Coffee Problems (kinda gross)
 

I apologize in advance if this offends anyone, but since I did say "kinda gross" in the subject line I'm hoping it was a sufficient warning.

Fact is.. I LOVE coffee. However...every time I have coffee (even just 1 cup) I have the worst upset tummy in the world (in the bathroom a LOT).

It doesn't matter if it's decaffeinated, cream or no cream, sugar or no sugar, and brands don't matter either. The strength of the coffee doesn't even matter...I still have GI issues with coffee.

I asked my doctor and she was ZERO help on the subject.

I'm just wondering if anyone else has a sour tummy because of coffee and if you have found anything to help?

The obvious answer would be "Stop drinking coffee then, ya dingbat".

Yes...I'm aware of this. But I really enjoy the taste of it. :D

Perhaps someone else on the board has the same potty problem with coffee and has figured out why, and has a remedy OTHER than not having any coffee?

Bella will probably be awake again at 2am so I may as well stay up until then and fiddle around....no sense in going to bed if I'll just be up again 3 hours from now.:thumbup:

It sounds like you may have IBS. Have you ever been to a Gastro ?

You may have covered this... but I drink it with a ton of non-fat milk. Dairy has, shall we say, the opposite effect, so hopefully that will balance you out a bit. :D

I have the same problem, not to that extent. I can't have hot coffee without having an upset tummy. Oddly, I can have a blended frapuccino with no I'll effect. :confused: I'm not a fan of coffee, but I'm a fan of my Saturday morning breakfast I have with my daddy. It's our bonding time. :) if you find a solution, let me know.

Yup. =/ In fact, the funny thing is that I just had a colonoscopy three months ago and everything was great. I had a sigmoidascopy prior to that and nothing was seen, so they wanted to do the full colo. He did see 1 diverticula pocket, but said it was an extremely shallow pocket and shouldn't cause any issues. Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis run heavy in my family, regardless of what we eat. My cousin is a complete healthnut and she has several pockets.

I did the pillcam as well and the smaller intestine looks fine. I went in because of a constant pain I have on the left side (still have it)...nothing showed up in CT scans, MRI, ultrasounds or x-rays so they went to the sig and colo...still nothing. Thousands of dollars later...still no answers. haha

Coffee isn't the only thing that does this to me..but it's the only thing I WANT that does this. :confused:

Thank you for the suggestion Quicksilver. I've tried quite a bit of creamer, but it doesn't seem to have any effect, other than making the coffee very goopy-textured. hehe

I can go without coffee...it's definitely NOT a life-and-death MUST have, but I sure do enjoy it. I guess I either stop drinking it...or make sure I'll be home for a LONG time after having a cup. =/

Sammmme here! :eek: If I drink an iced mocha, frappuccino, or one of those bottled coffees in the coldcase...i'm FINE...no problems. =/ (but I prefer hot coffee dagnabbit).:D

Your symptoms are exactly IBS symptoms. What other things do this to you ? & the left side pain:eek: I have been through, but no more.

pizza -we very rarely order pizza but when we do, OMG my stomach hates me

cheese

hamburgers (veggie burgers I'm okay with, oddly enough)

anything fried

chinese food

spaghetti

lasagna


lots of other things similar to those things...but they are things I don't mind not eating. Coffee is my weakness. I REALLY like coffee.

The pain in my left side is *always* there, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The only time it lightens up is if I *only* eat vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and chicken. But...those four things alone can get very boring. :p The pain is still there even when I eat those things, but it is much less.

Logging off for a while...Bella just woke up.

I am going to send you a PM , to read at your convenience.

Coffee makes me poop too. Plus I have ibs. Do u ever have a pain in your anus where it feels like someone is sticking a sharp knife in there? That's friggin painful!

I have a poop problem if I drink too much of it so I limit myself to one cup.

Hmmm.... After reading all your other "trigger" foods, I'm starting to think its genetic. :( Those are my mom's trigger foods. I love pizza, cheeseburgers, pasta and tomato sauce. I can't imagine not having these foods.

This pain is caused from not completely emptying.

I would suspect that creamer is not the same as milk. Why not try milk (LOTS of milk) and see if that changes things?

Hot drinks of any kind stimulate bowel movement & when you ad any caffein even from decaf or chocolate it over stimulates.

That's cuz I'm always constipated. :rolleyes:

That's because you have IBS, Lol
Try some Natural Calm, it's like a miracle.;)

Folgers makes a low acidity coffee for those who get heartburn or indigestion from coffee, maybe try that? I pray this never happens me to me!!!! I LOVE coffee!

I am going to venture another crazy guess....

Do you have a lot of stress in your life?

I had constant stomach problems for years & years. Everything I ate made me super bloated, super full about 10 mins after I was done eating. My stomach swelled, there was pain and usually many trips to the bathroom. This happened to me every single day for years & years. So I went to the docs too, they were NO help at all!

I notice that ice cream, hamburger, and raw salad were the worst culprits for me.

Then I got out of a relationship that I knew was not good for me, I was in it 10 years but it was a very stressful relationship. Well I'm not kidding you, the stomach pain went away, as soon as I got over everything, the breakup and all the moving issues. It was like I was a whole new person.

Every once in a blue moon I have a hard time with salad and ice cream and I don't eat ground beef any more, but I no longer bloat up and have pain after every meal. Its such an awesome thing! So if you have stress in your life, try to eliminate a constant source of it and see if that makes things better for you!