Could I be dehydrated??? Need help
I always appreciate the diplomacy inherent in treating other adults as children.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
Now,now children. I am new to the support sight and have been discouraged by some of the apparent 'bickering' to downright rudeness that some contributors volley back and forth. Surely people can express their opinions without having to worry about being attacked. Even if a person is right, there is a diplomatic way and an ignorant way to respond. Lets try a little diplomacy!
love it when someone who has been around two weeks tries to be q forum nanny. Forum nannies never last long.
Since you are new,I will just let you know that this is a public forum. Anyone can post what ever and however they like ,as Lon's it doesn't violate TOS.
No one needs your permission or your Nanny advice.
Just so you know, her opinion matters & so does yours, along with everyone else on here. I think you're letting your past experience in the hospital cloud your judgement just a bit. Stay on topic, the op was worried that she might be getting dehydrated & wanted some advice. The word is might. The thing about the E.R was only if there was no possible way to get in fluids, the op doesn't state that, only that her throat is really sore, hence the suggestions to get in those fluids, by any means necessary.
I don't know why you brought up the comments about being Navajo. It has nothing to do with the newbie vs vet statements. This isn't a newbie vs vet conversation.
No one surgery is better than the other, what works for one may not work for another. T-Rebel
on 12/1/15 9:08 am
To clarify; I am an American Indian (Navajo) and I've traced my lineage to the 1500's in Santa Fe N.M., and was in the United States Marine Corps from 1983 until 1987.
Who is the "newbie" and who is the "vet" again? Mine only count in providing the freedom you lived under for years and not towards screwing my weight up before you did?
on 12/1/15 10:50 am, edited 12/1/15 8:17 am - WI
Thank You for your service to this country, Gary, but your military service is irrelevant to this discussion. I am a 29 year "veteran" of weight loss surgery (VBG in 1986 and revised to RNY in 2010). When you've walked this life for that long you learn a thing or two. You are new to WLS making you a "newbie". I can trace my lineage back to the 1100's in Ireland. Does that make me any more knowledgeable about health related things?
ERs are for emergencies. While dehydration is dangerous, having a cold and a sore throat does not mean you stop drinking your fluids. On the contrary, We are to drink EVEN MORE than we usually do when we have a flu or cold virus. Dehydration is easily fixed by DRINKING. The advise to "suck it up and DRINK" is spot on. Unless there is a physical reason why the OP can not swallow water, there is no reason she can give that makes sense as to why she is dehydrated. We have to take care of our own health. She knows she's required to drink at least 64 ounces daily (I drink 120 ounces just to feel good) and is choosing to not do it. It may hurt to swallow, but that is not a reason to stop drinking.
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To clarify; I am an American Indian (Navajo) and I've traced my lineage to the 1500's in Santa Fe N.M., and was in the United States Marine Corps from 1983 until 1987.
Who is the "newbie" and who is the "vet" again? Mine only count in providing the freedom you lived under for years and not towards screwing my weight up before you did?
And what does you being Navajo and in the Marines have anything to do with this thread?
Because my father was a Marine and he fought in WWII and the Korean War.
My husband is a Blackfoot and on my mothers side our lineage has been traced and confirmed to Roger Williams.
All of this has nothing to do with the fact that the OP is dehydrated and should not have waited for her urine to turn dark before asking for help.
Gary first of all, I salute your service. I have a tremendous amount of respect for those who have served, but like others have stated, that doesn't pertain to this topic, that doesn't make you all knowing grand poobah. You may have had a bad experience that ended up in a 3 day hospital stay, that doesn't mean that is similar to her situation. She should increase her fluid intake and make an appointment for her doctor for evaluation. ER's aren't there for someone to come in screaming their urine is dark, please help me. When others mention vets here in relation to WLS, they are meaning those who have had been on the WLS journey for a while and I am sure you know that, to imply that the only vet that matters is you tells me that you have a chip on your shoulder and more than likely didn't cut it in the Marines and got out as soon as your enlistment was up. Before you jump all over me, I grew up in a military family, my dad was a Marine and an MP at that, my great uncle landed at Normandy and yes he survived it, I wanted to serve after high school but due to bad knees I was medically disqualified, took the asvab and went all the way through meps before I was turned down, actually it's one of my biggest regrets that I didn't get to serve, but I figured I would mention that to you before you jump on me assuming I don't know what I am talking about.
on 12/4/15 6:08 am
I will not jump on you for sharing your opinion. I have privately given my apology to the person I was arguing with, and she graciously accepted. It happens in life sometimes that two persons do not agree. Most adults eventually work it out, and all that remains is the ghost of an argument left for any who happen upon it.
But, honestly, once you share your opinion on our conversation, you cannot set the qualifier that no one else is allowed their opinion on your opinion. Because now anyone who does not like what you've said can now comment on that. That's important to remember.
Good luck in your journey.