Liquids - HOW MUCH????

How much is everyone here able to drink?  How OFTEN are you drinking?  What amounts are you able to tolerate?  A good friend of mine had their surgery 1/20/09 and is only having 30cc's of protein shake 3 times a day.  The rest of the day they are sipping on water.  I am afraid that they are going to become sick and dehydrated.  Please help with providing me feedback!  This friend is very important to me and I am WORRIED. 

As of yesterday, I was able to drink 3ozs of shake, 3xs a day and 48ozs of water. Today I start soft and mushy so I don't know what I'm in for. So far I've had 2ozs of tuna and about 8ozs of water. Hope that helps.

Susan,

Each surgeon is different but normally they want you to do 6 to 8 small "meals" of thicker liquids per day.  You should start with 1/4 cup and work toward 1/2 cup.  Optimally, they would like you to get in 64 oz of water in a day, but I had my surgery on 1/08/09 and just now can drink 8oz in between meals.  I would urge your friend to call her dr to make sure she is following his/her protocol..  Also from what I've read a good indicater that a person is becoming dehydrated is when their urine is darker in color than usual.

I hope these things help.

Barb

My surgeon's goal for me is 48-64oz per day.  The most I can get in so far was about 45 oz.  I use SF popsicles to help up my intake too. 

I am also getting about 2-3 1oz pureed meals a day in on top of that.  At least 8oz of my liquids are a protien shake too.

Good luck to her.

My instructions were for twice as much protein as your friend (but still in 3 protein shakes a day), and 64 oz of water each day.  Maybe s/he needs a more protein intense protein brand?