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Hello All -

I recently had my six week post op checkup and all is going very well,(Vertical Sleeve)!

Doctor gave me the green light to begin eating just about anything with caution,(chew, chew, chew).

Surprisingly, he also said it was ok to incorporate a cup of caffeinated coffee into my diet as well as I am a big fan of coffee! Quite honestly a good cop of coffee in the morning also really helps keep me regular!

I was under the impression that caffeinated coffee/drinks were off limits until at least the three month mark because it can irritate the new stomach lining!

Has anyone incorporated drinking coffee again at six weeks fairly regularly?? if so, any issues??

Thank you all for your thoughts...

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We are drinking coffee 4 and 6 weeks post op and no problem!!

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I just had my 6 week appointment today and asked the doc the same question!

I'm happy to report that she, too, said ONE cup of coffee is OK. She made me pinky promise I wouldn't go back to my old ways of 3-5 cups of regular coffee, though. (I went thru horrible withdrawals 4 weeks prior to surgery.) Honestly, prior to this I would have an occasional cup if I was constipated and couldn't get things "moving" with other methods.

I say "bottoms up"!!!!!!!!!

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When I told my surgeon my nut and his nurses said no to coffee, he winked and said one cup of coffee, not too much caffeine. Don't tell them I said it was ok. His main concern was that the beverage would be too hot on the scar inside the stomach. Yea! Coffee! Yeah surgeon.

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I tried at 6 weeks but it didn't agree with me. Left me with a tummy ache. That was after having just half a cup too.

I'm 10 weeks now and would really like it again buy not after how it made me feel last time.

I'll try at around the 4 month or later stage and see how it feels then.

Good luck! Hope it settles well for you!

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7 weeks out today and im enjoying a cup right now! my first cup i kinda nursed for a while to make sure it went down good and it did. My limit is 2 cups a day. I tend to reach for it when i feel kinda hungry and it does the trick of filling me up.

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My doctor and nut said they no longer restrict coffee at all. So I began drinking one cup each morning at three weeks out and haven't had any problems.

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I only drink Iced coffee and resumed 2 weeks ago. I didn't even want the coffee prior to the 4 week mark. Now I cant wait to have it, I had to give up soda so this is basically my only vice.

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Yep, I drink instant coffee. A couple of cups a day from about 5 weeks. Odd thing is, I used not to be able to drink coffee (hated the taste!) and I drank copious amounts of tea. Now I don't like the taste of tea. My body is a very strange thing!

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