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I really wish tea did it for me. I tried for about 3-4 weeks, and it was far from the same. I think tea is healthier, and had hoped I could live with the transition. But the good news is that I'm not a coffee junkie; one cup a day.....maybe a second, but rarely. As I got older, I can no longer tolerate the full impact of all the caffeine. What used to make me feel GREAT, now makes me jittery and miserable. So......have about ⅓ caf and about ⅔ Decaf.

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Thanks everyone for the advice. I asked my doctor to explain the coffee rules a little more in depth and here is what he said... The jury is still out regarding the research with lap-band and coffee, so Dr's differ on this. For my program they ask you to give it up for a year after surgery and to go light on it after that year. Now, what he said about me specifically is that he would want me to wait 2-3 months after surgery to have coffee and then keep it to maximum two cups a day. He says the acid in the coffee can cause ulcers and that caffine is a stomach irritant. So right now im only 4 weeks out which means i have to wait another 4 weeks to have it. Im going to try my hardest in this next month, but if i do have to have a cup ill do half/half between regular and Decaf.

Im also trying other things like not having heat in my office (the cold keeps me awake), tea, walking around the office more often, and going to bed earlier at night. But i still miss my coffee..

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Leigh - I don't know if this will help, but my neighbor (bypass patient) put a spoonful of instant coffee into her Protein shakes. That, or a few ounces of the real thing. For her, she was able to get in the bit of caffeine, but the coffee was totally buffered by the milky shake. Just a thought.....

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Hi

My doctor told me that coffee was ok to drink, at first i drink Decaf but after a month start regular with brown sugar granulated ones at day, but like others said every doctor is different but honestly I can give up anything but coffee , tried decaf first and then regular so far I feel great, good luck.

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