The Dr. at the hospital gave me the 8 glasses for 8 oz. and I was following it. I was diagnosed with Shograns Syndrome and Stage 3 Kidney Failure. The Kidney Specialst ask me to drink about 90 oz a day. Shograns Syndrome was developed because of blood transfusions for heart and my Gleevec. The kidney diease is from to much statins (I was on 80 mg daily for 19 years and Gleevec for 5 years. I do have to be very careful about balancing my fluid intake. Richard H.. On Thursday, December 20, 2012 2:17:48 AM UTC-6, patrick wrote:
> That's an excellent point, Richard! There is such a thing as water > poisoning. > I found a good short article about how much water to drink by the Mayo > Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/water/NU00283 > > Unless you have a problem with one or more of the ingredients like sodium > or potassium I'd say throw in a Gatorade if you get above the "8 glasses a > day" level. And of course - talk to your doctor! > > And everyone should know the signs of dehydration - > http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/dehydration/DS00561/DSECTION=symptoms . > It can happen even in the hospital. Maybe I can detail what we went through > in the hospital at a later point in time. > Patrick > > --- On *Wed, 12/19/12, Richard H <[email protected] <javascript:>>*wrote: > > > From: Richard H <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Subject: Re: [CMLHope] Depression > To: [email protected] <javascript:> > Date: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 11:14 PM > > Thanks Patrick, that is great info. I would like to add a caution. 18 > months ago I was in the hospital for 2 days replacing my soidum because of > drinking too much fluid. Since I was't taking Gleevec any more and still > on water pills I was having the reverse effect of over hydrating. All of > my doctors kept telling me to drink more water but none told me that > I needed reduce the amount of fluids by about 50%. Good luck, and happy > hydration. > > Richard H. > On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 2:50:03 PM UTC-6, millie wrote: > > *Thanks for the information, Patrick. I feel better about increasing my > amount of water. I do drink quite a bit already, but will try to do > better. I also will probably have to increase my water pill to 2 a day, so > I'll give that a try too. The doctors should tell you all of this, and > then you wouldn't have to guess. You have a wonderful Holiday Season. > Millie* > > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <javascript:> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > > -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope
