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Ok, this is a milestone for me. I can go several days without a drink of soda. My vice being Dr. Pepper...I don't drink much at a time. Because of Migraines but when I get a Migraine, sometimes a cold swig of the doc or (rarely) the whole can, will kick the migraine when my arsenal of meds won't. Go figure!

We've just been through several days of horrible overcast and some rain. I pushed through a 72-hour migraine with no Dr. Pepper! That's huge for me. I lift my glass of ice Water, Cheers!

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Ok, this is a milestone for me. I can go several days without a drink of soda. My vice being Dr. Pepper...I don't drink much at a time. Because of Migraines but when I get a Migraine, sometimes a cold swig of the doc or (rarely) the whole can, will kick the migraine when my arsenal of meds won't. Go figure!

We've just been through several days of horrible overcast and some rain. I pushed through a 72-hour migraine with no Dr. Pepper! That's huge for me. I lift my glass of ice Water, Cheers!

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I am a huge HUGE Dr. Fan as well! a horrible vice for me so I'm not looking forward to cutting it out of my diet yet! After reading your post I'm ready to try again.

If only I liked tea or coffee!

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Awesome Job!!!! My vice was Dt. Dew. I thought it would kill me to give it up, but you know what, I don't miss soda at all. I really do like Water. My current vice is Water with crystal light peach mango green tea. I have been on it for a year and I still love. I order it by the case :).

Just the other day I read that MT. Dew has veg oil in it - yuck!! Can't believe I ever drank the stuff.

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Yew, veg oil?! That is nasty! :huh: I really prefer plain old ice Water or cool water as well.

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I was a Pepsioholic. It has been awhile and I drank a sip the other day. Wow!!! The sugar rush. I felt high. I won't do that again.

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My doctor prescribed Topamax to get me off of Cokes. It is a headache medicine, but it worked great because it makes the soda taste terrible. No headaches and no caffeine withdrawal whatsoever. I took it for two weeks and haven't had a Coke since. I was able to kick my 25 year Coke addiction quickly. Good luck!

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Steph04, Wow! I took Topomax for years, as a prophylactic against headaches. No mention from my Neurologist about using it to kick a soda habit. That's really pretty interesting. Crazy some of the things you learn on these threads.

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Congrats! Cutting soda is hard. I know I started a year ago when I was tossing around the idea of getting the band. coffee was my vice before surgery, I finally started Decaf a month before surgery and man I was a grump for a few weeks. Ha ha

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Funny you should mention headaches. When I had my daughter, they buggered up my epidural, withdrawing some spinal Fluid. The resulted in epidural headaches, I could not sit up in the bed. The nurses brought me a bottle of coke to ease the headache. It helped somewhat but another procedure was necessary to completely cure it. Good for you for kicking the habit! I am a Diet Pepsi lover but have not had one since Per-op diet started.

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I used to drink 1 or 2 diet cokes per day for years and a month or so before my Aug 6 surgery I quit drinking any sodas and have never looked back.

Best wishes

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