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caya · 02-12-2011, 04:05 PM

Marcia, I was the queen of diet Coke - I mean I would easily drink 3 -4 cans of it/day. Whe caffeine free came out, I switched to that. After I got my C diagnosis, I cut it out cold turkey, and like Becky, I have it once in a while at a restaurant.

What I do at home now is make my own iced tea and iced coffee. There are so many delicious herbal teas now - I put 6 -8 tea bags in a pitcher, pour in the boiling water, let it steep for about 20 minutes, then I add some stevia - which is a natural sweetener. Depending on the flavour, I also will add a lot of lemon. For iced coffee, just brew up your coffee, pour it in the pitcher, add ice and stevia. You can use regular or decaf teas/coffee. I only use decaf now because I have major insomnia issues.

I also try to drink a lot of ice water with lemon and or lime squeezed in.

all the best
caya

02-12-2011, 04:05 PM	#11
caya Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Thornhill, Ontario Canada Posts: 2,320	Re: A bad habit (a can of diet coke a day) that I can't kick off Marcia, I was the queen of diet Coke - I mean I would easily drink 3 -4 cans of it/day. Whe caffeine free came out, I switched to that. After I got my C diagnosis, I cut it out cold turkey, and like Becky, I have it once in a while at a restaurant. What I do at home now is make my own iced tea and iced coffee. There are so many delicious herbal teas now - I put 6 -8 tea bags in a pitcher, pour in the boiling water, let it steep for about 20 minutes, then I add some stevia - which is a natural sweetener. Depending on the flavour, I also will add a lot of lemon. For iced coffee, just brew up your coffee, pour it in the pitcher, add ice and stevia. You can use regular or decaf teas/coffee. I only use decaf now because I have major insomnia issues. I also try to drink a lot of ice water with lemon and or lime squeezed in. all the best caya __________________ ER90%+/PR 50%+/HER 2+ 1.7 cm and 1.0 cm. Stage 1, grade 2, Node Negative (16 nodes tested) MRM Dec.18/06 3 x FEC, 3 x Taxotere Herceptin - every 3 weeks for a year, finished May 8/08 Tamoxifen - 2 1/2 years Femara - Jan. 1, 2010 - July 18, 2012 BRCA1/BRCA2 Negative Dignosed 10/16/06, age 48 , premenopausal Mild lymphedema diagnosed June 2009 - breast surgeon and lymph. therapist think it's completely reversible - hope so. Reclast infusion January 2012 Oopherectomy October 2013 15 Years NED!! Last edited by caya; 02-14-2011 at 05:16 PM..