Pre Op Protein Needs are Confusing Us

stacy T.
on 10/23/15 4:37 pm - San Francisco, CA

Hi, My daughter starts her pre op liquid diet tomorrow and the instructions from the surgeon are confusing me. I am hoping that maybe someone here will be better at math than I am!

64 oz liquid a day (all liquid counts towards this including protein drinks)

64 oz protein a day (Make sure your protein intake is always 30gr., when the diet says 16oz of protein this means 30gr of protein diluted in 16oz of liquid)

Daily intake of liquids 50gr.

Can anyone here make any sense of this?

If they are saying that you need 30gr. of protein in 16 oz of liquid and that you need 64oz of liquid with protein than it sounds as if they mean 128gr. of protein a day. Is this right?

I have already sent off an email to the office, but I thought maybe there is something simple here that I am missing?

Thanks

stacy T.
on 10/23/15 6:20 pm - San Francisco, CA

OK, just badly crafted instructions.

It all boiled down to;

64oz of fluid a day

and

50gr. of protein a day.

Even my math can figure out that one ; -)

So ten days and counting to surgery.

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