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Posted 9/25/2007 5:29 AM (GMT -8)
I cannot have coffee for the life of me.  I have proven it about 30 times now.  I have 2 sips and I am running to the bathroom in pain.  Why????  I am not a HUGE coffee drinker but I love to have my one cup in the morning on my way to work.  How can it react so quickly?  This is very frustrating especially since everyone around me thinks I am nuts and says that it is all in my head!
Posted 9/25/2007 5:48 AM (GMT -8)
I have the EXACT same problem. If I ever have C I take a shot glass or less size sip of coffee and I am going. I can't even handle the smell anymore without feeling sick. I bought ice tea from Dunkin Donuts and it smelled like coffee and I couldn't drink it. I miss coffee so much too. I decided to drink it once any way four years ago. A big frapaccino in the Las Vegas airport. I was sick my entire plane ride home. I havent touched it since except in the rare circumstances that I need to go. I don't know why or how but it is an instant laxitive for me.
Posted 9/25/2007 5:58 AM (GMT -8)
If I'm constipated, a sip of coffee and a cigarette, and I'm off to the bathroom!!!!!  I only drink decaf now, and I do miss regular coffee, but the pain is just not worth it. 

Christina

Posted 9/25/2007 6:00 AM (GMT -8)

Hi,

I was just wondering, do you get the same reaction with decaf? Just wondering if this could help to get the coffee without the d reaction. Keep well!

Posted 9/25/2007 6:01 AM (GMT -8)
I have never been a coffee drinker, but always enjoyed caffienated soda's. Can't drink those anymore as they make me really sick.
Posted 9/25/2007 6:22 AM (GMT -8)
ANY kind of coffee does it for me. I dilute my coffee to 1 part coffee and 3 parts water and it still does it. My nose just smells it and my tummy starts rumbling. I, however, can't go more than 2-3 days without having a diet soda. I have tried getting off of it completely twice just to see if I felt better and it actually made things worse. For some reason the carbonated drinks make me less gassy and bloated. Maybe I pass more gas and thats the reason I don't feel bloated but I know I can't go off of it completely.
Posted 9/25/2007 7:02 AM (GMT -8)
i thought i was crazy, because just the smell of coffee makes me go. lol, i swear sometimes this disease is a real trip. i hate coffee but when i lived with my parents they would have the coffeemaker on early and off i would go. i never drink the stuff unless i'm constipated (rarely) and coffee does the trick.
Posted 9/25/2007 7:09 AM (GMT -8)
I thought the coffed wasn't agreeing with me since my last surgery, but through trial and error I realized it was the milk that I added, not the coffee. I switched to CoffeeMate (no dairy) and I haven't had any problems since.

I had a soda the first time since surgery a few days ago and the next morning I was sick as a dog. I never used to drink soda very often before the surgery, but of course now I'm craving it.
Posted 9/25/2007 9:03 AM (GMT -8)
I'm a big time coffee drinker, don't touch much of anything else. I don't get problems with it, but my beloved bowl of
cereal or ice cream is a huge no no. I sometimes wonder if lactose intolerance also come into play with this disease.
I never had a problem before dx...
Posted 9/25/2007 9:09 AM (GMT -8)
Lactose can play a HUGE part in this disease. I can't have it. I stick to lactose free milk and popsicles instead of ice cream. I will ocassionally have a spoonful of regular ice cream if I need that craving satisfied but that's it. It totally sucks! =(
Posted 9/25/2007 9:09 AM (GMT -8)
I had that problem for a while and I learned that I could drink it ICED, and it would not bother me. Found out that fixing the way I like to drink it and pouring it over ice changed something in the chemical makeup and then I could drink it and not run.

I am in a better place today and can have a cup if I want, but I know I am still risking it. So I just make sure I am not going anywhere when I have it just in case.

But basically, try it iced. Found Hazelnut flavored either by creamer or the coffee beans taste the best over ice.

