omg folks so my doctor (and it seems most all of them) says NO diet coke, no carbonation, and no caffeine.. the doc I talked to recommends at least a year without after surgery.

So here I am 5 weeks before surgery trying to quit coffee and diet coke.. can I just say ARRRRRGGGGGH. LOL I think I was displaying some homicidal tendencies yesterday hahaha I felt like I had PMS times 100 hahaha I went and bought a real caffeine-filled diet coke on my lunch break at work because I was afraid to speak for fear of what horrible things I might say to people LOL

so instead of cold turkey I decided to decrease by one cup of coffee/ can of diet coke each day til I'm caffeine free. I also had to write a list of all the reasons I'm doing this as encouragement for myself

it WILL be worth it...

Good luck! I'm totally decaf now because the caffein addiction was SO hard to break pre-op!

It will get easier, I had the diet dr pepper addiction from hell.......... I mostly just drink water now, and crave it. Good luck you can do it!!!

My dr didn't put any restriction on caffeine at all. He put a 2 month restriction on carbonated beverages.

I quit smoking, and my cherry coke zeros for this surgery. I've decided to stay off the carbonated beverages even though my Dr didn't say I could never have them again. It's a slippery slope for me, and I believe starting to drink soft drinks are a "gateway drug" lol.

I have one bottle of Water first thing is the morning flavored with the energy Mio, which has caffeine. That's all the caffeine I have during the day now. I would make coffee again but I think it's better for me to get my caffeine from water rather than coffee. Just my opinion.

lol I love this discussion - soda as gateway drugs, and diet coke addictions. I do miss my diet coke. It's still worth it without any, and going okay for me.

They are having me drink some coffee each day now starting last week, telling me it helps lessen constipation (seems to work).

I know where your coming from. Giving up coffee and diet coke has been the hardest thing for me. I gave up the soft drinks first, the coffee didn't happen until 3 days before surgery. I'm 8 weeks post op and have had maybe 4 cups of coffee, but it doesn't taste the same or have any appeal to me.

Oh, and in the beginning I threatened some people with bodily harm! Luckily, they gave me some space and Now I'm better!

My dr didn't put any restriction on caffeine at all. He put a 2 month restriction on carbonated beverages.

I quit smoking' date=' and my cherry coke zeros for this surgery. I've decided to stay off the carbonated beverages even though my Dr didn't say I could never have them again. It's a slippery slope for me, and I believe starting to drink soft drinks are a "gateway drug" lol.

I have one bottle of Water first thing is the morning flavored with the energy Mio, which has caffeine. That's all the caffeine I have during the day now. I would make coffee again but I think it's better for me to get my caffeine from water rather than coffee. Just my opinion.[/quote']

omg it IS like a gateway drug!!! bahahaha!

My doc didn't say to restrict caffeine at all but: no carbonated beverages, no drinking with straws and no gum chewing! Too much air in the digestive tract. I'm worried about my coffee. I'll be asking at my next appt.