dehydrated, stomach flu

i havent felt like drinking my fluids lately...for the past five days ive sipped on water and crystal lite. maybe getting in 12 oz a day if i was lucky... this evening i was feeling terrible. headache, pouch was tender, thirsty as i could be. so i went to the hospital. i was so dehydrated they had to stick me 8 times to get an iv in. three times to get any blood from a vein. i had three bags of iv fluids, some Zofran for nausea and vomiting...some morphine and tordol (damn good stuff). overall im asking all *****ad this to Please Please Please drink your fluids everyday as much as you can stand. on the brighter side i had lost down to 376. down 54 pounds since 12/17/04. now i feel lots better. lissa 430-12/16/04 395-1/12/05 376-1/24/05

Hi Lissa Ewwwwwww sorry you've been sick like that and got dehydrated... I know the feeling of that and being dehydrated is no fun for sure... I was like that for the first 2 weeks after surgery because I just didn't wanna eat or drink at first... It was a rough patch for sure! I still have problems getting fluids in me thru the day but am getting a little better with that now... Trying to carry a water bottle with me at all times... I started back to classes this week at the college so I am hoping the exercise and drinking more will kick me into gear again... I've been sitting around too much but its hard to get out with over a FOOT of snow on the ground and it's still snowing... Anyway I do hope that you are feeling better and have a much easier time getting those fluids in.... Remember to sip, sip, sip and when you don't think you can sip some more!! Listen at me - lol ... I need to take my own advice more often... Good luck hon!!! Chelle In NNY -40 since 12/17/04