Does anyone else's doctor say no to coffee?

My surgeon does not have a coffe restriction but I tapered down quite a bit on all caffeine before surgery just to avoid headaches from hell in the hospital. I started drinking it again a few weeks postop and had no problem.

Karen

Gee...a Utah-based doctor who dosen't recommend coffee?  What a shock!  My wild-ass guess is that it has more to do with his personal beliefs than medicine.  Probably because my daughter once had a Muslim doctor who wouldn't write contraceptive Rxs for unmarried women.

People need to leave their **** at home when they go to work.  imho


ETA...Oh...and I once had a miscarriage that I--for my own reasons--decided to handle as a cash patient and not mention that I was married even though I was.  That "doctor"--whose church choir practice I had interrupted by having the miscarriage when I did--was VERY stingy with pain meds and VERY generous with lectures on "even God's birds know to feather their nests before having young"  lectures also had HIS agenda.  Asshole.

Coffee did irritate my stomach at first so I quit it until many months later. I was hesitant to even start again as I had always heard coffee was dehydrating and that for every cup we drank we had to include an extra cup oif liquid to our diet. Being I wasn't a big water drinker and now needed 8 cups a day I figured it wasn't worth it. But I do have a cup or two pretty regularly now and it is ok. I use heavy cream and an artificial sweetener Suzanne Somers sells. I never liked to use artificial sweeteners but now realize sugar is the enemy.

I was given the green light to drink coffee, after a couple of weeks, but only if it didn't irritate my stomach after testing a small amount. IT did turn out to burn my poor tummy, and strangely I don't care for coffee as much as I used to (though I wasn't really into coffee too much before).

My surgeon said no coffee as well. I stepped down from regular to decaff to herbal tea and now only have a cup or 2 of regular on occasion. It irritates my stomach now and I havent even had surgery yet. Stepping down from regular over the course of month helped me not get headaches. Now I get them if I drink more than 2 cups of regular coffee. Go figure.

My primary care physician who I have seen for years and my DS surgeon have both told me no coffee.  They both recommend green tea.  I never listened to my PCP, but when my DS surgeon told me to give up the coffee AND the diet coke, I listened and gave them both up.  I haven't had either since mid-September.  I was never a black coffee drinker.....I loved the french vanilla flavoring.  Actually, I attribute that little bottle of flavored creamer as the reason I gained so much weight over the last eight years!  My DS surgeon loosened up and told me I could have one very small cup, but I've managed without it, and don't want to add the creamer back into my diet.

Tea is a no-no for those who develop calcium oxalate kidney stones post-op.

I was off coffee for about 2 months post surgery. Now I am back to it. Nothing says morning like a hot cup.

Nope, I could have it. Although, I would warn against caffeine. It leaches calcium from your bones and can block absorption of iron. Two things we really need.

 Oddly, I was given coffee and tea with a pitcher of hot milk post op. No solids, just lots of coffee, tea, milk and coconu****er.  I found that particularly odd since so many of us have trouble with milk post op, as did I.