Big MISTAKE on my part!!

[NotMyCupOfTea]

I had a large iced decaf coffee yesterday with some milk. Boy oh boy... did I pay for that for the next 24 hours. I had decent bladder pain, urgency, pressure and over all uncomfortable until this morning.

I started having ice coffee's right around the time I started having these issues. I was never really a coffee drinker... I would on rare occasions but didn't feel it gave me issues over the course of my life.

I actually wanted to see how it felt since I cut out coffee's for the last couple of weeks. What was I thinking???????

I'm feeling better now.. I had some Eziekiel bread with cream cheese and salmon... along with cantaloupe and fennel tea. This I know doesn't bother me.

Looks like Coffee IS OUT!

What in the world would make me suddenly NOT be able to have a food I have had before... this is nuts!

[Claire_A]

I was exactly the same, I loved cofee but would only have maybe 3 a week.

A few weeks ago I decided to try it after being off it for a while. Ouch, never, ever again....flare lasted a week and a half.

I won't even try it with prelief!

Claire

[marisa4]

Coffee no more

I love coffee every morning. But I hated what happened afterwards! I would have to pee nonstop. Even if I was driving in town I would have to stop somewhere to pee. I urge to go would be so instant I wanted to cry. After I would pee I'd feel relief but soon after I'd have to go again. I realized coffee wasn't worth it and had to let it go. Then I found out a lot of foods do the same to me too. I'm now on a IC diet.

[janet.]

Coffee

It is so bizzare that we all have different reactions to everything from food/beverages to swimming pools.I stopped drinking coffee for about 9-12 mo. I now drink a small amount of coffee with extra half and half and have no negative reactions. I have had a couple of foods that I will NEVER touch again. Overall, I am lucky in the food department. Obviuosly I omitted the "biggies" (tomatoes, green tea, anything really acidic-I miss my o.j. and my lemonade). But I do drink peppermint tea (sometimes iced) and chamomile tea. I must admit after waiting for close to a year for coffee, I was thrilled to have a cup a few times a week. Maybe try giving it up for awhile and try later on with a low acid (low acid decaf also sold in grocery stores-it is usually in the heath food isle around here.) I suppose that is considered health food in KY. The best news is that I really did get used to doing without.

[kadi]

When I want an iced coffee, I dissolve some Pero (coffee substitute) in hot water, then add milk, ice, & sugar. It's not the same, but it's close enough for the craving...