Can I drink flat caffeine free diet pepsi after surgery? And how does a diet pepsi addict give up caffeine without the major headaches? Help!

Green Tea may be a good substitute. It has caffine and it should easy on your tummy. That is what i'm trying to sub my coffee with and so far its going great!

I still drink caffeine, I dont remember ever being told not to....but carbonation is a no no when Im filled....it HURTS and I have problems eating for atleast 24 hours afterward...it expands the stomach and could cause slippage and all kinds of problems with the band. Plus there is no good soda....diet or not. They are loaded with CRAP that is bad for you and makes you feel bad. Im serious, when Im filled and unpregnant I stick to crystal light, some juices, vitamin water, milk, and regular water, and tea...occassionally a cup of coffee. However caffeine can really dehydrate you, and it too much can make you feel icky too. I remember that from my college days that I would stay up for 2 or 3 days straight. Neither one just arent any good for the body whether your overweight or not, and really should be avoided.

I honestly thought it would be impossible to give up my Diet Coke prior to surgery. Now, I am almost 20 months out and haven't had a soda that entire time and NEVER even think about it. I never have it in the house and when I go out I get water or iced tea. At home I have Crystal Light and decaf iced tea. I was never told not to have caffeine, but I avoid it most of the time. If I need caffeine, I have some coffee or hot tea. I used to have at least 3 cups of coffee a day, now I have maybe one a week, if that. A lot of things seem impossible before surgery, but they become second nature in no time.

I guess I will be giving up diet pepsi for good. Maybe green tea is the thing to drink or crystal light . Guess I better start practicing getting off the pepsi starting now. Thanks for all your input wonderful peeps!

Because of sleep problems I stopped having caffiene a year ago. The headaches only last a week or so. Now when I have the od coffee I am on a high for half an hour.

I am admitted Coca-Cola/Pepsi junky. Most of my friends know that I'd much rather have an ice cold cola than any kind of dessert. However, I've been able to wean myself off of carbonated drinks slowly but surely.

One thing that I absolutely love to drink is decaf iced green tea with splenda. At first, I thought it tasted like fluoride but it has since grown on me and I can't live without it. :thumbup:

I've had my band for almost 5 years--and I still don't tolerate pop very well. It just sits in my esophagus and burns, almost always comes back up. I pretty much stick to water and iced tea...but I really don't even miss pop that much anymore. :thumbup:

I used to be a total carbonation addict - but usually not more than like one or two pops a day (if that) I quit buying them for the house at the beginning of january - my surgery was january 23, in order to get a head start on it. And while I am only still in the pureed stage of my band, do I miss pop? Sure, but right now I am missing a lot of things, do I think I will die if I don't have it? nope not at all. I'm pretty sure once I'm eating "normal foods" I don't think it will make a huge difference.

Caffiene is a stimulant. It speeds your heart rate and muscle activity. The GI tract is made of smooth muscle.....and caffiene speeds up the muscles used to move food through the digestive tract, including the stomach.

Kaila, I've been banded 3 years and your post is the first I've seen where the surgeon said it's ok to do carbonated soda's. Thanks goodness I do not have a desire for them now, but considering I was a Diet Coke junkie, they were not easy to give up.

I got banded on 2/6/08 and I stopped drinking pop 11 days prior to my surgery. I balled my eyes out the night before I started my liquid diet because I thought saying goodbye to pop was going to be THE HARDEST thing I would ever have to do!! My osession was diet cherry coke and I would drink that like it was water and every morning I would stop at McDonald's for a large diet coke to start off my work day. I have to say that it really has not been hard at all saying goodbye!! Once I started the liquid diet and was on my way to surgery it was like something inside me clicked and I never had the craving again! Trust me...I was SO shocked!!! You can do it...it's not hard at all! Plus thinking of the outcome is the best thing to do!! Do I want diet cherry coke...OR...do I want to be healthy and to be a little hottie? Hands down....I wanna be a little healthy hottie!! :thumbup:

I think that they say no caffeine is because they want to make sure you get ur water that ur body needs, and that u dont pee it right out like u do when you drink caffeine. I did try a flat diet pepis< really bad, : (

I do drink black coffee now with no problem....J

My docs suggestion booklet says you can have caffeine, 16oz after the surgery after the liquid phase.

I thought I'd be begging for a diet dr. pepper by now, but I don't miss them. I was banded on 1/8/08 and I've had caffiene but not cokes. I drink a lot of water with Crystal Light, the Wal-Mart and Kroger brand mixes for water, 1 cup coffee in the morning, and I also like the Kellogs Protein water, lemon tea flavored. It actually has so much in the pouch I can mix it in 2 bottles. It's 5g protein each pouch. The hardest thing for me to remember is to not drink while eating.

Can I drink flat caffeine free diet pepsi after surgery? And how does a diet pepsi addict give up caffeine without the major headaches? Help!

Hi I am Bob , Banded in Toronto Aug 7 2007

No we can never have a carbonated drink. As for the caffeine, I hear ya. I used to drink 4 litres per day.

You can buy caffeine pills in the drug store.

Good luck to you

. ,Bob