Prior to 2014 all I drank was water (even before my accident I loved water) and then after I began having too much sediment in my urine I tried to drink more water to keep my catheter flushed. Well, I ended up going to the hospital after feeling very nauseated and throwing up a little one evening and, for the first time in my life, flushed out all my electrolytes by drinking too much water. I had to stay overnight to get a bag of electrolytes to get my system back in check. Since then I began adding a little Powerade or Gatorade to my big drink jug that I go to during the day to drink and then drink a little orange juice mixed in with my water at night with my meds and something like that in the morning so I don't end up in the hospital again... which I did!
I did I have to go to the hospital last year after one day ahead a doctor appointment and, before going, I knew I was going to be gone all afternoon so I drank quite a bit of my water mixed with Gatorade. I just didn't know that my doctor decided that particular day she was going to do a blood draw In the office to see how everything was and as I was just getting comfortable in bed reading at 9 PM that night when she called me (my doctor) and told me I better get to the ER ASAP because my sodium was way too low and I it could have seizures with it being that low. Sodium is part of your electrolytes. I knew right away what the problem was and that would eventually work itself out and it was not as bad as the first time since I was not feeling sick or anything but she insisted that I go to be safe. I decided to drink a bottle of Gatorade while waiting for the ambulance to arrive. On the way to the hospital they have to ask how you are, yada yada yada and by the time I got there half of my low-sodium was already back on its way back to normal since I drank the Gatorade. They then checked my blood level again (finding it was back to close to being normal although your blood changes during the day because of what you drink and eat so it is the *interpretation *of what is "normal" much of the time) but they decided to give me some more electrolytes in an IV drip before sending me back home. Geeez... I try to do everything that is "best" for you even though I like water and that is where it got me. Now I know not to drink a lot before going to my doctor appointment in case she decides to do a blood draw! I also do everything it can to avoid bladder infections but I keep getting them all the time. However, the last time I got one was on February 25 when I went for a bladder biopsy and getting symptoms of a bladder infection less than a week afterward so I knew it was a hospital-acquired (nosocomial Infection) because that's the only way you can get this type of particular bacteria and my urologist even admitted to that but nothing he can do about it after the fact. It also likes to come back and, surely enough, it did last week. Looks like I will be dealing with this bacteria for the rest of my life. ~Lori On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 7:49 PM, Greg <[email protected]> wrote: > Even though it is almost 100 degree out and I sit outside for hours, I > just never drink enough. I just don't get thirsty. I don't like drinking. > Any of you have that prob? > > Greg > -- "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean Koontz
