Hey guys I am beyond worried to the point I called Dr.lisa the nutritionist . I am not drinking much water. Water is not friend, the only thing I can drink is ice tea! Then food everything had gots to be purée. I can only have 2-3 spoons of purée and I am full. I can't stand chicken or beef. The only thing I like is seafood purée with veggies. I don't know if I am weird. I am used to drinking 96oz or more water per day. I am worried about my kidneys what do I do. It's bad enough I can't stand protien drinks or shakes.

How far out are you? Not tolerating Water initially is normal. Too much tea can inhibit Iron absorption tho. Could u do mio or crystal light? Could u put beneprotein or some other type in your purée or even your drinks iif u need more Protein?

Stay strong.

I am2 weeks out, I have bring drinking propel water which is too sweet and gives me diarrhea. I haven tried crystal light at all . What is beneprotuen?

50/50 water juice blend, decaf tea, crystal light is way better, low fat milk, yogurt. Try mixing protein powder any way you can and which is tolerable to you. Good luck. Im two weeks out and I found Vitamin shoppe to be of great help.

You are still healing and may still be swollen. You really need to try and get fluids and proteins in. Have you tried any protein shakes? Can you keep soup down? They have some protein. Diet iced tea was on my list of ok things to drink from my doc but lacks protein. Hang in there and try to sip, sip, sip.

That's where I am going today, Dr.lisa encourage me to go and pick up the berry protein. She sad its clear and I can tolerate it.

Joy the shakes are nasty I throw up every time. I even spend over 200. 00 on different shakes and all I threw away the smell the taste thinking about it just makes me nausea

I threw away a bunch of the Protein Shakes too. I'm five months out and strong flavors and smells still bother me quite a bit. I like the Bluebonnet Protein powder. I think they are probably quite bland but they work well for me. I still have a hard time getting enough Water. I used to drink mostly when I ate. That's obviously out now.

It gets better pretty fast. Just hang in there. At two weeks out I couldn't even take a quarter cup of anything and I hit a stall while I was still on broth. Very frustrating!

Powerade zero is good and has electrolytes you need. I can't do Protein Drinks for all same reasons. I'm at three weeks out. Diarrhea was a big problem for me too. I now have no problems. I do now prefer bottled Water tepid over ice water out of my frig filter though. Much easier to get down and tolerate. Good luck.