A Life Without Caffeine...
Five weeks and 4 days until open heart surgery...
An Ode to Caffeine: A Limerick
I used to drink caffeine every day
To keep fatigue and sleepiness at bay.
My bad heart made me stop
And drink decaf pop
At my desk now I'm snoozing away.
I love caffeine. It was my only addiction. My only vice. This was my daily routine: In the morning I would drink a 20 ouncer of either Diet Code Red Mountain Dew or Coke Zero. In the afternoon I would have another 20 ouncer of whatever caffeinated drink I was in the mood for. Not excessive, I know. But it was my thing.
My cardiologist said that caffeine couldn't be a part of my daily routine anymore. So I was brave and quit cold turkey. After three days of headaches, I had caffeine for 3 days in a row and then quit again. So after another 3 days of headaches (and many Ibuprofen pills later), I was able to stop.
I've noticed that the caffeine masked one of my main heart-related symptoms - fatigue. I'm tired all of the time now and have started working from home 1 1/2 days a week. I try to stay up past 10 at night, but almost always end up falling asleep on the couch between 8:30-9:30 PM. It sucks.
Now I just treat myself to a can of Coke Zero on Fridays, as a celebration for getting through the week. Plus, if I don't have it, I'll be zonked on the couch by 7:30 and will miss hanging out with RobbieMax and Will.
I have learned something valuable - I can NEVER have caffeine after about 7. I went to an 8:00 movie (Poseidon) with my friend, Suzanne. I got a large Diet Coke, and drank half (plus ate yummy movie popcorn). I was up until 3:30 in the morning and I had to force myself to go to bed. Which wouldn't have been a bad thing, except I was leaving early the next morning for a weekend trip. I wasn't much fun that weekend.
So now I'm living a life without caffeine. And I miss it. Sigh. But alas, it was better to have loved and lost than never loved at all.
An Ode to Caffeine: A Limerick
I used to drink caffeine every day
To keep fatigue and sleepiness at bay.
My bad heart made me stop
And drink decaf pop
At my desk now I'm snoozing away.
I love caffeine. It was my only addiction. My only vice. This was my daily routine: In the morning I would drink a 20 ouncer of either Diet Code Red Mountain Dew or Coke Zero. In the afternoon I would have another 20 ouncer of whatever caffeinated drink I was in the mood for. Not excessive, I know. But it was my thing.
My cardiologist said that caffeine couldn't be a part of my daily routine anymore. So I was brave and quit cold turkey. After three days of headaches, I had caffeine for 3 days in a row and then quit again. So after another 3 days of headaches (and many Ibuprofen pills later), I was able to stop.
I've noticed that the caffeine masked one of my main heart-related symptoms - fatigue. I'm tired all of the time now and have started working from home 1 1/2 days a week. I try to stay up past 10 at night, but almost always end up falling asleep on the couch between 8:30-9:30 PM. It sucks.
Now I just treat myself to a can of Coke Zero on Fridays, as a celebration for getting through the week. Plus, if I don't have it, I'll be zonked on the couch by 7:30 and will miss hanging out with RobbieMax and Will.
I have learned something valuable - I can NEVER have caffeine after about 7. I went to an 8:00 movie (Poseidon) with my friend, Suzanne. I got a large Diet Coke, and drank half (plus ate yummy movie popcorn). I was up until 3:30 in the morning and I had to force myself to go to bed. Which wouldn't have been a bad thing, except I was leaving early the next morning for a weekend trip. I wasn't much fun that weekend.
So now I'm living a life without caffeine. And I miss it. Sigh. But alas, it was better to have loved and lost than never loved at all.
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