I am still only 7 weeks out, and have no desire to start drinking anything with caffeine as of right now. I am asking because I am curious as to what others have experienced in their journey. Prior to surgery, I spent many years suckling down 4 shot Iced Latte's from "The Bucks". I was a very caffeinated person. It has been about 9 weeks since I had any caffeine. I am relating it a lot to when I quit smoking. Because caffeine is a drug, as is nicotine, my thought on it right now is "why reintroduce caffeine at all? It will just end up being a gateway to quad Venti Iced vanilla Latte$ all over again".

So, have any of you ever gone back to drinking caffeine, either coffee or espresso? If so, are you hooked again? Do you wish you hadn't? Or are you okay with it in moderation?

My Surgeon said I could have caffeine after 6 weeks post-op. So, I did. I use sugar-free creamer when I make it at home or work. When I go to Starbucks I have a tall skinny latte either with sugar-free caramel, sf hazelnut, or sf vanilla. At least the nonfat milk has Protein in it. I usually only have 1 a day and it takes me a long time to drink it. It doesn't hurt my stomach but I am on prilosec 2x per day so I'm sure that helps!

I notice that I don't really "need" the caffeine in the morning but I like it and I don't feel the crash in the afternoon like before surgery. I didn't have any withdrawals during the 6 weeks off of caffeine so at least that. But I agree, every surgeon has different instructions. Oh, and when I did start to reintroduce caffeine, I ordered half-caff drinks.