Too much water can cause water toxosis. Water washes out the salts and minerals, electrolytes, etc. You don't have to be a quad to do this. As a quad we do not release hormones in normal amounts if at all. High level quads do not produce hormones that the body needs to heal properly. Minerals, such as calcium need these hormones to direct the healing of bones. We all suffer a type of osteo-porosis similar to astronauts. I've always felt an endocrinologist would be best at figuring out a way to get synthetic hormones to help assist with these problems. They have not figured out how to stop the calcium purge that astronauts suffer from, yet. When I was younger I took a blend of vitamins and minerals in hope that it would help with some of the many broken bones. It resulted in kidney and bladder stones. I still take vitamins, but I stay away from high calcium supplements. I'm sure they have learned a lot since those days. Please keep us informed on what you find out? I can't get my blood pressure to balance any more. I have high and low blood pressure spells each day. Eating small meals and anti-stress vitamins seem to help. The key word is "seem". I'd love to know if someone has developed some real scientific data that has or may lead to a treatment. Keep asking questions! Oh yeah, if I do not have a gravity loop on the bed my condom catheter simply builds pressure and blows off.
Best wishes, john ________________________________ From: Barbara Vedder <[email protected]> To: Dan <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Sunday, June 7, 2009 10:19:04 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Questions 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 > >
