Question:
What are some good Juices to drink postop?

What if any thing is a good thing to drink like juices? I've on ly been able to keep Gatorade down and just talked to a friend who's a nurse and said that 's to much salt. I'm 5 weeks post-op I've lost 22pounds and counting someone please help I'm getting sad.    — Tammy W. (posted on September 8, 1999)

September 8, 1999
I drank de-caf iced tea, sugar free kool-aid, and any juice that is NOT from concentrate(too much sugar, made me throw up)After close to 6mo. I drank caffeine free sugar free pop with next to no fizz. The fizz gave me a belly ache- and to this day(17mo. later) I still get rid of the fizz. I drink Vernors and open the bottle before I go to bed and it is usually close to un fizzy by morning. There are alot of drinks made without sugar just experiment. I used to take trips to the grocery store and just take my time and real labels. Fats were really hard for me to tolerate too, I learned to read, read, read all the labels. Hope this helps. Good Luck, Jan Terry
   — Jan T.

September 8, 1999
If I understand the question, yes you can drink up to 8 oz. or fruit or veg. juice per day. Mind you, that's juice not fruit "drink."
   — [Anonymous]

September 8, 1999
I'm so predictable. Sugar free, lactose free protein supplement. Water. Crystal Light. Water. Sugar free Tang. Water. Decaf tea. Water. Do this and the weight will fall off so fast you'll hear it hit the floor!
   — vitalady

September 8, 1999
I rarely drink more than water and iced tea anymore. I drink 4 liters of water a day, and 32 oz of iced tea in the evening. I have heard that Crystal Light is good. But that type of stuff is just too sweet for me anymore. And after getting all my water in I really don't want anything else anyway.
   — dboat

September 8, 1999
Hi, Don't know if this will help but I have been using crystal light as directed and then pouring about 1/2 bottle of gatoraide in the crystal light. Not too sweet then and also getting all of the electrolytes from the gatoraide. Also if you dilute apple juice 1/2 and 1/2 water it is not too bad. I can't handle the sweet drinks so I had to find something else. Water is also very good for you at least once a day. Hope this helps.
   — Cheri H.

September 9, 1999
Water. Avoid drinks with high calories, they prevent you from losing weight and crowd out the space available for nutritious food.
   — Bruce B.

September 9, 1999
What type of surgery did you have? Most post-ops don't handle fruit juices well at all because of the concentration of natural sugars. I am allowed V-8 because it has no sugar, but only a serving or two a day. For getting fluids into your body, you need to be drinking no calorie non carbonated beverages, Water, Crystal Lite, Diet Soda that's been left out for more than 15 min to minimize carbonation,decaf coffee or tea ... Not something with a high sugar content. Best of luck!
   — Sherrie G.