27 Apr 2018
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supaguy
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Dehydration. Don't do what I do, do what I tell you!

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Don't do what I do, do what I tell you!Hi All!Mack has requested that I write something on this topic … so here goes.Back in early 2009, I didn't need advice from hypochondriacs, the health-conscious sandal-wearing, vitamin-popping people.  In those days, I didn't just know a little … I knew it all.When you are reasonable ok and you're not in pain it's the easiest thing in the world to be arrogantly smug.  I had the T-shirt and the badge to put on it.  I had just been promoted.  I had the suit, the tie and a big company car with a 2 litre engine.

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MacKintosh

1 Jan 2014 01:56 pm

Maybe your humor is well-aged, too. WinkI've been drinking a lot more water since hearing that story, since I now carry a permanent image of a piece of dried out meat laying on the desert sand.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems. Mohandas Gandhi

supaguy

1 Jan 2014 02:03 pm

Hey ...Now I know where they got that song title from! ....    ....        ????  Yeah: "Mack the kinife!"Mack, your cutting words tear my tender heart apart.  I keep saying here: I got feelings!:-(G

“Don't believe everything you read on the internet.”

―    Abraham Lincoln

MacKintosh

1 Jan 2014 02:12 pm

And here I thought I was being warm.  Fuzzy, even?  Truly it was a compliment.  InnocentOh.I just realized you might think I was equating your humor with dry meat in the desert.  Not the case.  Sorry. (Maybe I should have made those two comments separate posts, so there'd be no confusion. My apologies.)

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems. Mohandas Gandhi

Sarah

1 Jan 2014 02:09 pm

After this excellent piece of writing you still don’t wash your doxy down with lots of water?  I despair of you! Frown.................SarahA Journey through Light and Shadow 

Completed Stratton/Wheldon regime for aggressive secondary progressive MS in June 2007, after four years, three of which intermittent.   Still improving bit by bit and no relapses since finishing treatment.

supaguy

1 Jan 2014 02:19 pm

Core ...You sound so like a teacher, Sarah.Yeah, the doxy stays down ok ... but it's plugged down with lots of food.  I figure that when it hits the stomach, so long as there's plenty mulch and maybe a mug of tea, that'll do.Is that ok, Miss?  lolG

“Don't believe everything you read on the internet.”

―    Abraham Lincoln

supaguy

1 Jan 2014 02:29 pm

I am actually a tough old peice of meat and all of my comments are meant to be taken with a pinch of salt ... my humour is never to be taken too serriously or to heart.  I always say "If you can't laugh then why live?"  My feigned offence is all for a laugh and nothing more.G

“Don't believe everything you read on the internet.”

―    Abraham Lincoln

HealthyGirl

1 Jan 2014 02:39 pm

HI Supaguy,I am sure that you are right and I am sure that I need to drink more water.  There is a constant battle about water inside my head.  One part is telling me to drink more and the other cautions me not to because my bladder is weak and my legs might not get me to a bathroom on time.    

supaguy

1 Jan 2014 02:45 pm

Hi HGMy logic subconciously for not drink enough water is that I drive many miles a day and using my car seat as a loo is not an attractive option.  It's never come to that and never will ... but it is that aspect that, I'm sure, restricts our water intake.How about a New Year's Resolution that we will drink 2 litres a day of spring water?G 

“Don't believe everything you read on the internet.”

―    Abraham Lincoln

Arttile

1 Jan 2014 03:55 pm

Well, Healthy, we really have that in common! (It's much easier if you can just unzip your fly. Ahem!) But, while reading Supaguy's post, I did reach for the bottle of water I keep on the table next to me. 

