda and everything else, but I just understand the whole coffee thing? Ho-hum....I think I will need to talk to muy surgeon about this one.

The only thing my nutritionist said was to go decaf because caffeine makes you hungry. I'm not a coffee person so it was not a big deal for me, but I did take notes because sometimes I do like a fancy coffee. (Starbucks!)

I'll add my two cents for what it's worth. I had to give up coffee prior to surgery because my surgeron said he didn't want it in my system during surgery, and he also didn't want me to suffer from caffeine-withdrawl symptoms (headache, etc) on the day of surgery. I slowly cut back to nothing for my surgery. Then, directly after the surgery I was told to refrain from coffee because it is a stimulant and may irritate the newly-banded stomach. I figured since coffee can sometimes be a bowel stimulant (contractions and all--not to give TMI), that maybe it had a similar effect on other parts of the digestive system (?). I slowly added coffee after about a month after surgery and and am now (10 months later) back to my full cup of coffee with a bit of skim milk. My nutritionist said that she didn't have a problem with coffee--as long as it didn't replace my water intake. Everyone says that coffee is dehydrating, but I remember reading a study that said while that may be true in people who drink coffee now-and-then, that it isn't true in people who drink coffee daily.

I was never told NOT to drink coffe. I have a big cup everyday and I would drink it anytime as much as I want and never have problems. I had my surgery over a year and a half now. I was never told to stop drinking coffee . My doctors are well known, so its not like they dont know what they are talking about.

Greetings Everyone,

Long time reader, first time poster. I spoke with my nutritionist about coffee and she told me that small amounts were OK, as long as it wasn't black. I saw my surgeon last week and she said, "so how are you doing giving up your morning coffee?"

I'd like to get everyone's opinion on coffee or no coffee. It sounds silly, but giving up my morning cup will probably be my biggest challenge.:confused:

Thx

Maggly

im glad someone posted this. im actually drinking a black coffee right now, but im one week and one day postop. noone said anything about coffee, just pop. after reading some of the posts, im going to wait a month. i dont want anything to harm me or my band!!!