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Caffeine is acidic. When your stomach is healing you shouldn’t be adding anything to increase the. Acidity, heartburn, etc...

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At the hospital they gave me a caffeine pill pre-operation to help me with withdrawal symptoms. Try asking for one if you feel a caffeine headache coming on.

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I've tried adding caffeine back. It causes very loose stools for me. Cut the caffeine out and I'm good. I used to drink a gallon of sweet tea every 2 days!!!!

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The docs office said the surgeon would address caffeine at my 2 week post op. The dietitian said i'd be able to have up to 200mg caffeine daily starting 6 weeks after surgery. Which makes sense. You want to avoid anything that might slow the healing process.

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On 7/20/2018 at 9:23 PM, Laura7 said:

I have surgery in 5 days. I just stopped caffeine so I can go through withdraw if it happens. I will avoid it for awhile and add it in when I'm ready. I've heard it is not good during the healing process.

Good for you! I am now 79 days caffeine and soft drink free. It was a very difficult process for me.

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I was able to have coffee the morning of my surgery (was not scheduled until 4:00) and the morning after my surgery. I have cut back to 2 cups a day and have had no problems. Strange how diet restrictions can be so different.

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On 7/21/2018 at 11:31 AM, Lisa K. said:

My surgeon and NUT said to wait until my stomach has healed and then I can add in small amounts of coffee. I never thought I could stand life without coffee but I didn't miss it like I thought I would. I was spending a fortune at Starbucks preop and it is nice breaking that habit!

Same! I thought I would be miserable but one i busted past the withdrawl, I feel oddly okay without it! Plus my pocketbook loves me for letting go of my starbucks habit lol

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Lots of advice on why so I won’t add, but what I did was transition to half caff for several months then bit the bullet to full Decaf the week before surgery. Really wasn’t that bad and I NEED coffee, so you can make it through.

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14 weeks post and I’m able to drink coffee again.

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I made it to nearly 4 months post op before I broke down and had my first coffee. I’m not supposed to have caffeine, but it’s so ritualistic for me and so comforting.

I was *fine* until I started drinking the approved Decaf coffee and once I started doing that it was a slippery slope until I was back on full-test.

I mix it with chocolate nutmilk or Protein Drinks. It gives me so much LIFE.

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