Three days of total liquid. Any suggestions? I am drinking as much water as I can, but worry about electrolytes.
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Coconut water, chicken broth (the canned kind is full of good sodium), jello and rice water (cook the rice in double the water and drink the thick starchy fluid...it helps to bind things in there...you can add either salt or sugar and cinnamon to it)...when you are feeling better you can eat the rice.
If you get dizzy (which you probably are anyway) up your sodium intake (try mixing a pinch of salt, a tsp of honey and a few drops of lemon juice in with a jug of water...it can be drunk the whole time...helps to fight off dehydration.
Stay warm, use a heating pad on your lower back and get some rest.
Sharon
Thanks, Sharon. I've taken your food advice and that seems to help. Yesterday, I began to feel a bit better and thought I was on the mend. Today, back to *#!~. I called my j-pouch doc and he wants a c-diff test today. Hopefully, my regular doc will do that, otherwise I have to drive clear into Seattle feeling like this. I'm just glad this happened on Spring Break - I'm a teacher- so I don't have to miss work and worry about what the kids are doing or not doing.
Have you tried any pepto bismal? I swear I just got over the flu and for awhile there I really didn't want anymore water so I just drank whatever i could gulp down in mass so when water got boring I drank coke and it really didn't seem to give me any excessive D Where as I tried some vitamin water and that went right through me.
Also, if you have any of those Vietnamese pho noodle shops around I suggest getting some somehow or another, those are perfect for being sick.