I am 11 days post op and all I want to do is drink water, all day. I know I have to drink my protein drinks but they make me sooo thirsty. I have this unquenchable thirst. Any one else?

Are you diabetic or on any other medications (blood presdure)? If so - you may need to have them adjusted. What about other liquids like broth, protein water, mix protein powder with clear liquids so at least your getting enough protein if unable to drink shakes.

Offers all the Water in Houston right now to help out I hope you figure out what is making you so thirsty... somedays I get like that though, but I'm pre op...

Lol poor Houston My in laws live there but they are on vacation right now. I am not diabetic and I am drinking my shakes, I just feel like I have a dry mouth all the time even though I'm drinking something 24/7. It's strange

It could be a symptom of ketosis. When you are on a high protein/low carb diet, your body enters ketosis which can cause dry mouth and bad breath. As you are able to introduce more foods, it should go away. In the mean time you want to be very particular about your oral hygiene. Use mouthwash and invest in a tongue scraper. Oh! And you also might have oral thrush. I did post-op thanks to the liquid antibiotic I was on. Check your tongue for a white film near the back of your mouth. If you do have thrush, your doctor or dentist can put you on an anti-fungal.

Can never get too much water!!

Try Isopure...it is a no-carb Protein drink (packed with 40 g of protein in 20 oz bottle). The sugary stuff I can imagine would make you thirsty. It has a slightly sweet taste (like sweetened iced tea) but it is actually very refreshing. I try to break stalls with them, and until recently that has worked (it gets harder and harder to break a stall).

Omg today is day 8 for me I'm soooooo thirsty...

It seems quite a few people have issues with Water unflavored, but when you add stuff to it, to me it seems to make me thirstier...

I found this water a few years ago called MetroMint - its flavored but with NO calories/artificial sweetners because they infuse the water with the mint flavors - my favorite is chocolatemint second by spearmint... in texas they are sold in HEB - but I think you can order them off the website.

http://www.metromint.com/

I haven't tried it with Protein yet - but the chocolatemint or lemonmint would probaby be good with unjury's strawberry sorbet

Edited May 3, 201610 yr by Raenh