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Malaika    50

Malaika
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Does anyone know? I mean I get the soda thing, but why not coffee?

I think early on it's because coffee is considered a natural diuretic and you need to stay hydrated. I've been drinking coffee (about 1/2 cup) for a few weeks now and I'm doing fine. I know another on this site that started drinking coffee on day 6 following surgery.

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burnsun    27

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ok a mom of eight......cofee is a daily requirement if i do not want to get buried under laundry!

I just pee a ton between my coffee and all the protein!

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MacMadame    81

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coffee can be hard on the tummy early out. Caffeine can be a diuretic. It can also be an appetite stimulant.

In my program they say to wait on caffeinated drinks until you have already consumed 64 oz. of non-caffeinated fluids that day.

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attitudefree    2

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I am just glad to hear you can drink coffee after surgery!!!! I really enjoy my morning coffee time (the computer and my coffee cup). Someone told me my taste may change after surgery, and I may not like it anymore. I would be fine if my taste for some things changed but I do enjoy my "coffee time" ..... I guess it could be "Protein time instead"

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MacMadame    81

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I don't like coffee but some of my friends that do make "protein coffee" for Breakfast in the morning. They add cold Water to a Protein Powder and add that sludge into their coffee instead of Creamer. It's supposed to be pretty good. I've done it for hot chocolate and it works, but I like my ready-made Protein hot chocolate better.

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*susan*    1,709

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MacMadame, I tried the Protein hot chocolate and it didn't work out so well for me. When added to the Water, it turned into a giant clump of goo! I ordered the same stuff you told me, but not sure what I did wrong.

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MacMadame    81

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What temp was the Water? I get mine pretty hot and it always dissolves pretty well.

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*susan*    1,709

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I heated my Water for 1 1/2 minutes in the microwave, the same as I always do for regular hot chocolate.< /strong>

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MacMadame    81

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Weird. I do heat it for 3 minutes, but 1.5 should probably be fine.

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Maldito76    0

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Ms Susan

I am not sure of the hot chocolate recipe you are using but if it is a powder try this.

make a slurry of the powder by adding 1-2 tblsp of cold Water to the powder first to make a paste. Then add the hot Water. That should eliminate the lumps.

BTW where can I find this recipe. I am coffee drinker and drink way too much. I will need to cut down on it for awhile and this sounds like a good substitute if it is no sugar and low fat.

Thanks

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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