tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238486842498982260.post8807264002863412782..comments2023-10-09T05:54:38.670-07:00Comments on The Journey to a New Me: Water IntoxicationLovebug6100http://www.blogger.com/profile/00487818142891851511noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238486842498982260.post-75695783285633454182008-02-05T04:25:00.000-08:002008-02-05T04:25:00.000-08:00Thanks for your answer!! I talked to the docs wher...Thanks for your answer!! I talked to the docs where I work (I work in a dialysis clinic) and they weren't concerned. I do have hyperfiltering kidneys though so I don't want to freak them out. But there's a lot of me so I doubt I'd become unbalanced that quickly...and after the first day of drinking that sick amount of water, I don't use the bathroom as much! Cranberry juice is awesome too!!Lovebug6100https://www.blogger.com/profile/00487818142891851511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238486842498982260.post-25309233796197787082008-02-04T18:24:00.000-08:002008-02-04T18:24:00.000-08:00I can tell you this: right before I moved to Flori...I can tell you this: right before I moved to Florida, I was getting back to back bladder infections for a little over a year. I am allergic to the antibiotic most commonly perscribed & the ones they were using were not working. the infection would go away & then come back two weeks after I finished the meds. They kept bringing out more & more potent drugs. Finally they wrote a perscription for one that had side effects of compromised equilibrium & strange dreams -- in other words *neurological* side effects. I freaked. Another doctor at the practice had just taken over my file when my regular doctor went on maternity leave. He suggested something more homeopathic: drink an 8oz glass of pure unsweetened cranberry juice every morning & a lot of water all day long to flush my system. He had me drinking 100-120oz of water a day. It worked. I kicked the infection & have not gotten another since. I still drink the cranberry juice & water all day long. Probably 80-90oz now though, unless I feel the slightest indication that an infection could be coming on. 120oz made for many many trips to the bathroom but I never suffered adversely from that amount.~**Dawn**~https://www.blogger.com/profile/06179560051128719637noreply@blogger.com