SUPRMAN said:

Thanks! I will definitely try the lactaid milk, and the goat's milk too. Never tried goat's milk, but some folks say that cheese made out of goat's milk is very good.

obsessed said:

Thanks for the article, that is very interesting. I, too, have heard that drinking too much water can be just as bad as not drinking enough water. This part of the article really jumped out at me:

"He also cited the case of a woman who developed swelling of the brain and died when she drank water continuously and very rapidly for several minutes as part of a contest."

Yikes!

XxAxX said:

I'll bet it does.

psychodelicide said:

yes, ive already had 2 tall 16oz glasses of water.. this weather is no joke.. if i drank soda, i would only be more thirsty

psychodelicide said:

Goats cheese is very nice, its a mild white cheese.

Flowerz said:

Soda does tend to make you more thirsty. Must be the sugar content that does it.

LleeLlee said:

Sounds delicious!

psychodelicide said:

I remember that contest...in fact I think someone in here had a thread
about it when it happened...that's extreme though, of course, cuz none
of us would normally drink water that fast.

This is kinda gross, but once when I needed to have a barium enema
done...the tons of liquid that they make you drink now to clean yourself
out? I got so sick and instead of doing what it is supposed to, I
barfed so much, I dehydrated and had to be put in the hospital for a
day so they could rehydrate me...the doc then told me it was probably
that I'm somehow allergic, or that the amount I had to drink was too
copious, and that may have caused the barfing too.

Anyway, I never did have the stupid medical procedure done...and I've
been afraid to try it since....really silly on my part, I suppose, but
I was so damn sick....I don't ever want to experience that again.

So yes, "Yikes" is right!

obsessed said:

That's true, no one one would normally drink water that fast (thank goodness). I don't blame you for being hesitant to have a barium enema done, if it made you so sick that you wound up being hospitalized for dehydration. I wouldn't want to take the test either. I probably would ask my doctor if there was something else he could do instead.

psychodelicide said:

I have asked...basically they're saying there is no alternative.
They'd put me in the hospital and watch over me every minute from the
beginning to the end. I would do all the drinking right there...

Maybe I could put booze in the bottles! Oh Lord, just kiddin'!

obsessed said:

That's ashame that they can't do anything else for you, besides the barium enema.

psychodelicide said:

The other alternative would be just as bad if not worse...'nuff said...

obsessed said:

Ugh.

psychodelicide said:

Thanks....I'm just bein' a big fraidy cat... lol
I feel kinda silly knowing all the horrible
medical things many other people have to go through.

I'm here, I'm well, and I'm having fun....so shame on me.

obsessed said:

It's okay to be afraid. I was reading about barium enemas on the internet, they don't sound like too much fun.

psychodelicide said:

I had one once several years ago, and although not fun and games(just like
many procedures), it really wasn't that bad...it's the complications that
I get from them now that is the scary part.

I know it's OK to be afraid..I just feel wussy when I am...

obsessed said:

The complications can be as bad as the procedure itself. Don't feel like a wuss, you're not.

psychodelicide said:

obsessed said:

I drink obsurdly large amounts of water

but I have an oversize bladder too...I only pee about twice a day but those 2 times are far more than a trickle

Flavored water is good too, but Im tryng to cut back on the artifical sweetners
I like to have a Propel Fitness water after my workouts

violator said:

ill have to have you over. I dont drink but my partner make excellent martinis. they are sooo strong, but they dont taste like it cause they are made to perfection.

I only drink this, however I am still saving up to buy my first bottle

thekidsgirl said:

Having an oversized bladder definitely comes in handy. The more I drink water, the less I have to pee. I guess your body just needs to get used to it.

horatio said:

Martinis!

ZombieKitten said:

Bling? That's an interesting name.

I have to as its part of my gym bulk up diet. 5-6 pints a day. I mix cordial in with it tho

FunAndJames said:

Bulk up meaning you want to gain weight?

I drink a lot of water after I've eaten something really salty. Other than that, I prefer tea or Coke Zero, something I can taste.

Be careful and don't drink too much water though. That is one the things that helped to kill my mother. She started drinking bottled water and started drinking it by the case. You would think no amount of water could hurt you but she had drank so much she became disoriented. The doctor said that all that water made her sodium too low and it never got back to normal.

vainandy said:

Wow, I'm so sorry to hear about what happened to your mom. How awful!

Thanks. That was just one of the things that contributed. She had a lot of other things wrong with her. She was very overweight (350 lbs.), she had fluid in her legs and when they drained it, she lost 100 pounds (down to 250), she had heart trouble and diabetes also.

I always tell people about drinking excessive amounts of water though because none of my family ever dreamed she was hurting herself when she was doing it. Once she became disoriented from the low sodium which was caused by drinking too much water, her brain would tell her she wasn't hungry and she wouldn't eat. We had to feed her like a baby because she had also forgotten how to eat. Since she wouldn't eat, she wouldn't get well no matter how hard they tried to raise her sodium.