When do you eat and drink?

[LACRACRA2 58]

I am day 4 post op. Surgery was 7/6. I am on liquids and shakes and can have blended Soups I pre made that my doctor gave me specifically for this phase 1. What I am struggling with is I'm not supposed to drink Water, Decaf tea etc until either 30 min before or after a meal. And I can't have any of the shakes until 60 min after a meal. So it gets confusing for me of when I should have what and when. Especially when I'm supposed to get my Water and Protein in.

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[suzzzzz 1,005]

I am 16 days out. Protien shakes are considered a meal, especially in the healing phase. My plan the first week was to make sure I sip liquids all day long to stay hydrated so the 30 minute rule doesn't apply. You can always add an unflavored protien to your liquids or Soup to help.

[theimprovedjulie 4]

My dr said the 30 minutes doesn't apply during straight liquid phase. When you start blended food is when you have to wait. And I started it Thursday & am finding it difficult to get enough Water in especially when I take a nap everyday. Just ended up in the ER with dehydration.

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[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

What @@theimprovedjulie said.

[LACRACRA2 58]

The Soups they had me make for phase 1 which is days 3-14 is blended. I mean they are like a liquid Soup, thin. Idk. It gets me confused. Lol.

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