There are quite a few of us ileos out here.
A common denominator is dehydration among us.
It sucks practically peeing out of your bag—mostly liquid.
But there is hope, my friend.
You are only "3 months old" as you stated with it.
A lot of things are going on in that body. One of them is, "Where's my intestine, dammit?"
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You will be alright here among us.
To be on that hemodialysis is serious stuff. I'm not familiar with that. Sorry...
But like Sun mentioned, that ORS is important to us. I'm on Liquid I.V.
After 2 bouts of hospital visits due to dehydration.
There are stages of dehydration.
Blood pressure becomes affected.
Chronic kidney disease will develop.
Staying hydrated and eating what matters most is the new norm.
Do you know if you are short-gutted? Meaning a portion of your small intestine has been removed? Find out. Because if so, that's the culprit of high output.
There is a member that's gonna chime in and send you an entire do and don't list. Wait for it.
Three-fourths of it won't apply to you, but it's a decent list of what worked or didn't work for him.
The mantra here is "no 2 people are the same. That goes for injury, diet, healing."
Welcome.
I will be back to check on you.
In the meantime, I hear the welcome wagon approaching with lots of info.
Sit tight. The new year will be looking better for you.