PPMS-misdiagnosed 2001-diagnosed 2006. Probably caught cpn in birth canal but it didn't pass BBB until my 40s. Minocycline 7 mos.- resulting bronchitis 5 months.Go to private m.d. out-of-plan. Wheldon CAP 3/2/07 Stopped 12/12; resumed 12/13

HealthyGirl

1 Jan 2014 04:14 pm

Hi there,Yes it is a man's world in many ways!I am putting in a powder room on my main floor this January (crossed fingers due to a busy contractor).  Once that is in place I will attempt the 2 liter challenge -- but it will take some time to work up to that amount.

supaguy

1 Jan 2014 04:31 pm

Click the link whilst you read the rest of the post:https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/93138310/James%20Brown-This%20is%20a%20mans%20world..mp3Many women seem to cling to the misconception that a man can just "Go" anywhere in this world.  In France and places like that, this maybe so ... but in the civilised world, this is certainly not the case.If you were to ask Charles Stratton or any other chap that you might look up to ... ask "Do you use the loo or do you go just where you stand?"  I think that they'd be unlikely to dignify your question with an answer.We are all in the same boat on this matter; our gender matters not.G

“Don't believe everything you read on the internet.”

―    Abraham Lincoln

Sarah

1 Jan 2014 05:20 pm

I have never drunk 2 litres of water a day, except when cyclimg round France with the natives!!..........Sarah

Completed Stratton/Wheldon regime for aggressive secondary progressive MS in June 2007, after four years, three of which intermittent.   Still improving bit by bit and no relapses since finishing treatment.

shilston

1 Jan 2014 08:05 pm

I keep a 1.25 litre bottle of water beside the chair I watch the telly in, if it is not empty after dinner then I know I have not drunk enough that day and so proceed to empty it ASAP so I am not getting up all nightSmile.  I found having a bottle, the easiest way to see how much I am drinking.  I also drink around 3 cups of tea a day so get over 2 litres in total a day.  2 pulses ago I discovered if I drank a lot of water i hardly had any nausia, so that is what i try to do during and for a few days after a pulse. This will be TMI for some, but as i am typing I need to go but am able to ignore it for a few minutes to finish this message.  That is how much my bladder has improved Smile. Ok MUST go now.

MS Diagnosed 07/03/05, copaxone Jan 2011 to Jan 2013, started doxy 13/10/12, started roxy 06/11/12, increased doxy 28/11/12. first metro pulse 01/01/13. Tini Dec 2014. Fampyra,B12,Vit C,Vit D3,Vit E,Vit K2, NAC,ALA,AcetylL-Carnitine,Fish oil,

Arttile

1 Jan 2014 10:32 pm

The point is that men, once they have arrived at the toilet, needn't turn around and undress.

PPMS-misdiagnosed 2001-diagnosed 2006. Probably caught cpn in birth canal but it didn't pass BBB until my 40s. Minocycline 7 mos.- resulting bronchitis 5 months.Go to private m.d. out-of-plan. Wheldon CAP 3/2/07 Stopped 12/12; resumed 12/13

liltiger

10 Sep 2014 12:37 am

Women have the same option... well almost.... Google sheweeThey are pretty good - used it while filming ski DVDs HOWEVER - I discovered on a canoeing trip that they don't work well if you stand uphill... not enough pressure builds to get fluid uphill direction before body connection leaks Surprised   As someone never ceases to remind me...my excuse it was HIM that said 'no don't go over there just here is fine ... as I headed to the place I'd used earlier...So face flat or downhill - then they work well and you don't need to get all undressed

Started NAC Sept'14... 100mg Doxy Dec'14...  Roxi 13Dec '14 Supplements...

 

Sarah

2 Jan 2014 01:50 pm

Or drop their mobile phones down the loo accidentally because they are holding it in their mouth!........................SarahA Journey through Light and Shadow 

Completed Stratton/Wheldon regime for aggressive secondary progressive MS in June 2007, after four years, three of which intermittent.   Still improving bit by bit and no relapses since finishing treatment.

Sarah

2 Jan 2014 01:31 pm

“Core ...You sound so like a teacher, Sarah.”Funny thing but when I was six I used to teach all the young neighbourhood children to read and write.  I had a little blackboard and used to use that.  Strangely they used to listen to me, so maybe somewhere I lost my vocation!........................SarahA Journey through Light and Shadow

Completed Stratton/Wheldon regime for aggressive secondary progressive MS in June 2007, after four years, three of which intermittent.   Still improving bit by bit and no relapses since finishing treatment.

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