Iced tea

I am having surgery on Dec 20 and have been wondering if Iced tea was an acceptable drink afterwards. I know getting your water in is very important and I am a huge iced tea drinker and was wondering if it is ok after surgery?

~Dae

Caffeine slows down healing, so get some decaf tea bags and brew that instead and drink to your hearts content.

I drink about a gallon of iced tea each and every day. I sweeten it with Splenda, but it's fully caffeinated.

I've been brewing decaf tea/ iced tea for 4+ yrs.  No sweetner, no lemon. Just plain Decaf tea.

A lot of Doctors want you to start out with Decaf because they are concerned about the diuretic effect of caffeine. I've seen a lot of people say that if you are already used to regular tea it won't really be a problem.

I think whatever helps you get liquids in is fine. If your OK with decaf I would use that until you have an easier time getting your liquids in. (For me that was a couple of months after surgery).