I miss my Ice Vanilla Free coffee when can lap banders intrduce caffine back into our lives I was banded Aug 27

At my two week post op visit my surgeon said I could have Reg Coffee. I would be careful not to use a straw for ice coffee.

This just goes to show that everybody's surgeon and support staff are different! I have been drinking iced tea since two days after my surgery, coffee since a week after surgery. Yesterday was the two week point. In fact, my nutritionist encouraged coffee (or some hot tea) in the morning to loosen up the muscles near the band and the stomach. I have also been told that the "no drinking through a straw" thing is a myth, and I have been comfortably drinking through a straw since day one. Every one is different, everyone has different instructions, I guess. Good luck, and I bet you would be okay with a small coffee right now.

Caffeine was green-lighted at six months for me. I gave up coffee preop, and haven't gone back. I do however drink iced tea (and did so, on occasion, well before I was "allowed").

I gave up caffeine back when I started my pre-op diet. Figured if I was going to go through the carb withdrawals, that I would go through the caffeine one at the same time. Now having said that, I was told caffeine whenever I wanted it. I drink my coffee and iced tea de-caf now.

Most Drs dont recommend having caffeine for the simply fact that it helps dehydrate your body. And as we all know having the band in we are recommend to have 8 glasses of water a day for hydration purposes. Drinking with a straw however is a touchy subject because i have personnaly felt the effects of the gassy feeling after drinking with a straw so i stay away from it.

This is the first I have heard of this straw thing. I cut my coffee intake from 3 cups per morning down to 1 cup.

My doc says no coffee till 2 months post-op. I gave it up during the preop diet phase so I would not have the withdrawal on top of recovery. I am now allowed to drink coffee again and drink one cup in the a.m. (started Monday!). I thought I might not go back to it, however, i really do enjoy it!

I'm another one whose doctor had no restriction on caffeine...I live on iced tea, Starbucks, etc. and have since my surgery.

I'm NOT allowed to drink carbonation (it inflates the pouch)...and faced the consequence of acid reflux in a band that was too tight last week when I ordered and drank a large Diet Coke from Burger King. Carbonation doesn't seem to be an issue in looser bands, but WATCH OUT when your band is tight! That acid reflux is murder...