Seems after surgery the first couple days i was able to be more water down. ..now being 6 days out i'm getting about 30 ounces a day...that includes my water used with protien drinks and water used to make cream of wheat...and a bottle of water (16.9oz). I also am finding i am contanstly eating and drinking just to get in my food intake. ..munching vitamins is time consuming and slows the drinking and food intake...only doing about 500 calories...cause i just cant eat or drink anymore without it sitting on my sternum....any sugguestions?

Try mixing up your Water temperature. I had trouble drinking cold water, but when I warmed my water up a little bit (not even room temp), it helped me.

I also added flavors to my water to help make me more likely to drink it. A shot of cranberry juice or something like Crystal Light or Mio can make the water more appetizing.

Cranberry juice or a wedge of lemon helped me a ton, maybe a shot of (unsweetend0 ice tea?

Crystal Light is the only thing that I can drink a lot of. I like the Appletini and Margarita flavors. I can not get plain water down in any quantity.

Seems after surgery the first couple days i was able to be more Water down. ..now being 6 days out i'm getting about 30 ounces a day...that includes my water used with protien drinks and water used to make cream of wheat...and a bottle of water (16.9oz). I also am finding i am contanstly eating and drinking just to get in my food intake. ..munching Vitamins is time consuming and slows the drinking and food intake...only doing about 500 calories...cause i just cant eat or drink anymore without it sitting on my sternum....any sugguestions?

Yep any water i drink is always flavored...with a variety of flavors....otherwise i would get none down....