PR Hospital

Does Dr. Looser, Dr. Gens require his patients to quit coffee before surgery? I hear that some Drs. allow a cup of coffee .

Nancy will be the one to tell you to giveit up.. so yes.

I quite caffein before surgery.  You can drink coffee if it is decaf.  Caffein withdrawls are bad enough without everything else you'll be dealing with post op.  I did mine about 3 weeks in advance going 1/2 decaf & 1/2 reg gradually switching to more decaf.  I had a few rough days initially but it did get better.  Now post op you can drink decaf, but I think I waited until about 6 months post op to do it.  Caffein post op sometimes gives people heart palpitations.  It does me.  I found that out when Dunkin donuts gave me caffinated coffee when I asked for decaf.  One sip and I KNEW something wasn't right... slightly down the street my heart started racing.  So I had to go back and give them heck.  Now I tell them when I order it AND double check when they hand it to me.  I actually feel better off the caffein.  I drink coffee for the flavor now.  Heck at the meetings and post op groups you'll see Lots of us with coffee cups :)

I was told no coffee for six weeks after surgery, which makes sense.  When I got to six weeks, I found I wasn't missing it much, and decided I wasn't going to bring it back in my life.  It's not good for me, and I don't need it.