Coffee After Surgery

[scorpion509 107]

Girl,

I am a coffee lover.

would I be allowed to drink coffee after surgery?

Coffee for me like gas-x for some people. and also I get the energy boost from coffee as well. But I am talking about good brewed coffee with caffeine not the Decaf one.

Thank you.

[njsleeve 142]

I had coffee after surgery about 4 days later while I was on clear liquid diet it helped me a lot a small little cream and splenda or ice works good dunkin was my treat everyday

[UTGal99 327]

Oh I am SO with you! I won't be able to survive without a cup of coffee every morning and every night. I have drank coffee everyday of my life as long as I can remember (even when I was 5 I had a special cup that my mother served it up in - granted more milk than coffee, but you get the point)

God, I hope I can still get my daily fix....

I'm willing to give up anything and everything else but NO coffee might be a deal breaker

[dixienms 24]

I too was a coffee lover before surgery. I was sleeved on the 23 rd and after surgery I was begging for coffee. When I got my first cup my mind was set for that ahhhhh moment but my taste buds said no way! So here it is almost 7 days post op and I am having to make mine really weak and can only manage about 4 oz in the morning. From what I have been told the meds the use to knock you out can change your taste buds. I'm hoping mine wake up here soon cuz I miss my dang good coffee.

[MinaT 669]

coffee and de-caffeinated coffee contain acids which are irritating to the stomach lining and should be avoided for the first few weeks for healing, which is stated by several doctors. All doctors and all clinics are different, but it's up to you, it's your sleeve and I felt the same way as you but I was told to wean off coffee before surgery and it's been 8 weeks since I have had surgery, and I gave it up a month before surgery, and I survived, but I would definitely inform your doctor if you do it, just in case there are complications.

No two sleeves are alike, and no two people are alike, it may not cause some people problems, but if you have a problem it's only fair you let your doctor know that you are drinking coffee, so he is aware.

http://www.northwestobesitysurgery.com/pdf/sleeve-gastrectomy-diet.pdf

Here is only one link, you can look on google for different bariatric clinics that will state the same thing.

I would love coffee myself so I understand.

Edited July 30, 2012 by MinaT

[MinaT 669]

Yikes, the more important reason to be careful with caffeine use is dehydration.

Dehydration is something you need to be seriously concerned about after surgery. You will be on a liquid diet at first. liquid in = liquid out. Caffeine is a diuretic. After surgery many people have issues with dehydration. Dehydration is one of the main reasons for readmittance to the hospital after surgery, it's more common than leaks.

Just be careful and keep your surgeon informed. If you have no problem with dehydration and your surgeon says go for it, then you should be okay.

[Izuri 428]

Absolutely no coffee per my doctor. I was never a huge fan, so it's not a big deal, but it is an issue in causing dehydration. Don't push yourself if your doc says no. Maybe a nice warm cup of Decaf tea is something you can try to start switching over to now so that you'll be prepared by the time surgery comes.

[dixienms 24]

It's amazing how each doctor is different. Mine said coffee was allowed as long as I got other fluids in also. In other words no drinking it all day. I was even allowed coffee in the hospital.