I've been avoiding coffee for 5 years, from when I was first diagnosed with silent reflux. It was silent in that it wasn't painful, it was just making me feel inhumanly ravenous and making my asthma worse. Quitting coffee, both decaf and caffeinated, helped only slightly. Or maybe not at all... it could have been the placebo effect.
A year later I quit caffeine (in tea form) cold-turkey as well in anticipation of a pregnancy.
It turns out that the reflux was stress-related. Within a month of leaving the ol' job, the reflux was gone. Totally gone!
Yesterday I had to get up early after 3.5 hours of very broken sleep for Torin's doctor appointment, and the aroma of Ryan's freshly ground beans was intoxicating. Maybe... just maybe... some coffee would help. And hooooo boy, it did. I only had 1/4th of a cup.
Not only was I giggling about how much I love mornings (normally I don't!), I ended up sleepy and in bed by 10pm for the first time in ages. Actually sleepy! (Though, I didn't sleep much, Torin had just had his shots.)
Thus ended my 5-year streak of no coffee, and my 4-year streak of caffeine-free life.
So here I am, sipping my second 1/4th cup. It is glorious. Perhaps I'll look peppy for Torin's video doctor appointment in a half hour.
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