Good Luck
Posted 9/25/2007 10:26 AM (GMT -8)
Nope not iced either. I tried it iced and as a frapaccino and it took a little while longer but it still had the same effect. I don't know what I am going to do in North Carolina this winter without my hot cup of coffee! I can't do hot chocolate either! =(
Posted 9/25/2007 10:45 AM (GMT -8)
I would just have to crawl in a cave and never come out if I couldn't have my morning java. When I first went to the doctor for "d" when I was 17 he told me I was lactose intolerent. I dealt with it for years. Then I was told I had IBS on top of that. At the age of 46 I found out I had Crohn's on top of all that but for some reason after my resection dairy doesn't bother me anymore. Maybe I had Crohn's or IBS all that time (29 years) and was never lactose intolerant. Can you outgrow it?
Posted 9/25/2007 10:56 AM (GMT -8)
I am sorry to say, not a frapaccino. Straight over ice, I cannot do the frapaccino either, something about the way it is made. Making it and pouring it straight over ice was the only thing I could do. Could not do anything else. You might give it a try.
Posted 9/25/2007 11:49 AM (GMT -8)
I have not made it at home and then poured it over ice so let's try it and see. I feel like I would like to crawl into a cave most of the day. Today I was just staring at my computer and my eyes were literally shutting! Luckily for me, my Husband is my boss and if I don't feel good he'll go easy on me!
Posted 9/25/2007 12:19 PM (GMT -8)
Does he get to send you home? That's the kind of boss I'd like to have.
Posted 9/25/2007 12:41 PM (GMT -8)
I'll go home but only if I really am not functioning well! My phones don't stop ringing so I feel bad leaving him sometimes... then I start to get phone calls from clients that love to tell me there whole life stories and don't understand when I have to rush them off the phone. All my guilt pretty much goes away right there and then!
Posted 9/25/2007 4:33 PM (GMT -8)
I as well can no longer drink coffee.It was so hard to give up nut it just wasn't worth it for me.I can drink tea though with no problem.
Posted 9/25/2007 6:24 PM (GMT -8)
I find that coffee affects me the way most other foods and drinks:  sometimes I'm fine and sometimes I feel sick and have D.  Can't really make heads or tails out of this DD.  So I just take it day by day and if I'm feeling ok I'll have a cup of coffee and hope for the best.  I really enjoy a cup of iced coffee in the warm weather.  Sometimes I wish I could find a definite link between what I eat or drink and how it affects me.  Then I would know what not to eat. I do however stay away from the definite no-no's like nuts, raw fruits and veges, seeds, etc.  This DD is soooo frustrating! 

Posted 9/25/2007 10:11 PM (GMT -8)
coffee hurts me to regular and decaffe

Posted 9/25/2007 10:57 PM (GMT -8)
For the longest time I would get nausead and vomit from coffee. The only way I was able to drink coffee was to add 1 packet of hot cocoa to the cup of coffee. I also use lactaid brand milk. I also found that if I bought cheap coffee, it would make me sick. When I bought better quality coffee I no longer had to add the hot cocoa.
Now I allow myself 1 cup of coffee a day. I now but Folgers Gourmet BRand coffee
Posted 9/26/2007 1:03 AM (GMT -8)
Well for me I have no problem drinking coffee. If I drink hot cocoa I have to go to the bathroom.
So I stay away from cocoa
Posted 9/26/2007 4:54 AM (GMT -8)
Wow! I have a lot of triggers, but coffee is not one of them. I practically live on coffee all day. And I don't get D from it. In fact it soothes me!

 

I guess I am one of the lucky ones. Sorry guys!

Posted 9/26/2007 5:17 AM (GMT -8)
Well I am glad some of us can take coffee... Have a cup today in the name of all of us who can't! Make sure mine is really light and really sweet! =P
Posted 9/26/2007 12:24 PM (GMT -8)
I can only have one cup when i'm doing well, otherwise I can only have one cup of decaf.
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