Can we drink coffee???? Clear liquid phase

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um.... er ...... THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH COFFEE!!!...

.... thank you ...

PS I hope you don't mind an attempt at humor, while we wait for a knowledgeable response.

Edited May 31, 200818 yr by Tyler883

Can we drink coffee???? Clear liquid phase

Thanks

Double check with your doc/clinic most say yes to coffee in Clear Liquids no to milk or cream or anything but black coffee during this phase as adding things to it makes it not a clear liquid. Same with tea etc

Heather

Clear fluids, I wouldn't recommend it - because its a bit of a gastric irritant that soon after surgery. But yes - you can have coffee on full fluids.

The pre-op diet I was given did mention coffee on it. But the post-op diet did not specify. I assumed then that it was off limits.

I suffered for weeks without coffee. A day or two before I was to graduate to the next level (ie mushies to real food), I was in a coffee shop with friends and was desperate to have one. I phoned the clinic for advice, and was told....."oh, you could have been drinking coffee all along. There is no prohibition against it".

I downed two lattes in record time.

Edited June 2, 200818 yr by Alex R.

I would NOT have survived without my coffee! Luckily, I drink it black so I had it the day after surgery.