I've been getting a bit of an upset stomach (I'll spare the details) and it took me a while to find a connection, but each time it seems to be within an hour or so of drinking coffee. Even a few sips of it seems to mess with my tummy.

Does anyone else have this problem?

I'm thinking I'll have to stick with tea from now on, which makes me sad even though I love tea!

If anyone reads this they'll probably wonder at the totally out of the blue update, but I found a couple of sachets of Kenco Smooth (my usual brand) in my suitcase, tucked way underneath some clothes I haven't worn yet and I totally did a happy dance. I made a cup with half a sachet yesterday and it hasn't upset my stomach at all :-D Yay. Maybe I just needed what my stomach was used to? In that case, America, why don't you have Costa coffee?!

glad to hear it. right now I am sure enjoying my cuppa!

I love coffee! I hope I can tolerate a cup at least. Just last week my husband bought us a new espresso machine. $300 fancy espresso with a steamer for milk! Uhhh to watch him drink it n I can't will just be the worst taunting ever! Ha ha

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Love costa coffee! Ha ha

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I'm eight weeks out @@JamieLogical so definitely at a stage it should be okay

I'm talking all different kinds. Decaf and caffeinated. Ground and instant. Store bought and from various coffee places. I don't have it strong either - in the UK we tend to use instant coffee more and I don't use creamer, I use milk (hate coffee creamer) so even though I'm in the US at the minute I mostly have instant coffee with fat free milk from Whole Foods. I also have it pretty milky with no sugar.

I'm drinking regular tea every day - English Breakfast Tea - without any problems (thank god!) so it must just be the acidity of the coffee like you suggested @4MRB4PHOTO.

Sucks. Maybe I'll take a coffee break and try it again in a few weeks!

I'm eight weeks out @@JamieLogical so definitely at a stage it should be okay

I'm talking all different kinds. Decaf and caffeinated. Ground and instant. Store bought and from various coffee places. I don't have it strong either - in the UK we tend to use instant coffee more and I don't use creamer, I use milk (hate coffee creamer) so even though I'm in the US at the minute I mostly have instant coffee with fat free milk from Whole Foods. I also have it pretty milky with no sugar.

I'm drinking regular tea every day - English Breakfast Tea - without any problems (thank god!) so it must just be the acidity of the coffee like you suggested @4MRB4PHOTO.

Sucks. Maybe I'll take a coffee break and try it again in a few weeks!

Wow at 8 weeks post op, you couldn't pay me to touch a coffee cup. I just started to tolerate it. Mt surgery was Sept 30, 2014. You're doing awesome!!

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I'm only 5 days post Opp and

I'm allowed coffee my surgeon and NUT has no issue with it they recently went to a conference and they all agreed it's up to the individuals and how they handle it I have one a day it helps with my protein intake as its so far been hard to drink shakes I haven't had any issues so far and look forward to my daily Nespresso

But that's just me ️

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@@LuckyOne53 Thanks! [emoji1] You know, I decided the other day I'd try sparkling mineral water because when I have still water on its own it just makes me feel sick/hungry and I get around that daily by mixing a bit of pure apple or orange juice in, but I thought it'd be nice to have an icy sparkling water with no juice...that is so not happening again. Upset my stomach so badly and in a different, more painful way to the coffee and I just thought, this is so not worth it. Suckage.

I'd have snapped someone in half had I not been able to have my coffee...

I'm not addicted...

I just...

Oh stop judging me!!!

I'd have snapped someone in half had I not been able to have my coffee...

I'm not addicted...

I just...

Oh stop judging me!!!

Haha. I'm like that with tea - if I could have neither of them my attitude would seriously deteriorate.

@@Athenyx

It's not us...

Our attitude doesn't change...

It's THEM...

You know - the stupid people...

They can sense when we've not been caffeinically (made-up word) satiated...

And they act on it...

We're the victims here!!!

Victims I tells ya!!!

I hope I don't have trouble drinking coffee!

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I'm three weeks out!! April 21 is surgery day for me!! Super excited and nervous at the same time!!

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My surgeon did not want me to go off my coffee, pre and post op. He was concerned re caffeine withdrawals.

So, I had coffee with milk in the hospital.

At home I drink brewed coffee with milk.

Black coffee would be too acidic for me.

Adding milk to it makes it less acidic, and adds to my protein allowance.

Even though milk is also a carbohydrate, ..... go figure .... perhaps due to its sugar content.

So far, no problems.

I am 24 days post op

Also, coffee can be dehydrating, so I am mindful of my water intake.

I'm 9 weeks post op and just started drinking instant coffee. I use 1 teaspoon to 16 ounces of water, use sugar free creamer and stevia. That first cup yesterday tasted so good even though it was weak. I am tolerating it well and maybe next week I will increase the amount of instant coffee.

I'm so with you @@KindaFamiliar - it's like when you're on the road and everyone is driving like an idiot so you get road rage and join in the fun

Good luck, @@De fluff, I'm sure it'll go swimmingly!! To stop my nerves I pretty much blanked out the whole thing and pretended it was a normal day - I was watching Super Girl right up until they told me to walk to theatre - totally took my mind off it.

@@Athenyx

coffee is a love/hate relationship with me. I love coffee and when the doc gave me the ok to drink it again I was so happy!! However, I will say that every single time I drink it (which is daily) about an hour after I start to drink I have to run to the bathroom. Once I go to the bathroom I'm fine but it doesn't matter if it's only one sip of coffee or the entire cup, it's like clockwork with the bathroom run.

I did ask my doc about it and he said it's fairly normal for that to happen with drinking coffee. It's up to me if I want to run to the bathroom or now. For me, it's worth it