Since I've been sort of busy for the last week I've let me emails get ahead of me.

WhatNextEmails
WhatNextEmails Member Posts: 8
edited February 2020 in General Cancer
So, trying to catch up a little. Someone emailed wanting to know if there was an issue with drinking coffee during treatments.

I know what I did, what did you do?

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  • JaneA
    JaneA Member Posts: 335
    edited February 2020
    I drank coffee throughout my treatment. In fact, Dana Farber did a study showing that drinking coffee helps reduce the risk of recurrence for colorectal cancer. So per my oncologist, I drink coffee religiously. No cream or sugar - just black.

    Here's the study:
    https://blog.dana-farber.org/insight/2015/08/can-coffee-affect-colon-cancer-risk-or-survival/
  • po18guy
    po18guy Member Posts: 329
    edited February 2020
    I (partially) credit my continuing existence to fresh roasted coffee and dark choclate. Is there a study to support this?

    A study of one!
  • Jayne
    Jayne Member Posts: 134
    edited February 2020
    I lost my taste for it but there was no restriction that I can remember.
  • cllinda
    cllinda Member Posts: 153
    edited February 2020
    I couldn't stand coffee during treatment. But about a year later, I was able to return to coffee. Yeah!
  • andreacha
    andreacha Member Posts: 196
    edited February 2020
    I never stopped drinking coffee.
  • JustForToday
    JustForToday Member Posts: 39
    edited February 2020
    I loved coffee before treatment started. It did horrible things to my body if I drank it during chemo. My taste buds hated it and my stomach roiled if I drank more than a swallow. It was a joyous time when I was able to enjoy it again after chemo was over.
  • LiveWithCancer
    LiveWithCancer Member Posts: 470
    I drank coffee, but not as much as I did before, because coffee didn't taste as good to me. Once I went on immunotherapy, my coffee drinking picked back up.
  • BoiseB
    BoiseB Member Posts: 225
    I could not drink coffee during treatment. But that was because I could not eat or drink because of my tumor. I had a feeding tube and there was a formula that was put into the tube. I don't like the taste of coffee. I do like the results of caffeine. I can only take instant coffee and I need to put at least 2 tablespoons of sugar in it. I have also found that I can get the caffeine kick by taking a teaspoon of instant coffee by mouth and washing it down with a tall glass of water. I hope I also get the health benefits.

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