RE: [QUAD-L] Drinking Enough

[poajoan]

Exactly, works for me also.  I’ve had one symptomatic bladder infection in the 
last three years!  If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.  

 

From: Greg <g...@eskimo.com> 
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2018 7:50 PM
To: the.littleq...@yahoo.com; quad-list@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Drinking Enough

 

I use to get them every few weeks, but now I take a half Bactrim daily. I get 
maybe 1 every year or two now.
Greg

On 5/27/2018 2:46 PM, Amy Elizabeth Baldwin wrote:

Do you get frequent bladder infections?

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On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 3:51 PM, Greg

 <mailto:g...@eskimo.com> <g...@eskimo.com> wrote:

Thats more than I drink in 3 days.
And never water, I hate water. Coffee, Tea coke, juice.
I try and dink more than coffee, tea, but anything cold goes to my bones and 
makes me freeze.
Greg

On 5/27/2018 10:14 AM, Jim Lubin wrote:

I never feel thirsty either. I drink fluids on a schedule (sort of). One full 8 
oz glass of water with my pills 4 times a day. A protein drink, 11 oz, in the 
morning. A 16 oz bottle of water with each meal, lunch and dinner. A glass of 
water with Metamucil in the afternoon. 

 

On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 7:49 PM, Greg <g...@eskimo.com <mailto:g...@eskimo.com> 
> 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

 

 

 

Re: [QUAD-L] Drinking Enough

[Greg]

I use to get them every few weeks, but now I take a half Bactrim daily. 
I get maybe 1 every year or two now.

Greg

On 5/27/2018 2:46 PM, Amy Elizabeth Baldwin wrote:

Do you get frequent bladder infections?

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On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 3:51 PM, Greg
 wrote:
Thats more than I drink in 3 days.
And never water, I hate water. Coffee, Tea coke, juice.
I try and dink more than coffee, tea, but anything cold goes to my
bones and makes me freeze.
Greg

On 5/27/2018 10:14 AM, Jim Lubin wrote:

I never feel thirsty either. I drink fluids on a schedule (sort
of). One full 8 oz glass of water with my pills 4 times a day. A
protein drink, 11 oz, in the morning. A 16 oz bottle of water
with each meal, lunch and dinner. A glass of water with
Metamucil in the afternoon.

On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 7:49 PM, Greg > 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

Re: [QUAD-L] Drinking Enough

[Jim Lubin]

I am paralyzed from the neck down so require others to do my cathing. I get
intermitted cathed 5 to 6 times/day. I have not had a UTI in at least the
past 10 years (29 years since TM onset). I had read an article and my
doctor at the time agreed, large amounts of Vitamin C are beneficial for
preventing UTIs and good health in general. I take 1000mg supplements 3
times/day in addition to whatever I get from my diet. The theory goes
something like, Vitamin C is water-soluble, so it is not stored in your
body. If you consume more than your body needs, it is excreted in your
urine. It creates an acidic environment in the bladder so bacteria can't
grow. Anyway, most articles say anything over 2000mg/day is excessive. I've
been taking 3000mg/day for at least the past 15 years with no adverse
side-effects. Do your own research and consult a doctor. My doctor was an
MD and natural pathic who was also taking 3000mg/day himself.

On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 4:22 PM, Lori Michaelson 
wrote:

> Oh yes... I forgot to mention that I buy fresh lemons and squeeze the
> lemon juice into my water jug (52 miles water jug for the entire afternoon)
> and then throw in half a lemon and save the other half for the next time
> which is usually not the following day (because I alternate) But the day
> after that. Lemon is great for a lot of things and including keeping your
> urine pH and a desirable level if you haven't indwelling catheter which is
> for those who are trying to avoid infections and that requires anywhere
> from a 6-7pH with the closer to 6 the better.
>
> I just can't seem to avoid infections ever since I had my bladder neck
> closure surgery and the follow-up cystoscopies and then being in the
> hospital for a bladder biopsy where I acquired a nosocomial infection and
> they are extremely hard to get rid of. My last year in culture and
> sensitivity showed they had gone away and I was ecstatic but then my
> symptoms came back and it took another urine sample to the lab and got the
> results today which shows that it is back.  :-(
>
> I hate being on so very many antibiotics for obvious reasons [antibiotic
> resistance] But each and every one has been after the urologist has done a
> cystoscopy and then being in the hospital this last time for the bladder
> biopsy. Both bacteria that I have in my urine currently (I received the lab
> report from the lab  since my urologist never gets back to me) are greatly
> antibiotic resistant.
>
> What's a quad to do when dependent upon the system. I never had any
> bladder infections for six years before my husband's passing and then
> keeping me out of harms way.  :-(
>
> On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 3:36 PM, Jim Lubin  wrote:
>
>> I avoid anything with high fructose corn syrup, which includes most soft
>> drinks.
>> I did find a health carbonated beverage that tastes good, Zevia
>> https://www.zevia.com/ I buy it at Safeway but Amazon has it too.u
>>
>> I drink plain water but my mom uses these flavor packets,
>> https://www.truelemon.com/
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 1:40 PM, Greg  wrote:
>>
>>> Thats more than I drink in 3 days.
>>> And never water, I hate water. Coffee, Tea coke, juice.
>>> I try and dink more than coffee, tea, but anything cold goes to my bones
>>> and makes me freeze.
>>> Greg
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/27/2018 10:14 AM, Jim Lubin wrote:
>>>
>>> I never feel thirsty either. I drink fluids on a schedule (sort of). One
>>> full 8 oz glass of water with my pills 4 times a day. A protein drink, 11
>>> oz, in the morning. A 16 oz bottle of water with each meal, lunch and
>>> dinner. A glass of water with Metamucil in the afternoon.
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 7:49 PM, Greg  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
>

