Really need to get all my fluids in....

...got up in the middle of the night to urinate and it was darker than it had been since surgery post-op day 1 (THU)...

Have an aching in my back approx where the kidneys are located...hard to believe that there is not a connection...

Maybe start earlier in the day...

 You need to try harder to get ur fluids in! Trust me I'm no one to talk its was very hard for me I had to be reminded all the time like a baby by my husband. But I found a item that came in handy it was called the gymboss it was like a stop watch I set it for five or three min to take a sip of watch until I felt I was trained enough to remember to drink. It did work but I think any stop watch is the same bu if ur urine gets to dark u my want to get an iv which I've done many times I ve had to go to Ed and just say I had gastric a nd I'm dyhdrated and like an iv I've had no problem receiving it. Good luck

 Sorry about the spelling it's my phone it changes words!

 I kept a bottle of water by the bed and sipped every time I woke up.  Start earlier and finish later if you have to, but get it all in!

All the best!

Im noticing that I am starting to have troubles too. But I am determined to fix it... you will need to be too! Sip sip sip!!!

 I had a giant cup, filled it, and my goal was to empty it twice a day.  I would carry this cup everywhere with me and take a sip every time I picked it up, every time I put it down, every time I had to do something, and every time I finished doing it.  I took a sip when a commercial came on TV or when I heard a dog bark.  I made drinking games, basically, and it worked beautifully.  Today I stil walk around with a 64oz cup, named "my precious", only I empty that cup 3 times daily.

UPDATE: Way ahead of yesterday's intake.

As of 12:22 pm, Central time, I've just finished my first 32 oz. of fluid (the goal here being 64 oz./day) and I haven't even had my second protein shake yet (even though it counts as fluid, I'm treating the shakes as food).

Going walking this afternoon...shooting for a couple laps around my block (which is pretty big for a block in an urban residential area)...