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AKSleever    57

AKSleever
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O my question is why no caffeine before or after surgery

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kczar    166

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My understanding is that it irritates the stomach.

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beautifulnewme2012    164

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That's my understanding also. I was told I can have it up to when I do the pre op diet...then I have to give it up till the sleeve heals. My NUT says I can have it after she heals IF my sleeve tolerates it...some will some won't...I sure hope mine does...I have 4 kids. NUFF SAID!!

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AKSleever    57

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I love my ice tea, not a coffee drinker any more and not a soda drinker, and would not recommend having soda for about 2 weeks before surgery because the carbonation causes horrible gas! But I just don't see how tea can cause that much irritation, I guess there is a reason for everything though

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beautifulnewme2012    164

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I have switched to tea sweetened with the no calorie sweetener. Man I love tea. I hope I can still drink that too!!

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cookies    56

cookies
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Caffeine stimulates the appetite as well; something we're looking to avoid after being sleeved.

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cookies    56

cookies
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(whoops, it printed twice, so I'm erasing this one)

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beautifulnewme2012    164

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Well that makes sense and I didn't know that, bummer, but we gotta do what we gotta do!!

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Nina88    73

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coffee is one of the things I will miss the most. But I drink coffee because I don't have energy. I'm hoping after the surgery I will start to feel my natural energy, and won't need that jump start.

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raven8888    86

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coffee is one of the things I will miss the most. But I drink coffee because I don't have energy. I'm hoping after the surgery I will start to feel my natural energy' date=' and won't need that jump start.[/quote']

I do the same. I really hope I have more energy when drop the pounds. I didn't realize it increases appetite. It's just so yummy! By far the hardest habit to break for me.

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Mews    37

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I didn't really have any caffeine restrictions either pre- or post-op. My NUT wants me to limit my intake to two caffeinated beverages a day. I was a serious coffee drinker prior to the surgery but I have temporarily given it up for the time being (I'm not really into the whole banning things for life with regards to things I can have). I still enjoy a good cup of tea though and I do my English Breakfast Tea quite a bit without any problems.

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smileen    17

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At 3 months out I decided to have coffee again I always enjoyed 2 or three cups in the AM. I had it twice that week followed by tummy ache. Decided to stick to Decaf which works OK. At 14 weeks I tried again my nofat sugar free vanilla Latte! Followed in the afternoon with grumbly tummy ache guess I better stick with decaf! Tummy doesn't like caffiene anymore. Maybe I will try in 3 more months?

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beautifulnewme2012    164

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Does Decaf provide the wake up the caffinated does?

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raven8888    86

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Does Decaf provide the wake up the caffinated does?

I'm still pre-op so I can't comment on the decaf post op, but I started doing half decaf and half regular and I can tell the difference.

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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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      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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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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