Re: [QUAD-L] Drinking Enough

[Lori Michaelson]

Oh yes... I forgot to mention that I buy fresh lemons and squeeze the lemon
juice into my water jug (52 miles water jug for the entire afternoon) and
then throw in half a lemon and save the other half for the next time which
is usually not the following day (because I alternate) But the day after
that. Lemon is great for a lot of things and including keeping your urine
pH and a desirable level if you haven't indwelling catheter which is for
those who are trying to avoid infections and that requires anywhere from a
6-7pH with the closer to 6 the better.

I just can't seem to avoid infections ever since I had my bladder neck
closure surgery and the follow-up cystoscopies and then being in the
hospital for a bladder biopsy where I acquired a nosocomial infection and
they are extremely hard to get rid of. My last year in culture and
sensitivity showed they had gone away and I was ecstatic but then my
symptoms came back and it took another urine sample to the lab and got the
results today which shows that it is back.  :-(

I hate being on so very many antibiotics for obvious reasons [antibiotic
resistance] But each and every one has been after the urologist has done a
cystoscopy and then being in the hospital this last time for the bladder
biopsy. Both bacteria that I have in my urine currently (I received the lab
report from the lab  since my urologist never gets back to me) are greatly
antibiotic resistant.

What's a quad to do when dependent upon the system. I never had any bladder
infections for six years before my husband's passing and then keeping me
out of harms way.  :-(

On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 3:36 PM, Jim Lubin  wrote:

> I avoid anything with high fructose corn syrup, which includes most soft
> drinks.
> I did find a health carbonated beverage that tastes good, Zevia
> https://www.zevia.com/ I buy it at Safeway but Amazon has it too.u
>
> I drink plain water but my mom uses these flavor packets, https://www.
> truelemon.com/
>
>
>
> On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 1:40 PM, Greg  wrote:
>
>> Thats more than I drink in 3 days.
>> And never water, I hate water. Coffee, Tea coke, juice.
>> I try and dink more than coffee, tea, but anything cold goes to my bones
>> and makes me freeze.
>> Greg
>>
>>
>> On 5/27/2018 10:14 AM, Jim Lubin wrote:
>>
>> I never feel thirsty either. I drink fluids on a schedule (sort of). One
>> full 8 oz glass of water with my pills 4 times a day. A protein drink, 11
>> oz, in the morning. A 16 oz bottle of water with each meal, lunch and
>> dinner. A glass of water with Metamucil in the afternoon.
>>
>> On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 7:49 PM, Greg  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

Re: [QUAD-L] Drinking Enough

[Jim Lubin]

I avoid anything with high fructose corn syrup, which includes most soft
drinks.
I did find a health carbonated beverage that tastes good, Zevia
https://www.zevia.com/ I buy it at Safeway but Amazon has it too.u

I drink plain water but my mom uses these flavor packets,
https://www.truelemon.com/



On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 1:40 PM, Greg  wrote:

> Thats more than I drink in 3 days.
> And never water, I hate water. Coffee, Tea coke, juice.
> I try and dink more than coffee, tea, but anything cold goes to my bones
> and makes me freeze.
> Greg
>
>
> On 5/27/2018 10:14 AM, Jim Lubin wrote:
>
> I never feel thirsty either. I drink fluids on a schedule (sort of). One
> full 8 oz glass of water with my pills 4 times a day. A protein drink, 11
> oz, in the morning. A 16 oz bottle of water with each meal, lunch and
> dinner. A glass of water with Metamucil in the afternoon.
>
> On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 7:49 PM, Greg  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
>>
>
>
>

Re: [QUAD-L] Drinking Enough

[Lori Michaelson]

I have to have my room temperature unless I am really really warm and then
like it cool.

On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 2:55 PM, Paul Jacobson <pjacob...@san.rr.com> wrote:

> Forgot to mentionwater is room temperature.  [image: Smile]
>
> *From:* Amy Elizabeth Baldwin
> *Sent:* Sunday, May 27, 2018 2:46 PM
> *To:* g...@eskimo.com ; quad-list@eskimo.com
> *Subject:* Re: [QUAD-L] Drinking Enough
>
> Do you get frequent bladder infections?
>
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>
> On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 3:51 PM, Greg
> <g...@eskimo.com> wrote:
> Thats more than I drink in 3 days.
> And never water, I hate water. Coffee, Tea coke, juice.
> I try and dink more than coffee, tea, but anything cold goes to my bones
> and makes me freeze.
> Greg
>
> On 5/27/2018 10:14 AM, Jim Lubin wrote:
>
> I never feel thirsty either. I drink fluids on a schedule (sort of). One
> full 8 oz glass of water with my pills 4 times a day. A protein drink, 11
> oz, in the morning. A 16 oz bottle of water with each meal, lunch and
> dinner. A glass of water with Metamucil in the afternoon.
>
> On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 7:49 PM, Greg <g...@eskimo.com> 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

Re: [QUAD-L] Drinking Enough

[Paul Jacobson]

Forgot to mentionwater is room temperature.  

