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Posted 11/4/2009 5:34 PM (GMT 0)
Wondering about being able to drink coffee?  I tried a Tim Hortons large coffee with 2 creams ( 18% ).  Next day had mucos light pink in colour.  Now I am wondering if it was just the coffee or maybe the cream that did it?  Would coffee mate (whitener for coffee ) be better?? what do you guys do? 

I use to drink coffee everyday (1 cup ) and really miss it :(   even if I could have it once a week that would be great!

Meds:  Asacol 400mg x 6 pills per day

Posted 11/4/2009 6:04 PM (GMT 0)
That is one thing I refuse to stop and that is drinking my morning coffee! I can not do the cream because it bothers me but I have no issue with Cremora or Coffee Mate since they are lactose free.
Posted 11/4/2009 6:10 PM (GMT 0)
coffee with light cream, every morning, please! Never Cremora/CoffeeMate- it's all chemicals & oil, gross. No sugar, light with cream- like I said, EVERY MORNING. When I was really flaring badly I had to switch to tea for about a month... it just didn't cut it. LOVE my AM coffee. Re. lactose in cream- the higher in fat the dairy product is, the less lactose it contains. Like, heavy cream is lower in lactose than light cream, butter is the lowest in lactose of all, etc.

Posted 11/4/2009 6:34 PM (GMT 0)

Ok, my specialist "suggested" that I give up caffeine.  I told him I drink one - sometimes 1.5 cups of coffee every morning with CoffeeMate (flavored and fatfree) and he said "if it doesn't bother you - then go for it".  I tried no caffeine and of course got the usual headaches and so sleepy - back to my usual amount.  I do not drink or eat chocolate except occasionally and I drink decaf tea and coffee sometimes.  I could not see a difference in my UC one way or the other.  The only thing coffee ever did bad for me was heartburn because I have IBS - decaf can do the same.  I take prilosec now and it eliminates heartburn. 

ElaineNY

Posted 11/4/2009 7:09 PM (GMT 0)
I like the way all of these specialists try to rob us of all the little good things in life. I'd like to see all of these gastroenterologist's expressions if we told all of them they couldn't drink coffee!!
Posted 11/4/2009 7:23 PM (GMT 0)
Nothing bothers me in coffee but the caffeine.

I find a little bit of diet coke ususally works as it's not so concentrated, but coffee + me = instant poo, regardless if I'm flaring or not.
Posted 11/4/2009 7:24 PM (GMT 0)
I do not function without my coffee. I have an 8am lecture with a prof that has the worst monotone voice in the world!
I use coffee mate in my coffee. It maybe be all chemicals but it isn't lactose and even in remission, lactose kills me.
Posted 11/4/2009 7:36 PM (GMT 0)
Coffee never bothers me - flaring or not...but food in general does not make a difference for me. I drink coffee almost every morning.
Posted 11/4/2009 8:30 PM (GMT 0)
I've always taken my coffee black, but when I was flaring I could not drink it at all. That was awful.
Posted 11/4/2009 9:23 PM (GMT 0)
I think any hot liquid will induce a poo - my GI once said that his grandmother's remedy constipation was to drink a cup of hot water.
I drink 1 -2 cups of coffee every morning with whole milk. When I'm flaring I cut down to one.
Posted 11/4/2009 9:52 PM (GMT 0)
For Tims, I have single cream. It's equated to the size of the cup....not like a regular creamer. So, double cream makes the coffee pretty white to me.

I know some who have triple cream....where's the coffee, yeesh.

Coffee won't make you bleed, you're obviously flaring or have a fissure or hemmi.

You should, however, be on rectal meds as well.

I drink coffee even if I'm flaring, but during flares, my morning bm will come faster...lol...

quincy
Posted 11/4/2009 10:23 PM (GMT 0)
Quincy, yeah I think the GI will probably give me some rectal meds to help things along, the asacol has worked great so far :)
Mostly I just have a bit of urgency twice a day and some mucos once or twice a week , sometimes a bit pink in colour and stool is pretty thin.

Noticed after the test coffee, I had mucos with more pink than normal.. so I never had it again, but really want too :(
Posted 11/4/2009 10:27 PM (GMT 0)
Hope I will be able to drink coffee again soon
Posted 11/4/2009 10:31 PM (GMT 0)
What's the worst that can happen??? you're flaring anyway...and the coffee won't make your flare worse. It can increase your digestive activity, but that's not a flare.

You should, however, start on a fibre supplement, REQUEST to start on Rowasa and have your coffee with single cream to start. Have a small or medium.

Make your decisions on comfort level.

Mucus is part of flaring or increased bowel activity. I do get it if I eat too many sweets, but I've been good. I never get it from coffee, but do from too many milk products or high fat....so you have control in how you have things and how much.

allow yourself options...it's not all or nothing. If you set yourself up with "oh my...I can't have forever, you'll be feeling more sorry for yourself and continually setting yourself up for an emotional failure".

Trial and more trial....keep things in perspective and exeriment.

Just buy more toilet paper.....and remember that some things are worth the discomfort..just choose when you want to have them.

quincy
Posted 11/4/2009 10:43 PM (GMT 0)
Your right... I will start to ease up on the all or nothing idea. Really new to this type of eating, its alot to adjust too.

Thanks for the inspiration quincy!

and I always have LOTS of toilet paper hahaahh
Posted 11/4/2009 10:52 PM (GMT 0)
I made changes initially to my diet because I was up to 20 times a day with violent bloody diarrhea....lost a LOT of weight and had to eat. I did cut out most milk, I drank more tea becasue I could drink it black, I didn't eat high fibre grains (didn't know about metamucil), I did have my cake and eat it too, however....I ate lots of protein, but NEVER any artificial sweeteners..etc.

Can't was a damaging word, and I burned the daily food journal eventually.

LOL...

Ease up and recognise your symptoms and what they are connected to. You will still flare even if you starved yourself...it's not the food that will cause it, but some foods will cause you more discomfort. We all eat differently, and it does depend on how motivated you are about your food preping, etc. I'm lazy...what can I say....but I don't eat totally carelessly.

Find your comfort zone, but use common sense to fill your body with good stuff too.

Oh, use your meds properly...they can serve you a very long time.

quincy
Posted 11/5/2009 1:07 AM (GMT 0)
I gave up Caffeine completely about 4 months ago to test it out. Which was a big deal for me cause i drank alot of it. 2 cokes, 2 coffees and at least 1 energy drink a day. My symtoms have reduced slightly and i tested the theory out by having a coffee recently and it knocked me around fairly heavily.

I just completely avoid caffeine but i really do miss my morning coffee.. :(
Posted 11/5/2009 1:42 AM (GMT 0)
Aussie: I keep TRYING to keep out the caff, cause I know what it does to me. And I'm pretty good about it if I'm actually flaring. But I just can't seem to stay away from the coffee and diet cokes.
Posted 11/5/2009 2:48 AM (GMT 0)
What about lactose-free milk? I use that in my coffee. I've even taken a little container out with me when I know I am going to have coffee. Mostly, I only have one in the morning, but I've also been known to take a thermos of coffee (with lactose-free milk).

Alternatively, have your coffee with double regular milk instead of double cream. Could be either the fat or the lactose in the cream that is bothering you.
Posted 11/6/2009 1:46 AM (GMT 0)
Malkavian: I hear you on that one.. I'm just really stubborn so once i decided i just did it.. Although it was worse than when i quit smoking (1 pack a day habit) so i know its really hard, just keep at it..
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