Just posted this in post op but I need as much feedback as possible ! :

So I'm having the hardest time deciding this ...

All I want is a cup of coffee. My doctors office told me it increases the risk of stomach cancer to have caffeine. But I know SO many banders that drink coffee ! Tomorrow I have to work from 7:30am to 10pm and I don't know how ill survive. Can 1 cup really hurt ? I was banded sept 6th so it's a little over 2 weeks. What do you guys think? Any coffee drinkers out there ?

I don't drink coffee but drink about 10-14 cups of hot and iced tea a day. I could not have caffeine for many many months after the band. I brew my own iced tea with decaf bags, still. I do use decaf instant coffee in my chocolate protein shakes. Maybe time to learn to drink decaf. The doctors know best.

Good luck with everything.

Stomach cancer? That's a new one on me? I drink coffee every day. Only one or two cups.

http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA400968/Coffee-and-Cancer-Risk.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16841331

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/18/coffee-oral-cancer-throat-death_n_2317525.html

I'm not advocating you go against your doctors guidelines but you might ask what study he got his information from?

Lol it was my NUT who said it. Thank you for the research !!! I will be having coffee tomorrow

I drink 1-2 cups a day, hot or iced. I have given up so much already, like pop, that I can't imagine it can kill me to keep having coffee. It's a lifestyle change, not meant to stop your life!

I drink a LOT of coffee. My doctor said don't drink your calories, nothing specific about coffee, but I can't live without the stuff. I have 3 cups a day on average at work, flat whites, no sugar. If I didn't, they'd get cranky lellow, and no one wants cranky lellow. So I figure I'm doing the world a community service really by making sure I get my caffeine.

I'm going into my 8th year of being banded. My doctor said coffee was fine.

I drink 2 medium coffees a day... sometimes 1 small, 1 medium... with 2 cream and sweetner... pre-band I drank 2 extra large coffee with cream. (everything in moderation).

I guess each doctor is different. I've had several physicals since being banded and am in great health.

Tom, Toronto

Banded July 6 06

Wt. Loss: 160 lbs

Just posted this in post op but I need as much feedback as possible ! :

So I'm having the hardest time deciding this ...

All I want is a cup of coffee. My doctors office told me it increases the risk of stomach cancer to have caffeine. But I know SO many banders that drink coffee ! Tomorrow I have to work from 7:30am to 10pm and I don't know how ill survive. Can 1 cup really hurt ? I was banded sept 6th so it's a little over 2 weeks. What do you guys think? Any coffee drinkers out there ?

My doctor says just one cup a day,, because caffeine can cause dehydration. But I have pretty much gotten away from it, as I could not have it for the first 6 weeks I just sort of got out of the habit. However I went to coffee with my boyfriend tonight!!

I drink one sometimes two cups a day. I add a scoop of unjury protein powder to it. I would never get all my proteins in otherwise.

Yeah I have never heard of coffee causing stomach cancer either. I drink coffee EVERYDAY. Can't live without it.

Thank you a all for your input ! My coffee got me through the day lol

I would never get through the day without my coffee to start out. There are studies both ways, good and bad. It is a stimulant for me, and tea does not do it! Best wishes, and try following doctors orders!

I make an iced coffee with unjury and soy milk every morning. It gets me through the day.

I made an iced coffee with 1 scoop vanilla Unjury, 1 K cup from my keurig, 1c skim milk, and 3tbs sugar free creamer. Delicious and 37 grams of protein!

Been studies that says that women need a couple cups of coffee a day to ward off problems such as depression and may reduce skin cancer. For me, it just helps me focus for the day, plus it helps with my morning BM(to be blunt)! Well here's to coffee, as I left my cup to the day!