Take care - I hope this doesn't take too long to get used to. I know I'd be lost without my half gallon of water and iced tea daily, especially during these triple digit hot summer days.
You know what's weird? I use quite a bit of salt - I even munch on it sometimesI'm not exactly sick, but I had an interesting talk with a specialist today - a nephrologist.He's the same doc that Himself goes to just to monitor his kidneys since he's diabetic, comes from a family of diabetics, and wants to stay as healthy as he can.
Well, apparently my kidneys are OK (in spite of my Dad having cancer in part of one removed, along with half a lung, and along with a tumor on his bladder...in other words, don't smoke!). Instead, my current PCP decided that it's time someone specialized got my low blood sodium levels adjusted.
After decades of avoiding salty foods, not adding salt to most of what I cook, and drinking copious amounts of water...I have to increase my salt intake and reduce the liquids I drink.Unlearning decades of habits. Not gonna be easy. [emoji38]
[emoji38] - and my sodium level is *still* low. I have to take a prescription sodium pill to get it up to normal.
Good luck with your new regimen.
My throat is so used to being bathed in moisture that I ended up with a sore gland on the left side of my throat. I was fine when I got up today, am still fine now...but I wonder if the gland will be barking again tonight. Either way, the doctor did say I should "try" to reduce my liquid consumption. I'm sure I'll be a good enough girl to cut back, but I'm not sure I'll be able to regularly keep the daily total under 50 ounces.
Does that sodium pill let you drink more liquids, GG? By the end of last night I was really missing water and tea.
Maybe, maybe not. Both Himself and I can eat dinner as late as 11 PM, have a bit of fruit a few hours later, head for bed at 4:00 AM (me) or later (Himself), and still fall asleep right away. Nothing malfunctioning during the day, either. We come from long lines of cast iron stomachs.
Maybe, maybe not. Both Himself and I can eat dinner as late as 11 PM, have a bit of fruit a few hours later, head for bed at 4:00 AM (me) or later (Himself), and still fall asleep right away. Nothing malfunctioning during the day, either. We come from long lines of cast iron stomachs.
I get hungry later on at night also. Which has thrown off my eating habit as I used to know it. It leads to me sometimes having vivid dreams.
Surely you should be reducing your liquid intake gradually not all at once. Not good to rush at it like a bull at a gate. Are you sure you understood the doctor because the recommended water intake for an adult is 2 litres (slightly more for an active male) and 50 fluid ounces is less than one and a half litres.Does that sodium pill let you drink more liquids, GG? By the end of last night I was really missing water and tea.
Cheryl, I must easily go through a half gallon of liquid daily. Or is that a half gallon of liquid goes through me?
If by "understanding" you mean did I mention to him that, for me, 45 ounces of liquid (give or take a few) is probably half or less than half of what I drink in a 24-hour period and yet he recommended that I do get it down to 45ish ounces of liquid, why yes, I understood. I rarely sip liquids because I'm thirsty. I just drink away at tea, and coffee, and back to tea (sometimes mixed with juice or lemonade) or water all day and into the evening - when I give up those things and have 5-6 ounces of wine. I've probably averaged at least 100 ounces a day for years - thus managing to liquefy myself into a condition the doctor called "[URL="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hyponatremia/symptoms-causes/syc-20373711]hyponatremia[/URL].
How exciting Dragon... with you and I in the same age group, I must remember a heavy late nite snack.
Heal quickly!
