It’s not only good for circulation and heart rhythm but stimulates your bowels and if you’re already accustomed to drinking coffee in the morning, without it you’re likely to get a headache from withdrawal, but a post-op headache is a nightmare to all concerned. I can’t tell you how many times as an intern/resident/attending I wound up telling the staff to just give the patient a cup of coffee for their headache and the magic worked.
But a workup for a headache post-op? It can take hours and thousands of dollars of diagnostics.
Yes. The caffeine withdrawal headache is excruciating. Even a sip or two of coffee helps — doesn’t even need to be a cup.
When we road trip I take coffee hard candy made with real coffee so we can get a quick “hit” without having to stop. It works.