Decaf tea with splenda helps me! Just sip a little at a time all day long.

I think maybe you should try cutting down on your artificial sweeteners. They really aren't any healthier than sugar is, albeit in a different way.

Things like popsicles and crystal lite are often still sweetened with aspartame which is particularly bad for you.

Perhaps you could try unsweetened kool-aid and add your own stevia? At least Stevia is natural rather than chemical. You could even make the kool-aid into popsicles if you wanted. I don't personally eat very many sweet foods at all but I always try to use Stevia rather than any of the other alternatives when I can.

I also always keep a water bottle next to me at all times so that I can sip from it. If you have a fancy cellphone you can program it to beep every 10 minutes to remind you to take a sip of water.

I wish i was as thirsty as you, I am finding it so hard to get my fluids in. At my follow up appt the surgeon said GET YOUR FLUIDS IN! I am really bad at it!

For the first few weeks I was also thirsty all the time. I think it is just because we get so little fluids in. It does go away.

Use natural sweetners like a slice of lemon or orange to your water. I've been doing that for years. I grow my own stevia and make my own stevia tonic,

I stayed thirsty most of the time too. After my surgery, my doctor told me that it was my meds that I was taking that was being enhanced with all the changes in my body. I have days where I cannot get enough to drink and other days I am fine.
Cheryl

I'm only a couple days out and I am super thirsty too! Major cotton mouth! I'm thinking it's probably the meds too!

I agree on the sweeteners. If you can take plain water or suck on ice cubes you will feel better. The first several weeks I sipped ice water constantly.

Listen to your body but it does go away