I am 2 days post op and dying for a glass of iced tea. Something tickles my memorie about caffiene being a no no either before or after surgery, but I can't remember which. Can anyone help me out here? Thanks

NO! NO! (this is so typical of me :redface:) I am 2 days PRE op. Thanks

hi--

i'm a coffee drinker and i don't really drink that much only about 4 cups a day. problem is they're usually 12 or 20 oz cups. (yes, i know...)

anyway my doc said NONE at all in the week following surgery and only after the 1-week checkup could i resume. and he limited me to 8 oz cup per day. (And he seemed so nice...)

my nutritionist said the time righ afte surgery was because coffee is a diuretic and doc didn't want me losing Fluid during that time. the overall desire to reduce caffiene intake was two-fold, in many people it stimulates hunger (and a lot of people use excessive cream/sugar) and it's still a diuretic. we need to keep our bodies well hydrated.

needless to say, i still drink coffee. but i make sure it's at least 2:1 Water to coffee ratio. i continue to lose and all my "other measures of health" remain good, so i guess that's working for me.

Mine didn't have any restrictions on that.

I lived off hot chocolate during pre and post op...the only thing I was satisfied with.

My dietician said that the reason they tell you no caffiene is because they are counseling you on "healthy living" and caffiene is "technically" a drug.

Everything in moderation. At my one week Post Op visit with my surgeon last week I asked the same question. I LOVE iced tea. She said I could have all of it I wanted, so long as I didn't sweeten it with real sugar. Defeats the purpose. She also said not to use it as a replacement for Water because it is a diuretic and won't help with staying dehydrated, which is very, very important and can't be underestimated.

Good luck!

Requirements seem to vary by doctor. Mine only said I could not have caffeine the day of surgery. So I was still ingesting several cups of sugar free coffee and diet pop before surgery. Day of surgery I had a terrible, throbbing headache and I could not take anything . . . reason for headache . . . caffeine withdrawal. If I had to do it all over again, I would have weined myself off caffeine the week before surgery.

My dietician said that the reason they tell you no caffiene is because they are counseling you on "healthy living" and caffiene is "technically" a drug.

I really do wish they would tell you the difference between 'this is going make your stomach bleed or *list terrible consequence here*' and 'it won't hurt you but xy&z isn't really healthy or has empty calories in it so moderation is expected.'

You can make ice tea out of lipton's decaff tea or buy a decaff powdered mix. Taste good just no kick to it!

what i heard from the dietian was coffee and tea are very acidic and caffine interfers with the absorbsion of iron, plus band erosion,heartburn, and just unhealthy and acts like a diuretic. I will give up everything i need to but on a summer dayeven diluted iced tea will be in my hand !

I'm allowed to drink 10oz. of caffiene a day. I love my coffee. I used to drink 5 20oz. cups a day.

Thank you all for your input!

I would go by your doctor's or nutritionist's advise but, I have a friend who had gastric bypass and ended up fighting for her life after having a perforated ulcer. They determined it was from the caffeine in a mocha whatever Protein drink she was drinking everyday. The place she used to get those drinks from even removed them from his shelves and refuses to order them for any of his customers. Not saying you should or shouldn't drink caffeine but it is something to think about and I have noticed I do seem to have more problems with acid reflux after drinking caffinated diet drinks or iced tea even. And I admit to still having to have one or the other every once in a while but since learning of my friends "hairy" experience with caffeine I have been cutting back as much as possible because I do not want that complication to possibly be a reason for being unsuccessful or delaying my surgery. Just my $0.02 worth. Good luck to all on their weightloss journey.

Cindy

Crystal Light makes an iced tea flavor pwder that has no caffeine and no sugar and absolutely ROCKS.

You wont be able to stop drinking it. Its sensational.

As you can tell, every dr is different. I use crystal lite most of the time but some times I just want ice tea. I brew mine in an ice tea maker, yep I have one cuz I love my ice tea. I now brew it with one decaf tea bag and 1 regular. I am cutting back on caffeine but still have the taste. Don't feel guilty either, I just enjoy it.

I really do wish they would tell you the difference between 'this is going make your stomach bleed or *list terrible consequence here*' and 'it won't hurt you but xy&z isn't really healthy or has empty calories in it so moderation is expected.'

Amen to that.