<Dear Vern; As for your dehydration, I can tell you that I have had severe dehydration twice from what the docs told me was gall bladder attack. The second time, the docs wanted to stick an IV in me to rehydrate me and I decided to go
home and rehydrate orally instead. Those were the worst 3 days that I have had in a long while. I can't explain how I felt, but it was just barely human. Anyhow, I bet I was drinking a couple of gallons a day and it still took 3 days to get back to a reasonable normal feeling. Apparently rehydration takes some time if you don't go the IV route.> Vern _____________________________________________________________ IMHO, you show me someone with dehydration, I will show you some one with very low minerals, Iodine, K+, Na+, trace minerals, etc. Vern, when you were feeling awful and drinking all that water, did you think to replace your minerals??? If the electrolytes are imbalanced, you will feel weak, dizzy and awful, because the milieu is imbalanced and the body's normal mechanisms, like heart pumping action and electrical conductivity, O2 exchange in the system, etc, cannot function properly. Lets say you already had low sodium Na+ and Potassium K+. Drinking alot more water, depending upon what type, would actually prolong the dehydration. When Dr.s rehydrate people, they always infuse electrolytes with some sugar water. Along with the electrolytes giving some sugar (dextrose) helps the minerals be reabsorbed more quickly and kick starts the Carbohydrate cycle, which produces the energy for the body to work. I am over summarizing this here to make a point, and I hope I am not offending anyone who really understands the chemistry! Did you ever get a copy of all of your lab work from the Dr? If not, get it! Look at the electrolyte panel and see where your levels were, Na+, K+, Cl- and compare them to the normals that the lab gives. This will be very helpful for you to learn to stay out of those "emergency" situations that we all dread so! Also learning how to keep your levels in balance will make for a lot more healthier and balanced body! God Bless ya, Vern. Please feel free to e-mail the values if you want to discuss them. chc -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
