Hi all.....

So, my dr said that Im to have 2-3 quarts of Water a day.

Also, he said Im to be sipping 1/2 ounce of it, every 4-5 mins.

do you all have a time that you should be sipping in between sips?

Hi all.....

So, my dr said that Im to have 2-3 quarts of Water a day.

Also, he said Im to be sipping 1/2 ounce of it, every 4-5 mins.

do you all have a time that you should be sipping in between sips?

Hi Sheila, hope your surgery went well!

My doctor didn't specify anything like that, he just said not to "chug" my water for the first month. Even after a month, he said the most I will be able to drink in a minute would be .5 liters ... which is plenty ... this is when I was asking him about working out and water intake.

Sheila, this is what was recommended to me (sorry it's in metric - i'm from Australia)

hints on Fluid Stage

On Waking Sip 100-120mls Supradyn (multi vitamin) mixture over about 10-15 mins

Breakfast 240 mls Sustagen (Optifast etc) made on Water. Sip 120 mils over 10-15

mins, wait half an hour and the sip the second 120 mls over 10-15 mins.

Morning Tea 120 mls juice over 10-15 mins

120 mls cup of tea or coffee using at least 60mls low fat milk

lunch 120 mls runny Soup made with half milk/half water eg tomato

120mls Sustagen sipped over 10-15 mins

Afternoon Tea SAME AS MORNING TEA

dinner 120 mls runny soup eg pumpkin or chicken

120 mls runny custard over 1/2 hour (Pauls trim custard)

Supper Drink the rest of the sustagen about 240 mls in the same manner

as breakfast

NOTE You may still have a little low fat milk left to drink and you

have at least 2 more hours of drinking. 240 mls each hour to reach

your level of 2 litres of fluid daily.

Remember to use the free fluids like water, tea/coffee and low joule

cordials to make up total volume.

Daily Intake 1500-2000 Mills daily

600 mls sustagen - Calories

120 mls liquid Vitamins - no calories (Supradyn)

240 mls fruit juice - pear, apple prune, Orange ,pineapple - Calories

360 mls reduced fat milk - drink plain or make runny custards or add

to soup - Calories

If desired

60 mls drinking yoghurt - some calorie value

sip as desired - vegetable juice - V8 or tomato

sip as desired - vegemite broth - add 1 teaspoon to mug hot water

Constipation add 50 mls prune, apple or pear juice daily

Hope this helps

Sewenup, Thank you so much!

So, basically Im to expect to be sipping all day long, huh?:huggie:

My dr has also said, no milk...but the tomato juice sounds good right now, I guess i could cut it with some Water.

thank you!