I miss my Coffee.......

From ASMBS: Q: Do I need to avoid caffeine after bariatric surgery? A: Caffeine fluids have been shown to be as good as any others for keeping you hydrated. Still, it is a good idea to avoid caffeine for at least the first thirty days after surgery while your stomach is extra sensitive. After that point, you can ask your surgeon or dietitian about resuming caffeine. Remember that caffeine often comes paired with sugary, high-calorie drinks, so be sure you're making wise beverage choices.

https://asmbs.org/patients/life-after-bariatric-surgery

In other words, your doctors and nutritionists are feeding you a line of crap, according to the organization that helps guide their specialty.  However I did find that the first year or so I was super sensitive to caffeine, also carbonation made me very uncomfortable for a long time... no probs with either now.

Audrey

I drink coffee everyday.  I did do decaf for a couple of months after surgery, but missed the leafed version a lot. 

I drink the occasional diet Dr. Pepper. My surgeon also said no gum chewing.  I didn't understand they one at all.  I chew gum nearly everyday.  

Oh, Deanna, I'm glad to hear you chew gum, too!  I didn't want to admit that I chew gum for fear I'd be scolded, but I really love chewing gum!  I can't see anything wrong with it.

~ Karen  :)

Pre surgery, I alllllways chewed gum. I was told to avoid it post op too because if we swallow the gum the consequences could be ugly. I was told to just be careful and not swallow it. ( insert inappropriate swallowing joke here . )

 I went back to gum a few months after surgery, but eventually I got way too sensitive to the sugar alcohols and now never do it because it makes me feel like crap. I don't even miss it now.

My coffee intake increased quite a bit after surgery and may have been a bit of a transfer addiction situation. I started experiencing awful pain and my PCP diagnosed gastritis. After a course of Prilosec and limiting my caffeine, I haven't had a reoccurrence. Pay attention to your body--it took me way too long to put 2 and 2 together and I could have moved on to a full blown ulcer. 

Jen

Hello to all,

thanks so much for your input! I will probably try to wait (!!!) another few days (one day at a time) and make my first coffee a special occasion!

And if I can't tolerate it, then I will not do it again....