I don't know if it's the same but I do know that low calcium can be caused by over drinking of water. I never had thought that drinking water could flush the calcium out of your system but if you really overdo it like I did, it can happen.
I'd never thought of it before because normally problems with calcium is the reverse; that people have too great an intake of salt and experience high calcium or high blood pressure and/or high cholesterol. Barbara On 6/7/09 3:02 PM, "Dan" <[email protected]> wrote: > Speaking of potassium, do any of you have low potassium? I have to > take 60meq a day in order to keep mine in the normal range. None of > my doctors seem to know why?!? Do you guys have any ideas? > > On another note, at night, where and how do you hang your drainage > bag? I've been laying mine on the bed by my feet but it doesn't drain > very well that way especially when I raise the foot of the bed up. > I've thought of hanging it on the side of the bed frame but it pulls > quite a bit that way - I have a supra pubic. If I do hang it on the > bed frame, should I put a loop in the tube? A CNA once told me that > this helps the drainage?!?. And lastly, should I tie the tube to my > thigh? I have this fear of the bag falling and pulling the cath out! TIA. > > Dan > >