From: Amy Elizabeth Baldwin 
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2018 2:46 PM
To: g...@eskimo.com ; quad-list@eskimo.com 
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Drinking Enough

Do you get frequent bladder infections?


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  On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 3:51 PM, Greg
  <g...@eskimo.com> wrote:
  Thats more than I drink in 3 days.
  And never water, I hate water. Coffee, Tea coke, juice.
  I try and dink more than coffee, tea, but anything cold goes to my bones and 
makes me freeze.
  Greg


  On 5/27/2018 10:14 AM, Jim Lubin wrote:

I never feel thirsty either. I drink fluids on a schedule (sort of). One 
full 8 oz glass of water with my pills 4 times a day. A protein drink, 11 oz, 
in the morning. A 16 oz bottle of water with each meal, lunch and dinner. A 
glass of water with Metamucil in the afternoon. 

On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 7:49 PM, Greg <g...@eskimo.com> 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

Re: [QUAD-L] Drinking Enough

[Amy Elizabeth Baldwin]

Do you get frequent bladder infections?

Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android 
 
  On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 3:51 PM, Greg wrote:Thats more 
than I drink in 3 days.
 And never water, I hate water. Coffee, Tea coke, juice.
 I try and dink more than coffee, tea, but anything cold goes to my bones and 
makes me freeze.
 Greg
 
 On 5/27/2018 10:14 AM, Jim Lubin wrote:
  
  I never feel thirsty either. I drink fluids on a schedule (sort of). One full 
8 oz glass of water with my pills 4 times a day. A protein drink, 11 oz, in the 
morning. A 16 oz bottle of water with each meal, lunch and dinner. A glass of 
water with Metamucil in the afternoon.   
 On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 7:49 PM, Greg  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
   
  
  
 
   

Re: [QUAD-L] Drinking Enough

[Lori Michaelson]

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  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

Re: [QUAD-L] Drinking Enough

[Greg]

Thats more than I drink in 3 days.
And never water, I hate water. Coffee, Tea coke, juice.
I try and dink more than coffee, tea, but anything cold goes to my bones 
and makes me freeze.

Greg

On 5/27/2018 10:14 AM, Jim Lubin wrote:
I never feel thirsty either. I drink fluids on a schedule (sort of). 
One full 8 oz glass of water with my pills 4 times a day. A 
protein drink, 11 oz, in the morning. A 16 oz bottle of water with 
each meal, lunch and dinner. A glass of water with Metamucil in the 
afternoon.


On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 7:49 PM, Greg > 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

Re: [QUAD-L] Drinking Enough

[Amy Elizabeth Baldwin]

I have to make myself drink enough water and stay off drinking too much Dr. 
Pepper!

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  On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 10:34 PM, Paul Jacobson wrote:  
  I hate drinking water but I do drink 6 16.7 oz. bottles/day (102 oz/day). I 
drink each one in about 15 – 30 seconds to get it over with.  It does help a 
lot. Paul c5/6 54 yr old From: Greg Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2018 7:49 PMTo: 
quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] Drinking Enough 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
  

Re: [QUAD-L] Drinking Enough

[Eric Olson]

Ditto here.  I'm rarely ever thirsty either.  Maybe the lack of physical
exertion has something to do with it.

On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 12:14 PM, Jim Lubin  wrote:

> I never feel thirsty either. I drink fluids on a schedule (sort of). One
> full 8 oz glass of water with my pills 4 times a day. A protein drink, 11
> oz, in the morning. A 16 oz bottle of water with each meal, lunch and
> dinner. A glass of water with Metamucil in the afternoon.
>
> On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 7:49 PM, Greg  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
>>
>
>

Re: [QUAD-L] Drinking Enough

[Jim Lubin]

I never feel thirsty either. I drink fluids on a schedule (sort of). One
full 8 oz glass of water with my pills 4 times a day. A protein drink, 11
oz, in the morning. A 16 oz bottle of water with each meal, lunch and
dinner. A glass of water with Metamucil in the afternoon.

On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 7:49 PM, Greg  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
>

Re: [QUAD-L] Drinking Enough

[Paul Jacobson]

I hate drinking water but I do drink 6 16.7 oz. bottles/day (102 oz/day). I 
drink each one 
in about 15 – 30 seconds to get it over with.  It does help a lot.

Paul c5/6 54 yr old

From: Greg 
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2018 7:49 PM
To: quad-list@eskimo.com 
Subject: [QUAD-L] Drinking Enough

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