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Ok I am a huge black tea drinker. I know we are suppose to avoid caffeine but when did others out there start drinking caffeinated tea again?

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black tea-totally okay. i started having mine three weeks post-op. i am now nine months out and 75 pound down. any carbonated drink is uncomfortable/noisy still today so i am sticking to tea. tea has the caffeination without the fizz. congratulations on this new adventure. just remember to do what is right for you and the rest will fall into place. Love-N

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My doctor had no restrictions regarding caffeinated tea. I had tea in the hospital, and black tea the first day home. I use Splenda. My goal was to lose 80 pounds, and I have lost 63 in just over five months. I'm sure there are people that were told not to have tea. I was just told to try to drink equal amounts of Water.< /p>

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I had another nut apt, post op a little more than 3.5 months. She said tea is fine. They put a blanket rule out there because some people will only drink caffeinated beverages and they worry about dehydration.

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We were told that because caffeine dehydrates you, we needed to drink an additional ounce of Water for every once of a caffeinated beverage to compensate. Plus, because it is a stimulant, it can also stimulate hunger. Definitely true for me.

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I drink black tea everyday, I started about 2-3 weeks out

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Every morning I have 2-3 cups of coffee. The morning after surgery the nurse brought me some coffee. I could only take a couple of sips that day but now I'm doing much better.

If the black tea was what I wanted then I would certainly have some.

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Thanks everyone had half a cup this afternoon. ;-)

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Thanks everyone I had half a cup this afternoon.

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