On 5/3/2021 7:13 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Mon, 3 May 2021 18:08:18 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 5/3/2021 10:28 AM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>> On Mon, 3 May 2021 14:50:00 +0100, Janet > wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article >,
>>>> says...
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>>> I missed a few more meals because they were hoping to something that
>>>>>> involved knocking me out. It got to the point that I didn't mind
>>>>>> missing meals because they were so small and so horrible I was not
>>>>>> missing much. Between the lack of food, the missed meals and being
>>>>>> pumped full od diuretics, I dropped more than 20 pounds over the 6 days
>>>>>> I was there.
>>>>>
>>>>> Correct me if I've missed something but spending 6 days in the hospital
>>>>> for serious heart problems and they allowed you to lose more than 20
>>>>> pounds? That doesn't sound like very good health care to me.
>>>>
>>>> That's because you're an ignoramus about human biology,
>>>> Gary. "Diuretics" should have been a clue.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/guide-heart-failure
>>>>
>>>> One of the effects of heart failure is the accumulation
>>>> of huge amounts of excess fluid in many parts of the body.
>>>> Belly, hands. feet ,legs etc fill up with water. Water is
>>>> heavy.
>>>>
>>>> A diuretic is a medication that stimulates the body to
>>>> reverse the process, by making the kidneys work hard so
>>>> you pee more. More pee reduces fluid retention = rapid
>>>> weight loss.
>>>>
>>>> Janet.
>>>
>>> Depends... water weighs about 8.5 pounds per gallon. Actually most
>>> water loss is through perspiration and respiration, it's difficult to
>>> urinate a gallon in a relatively short time.
>>>
>> You've obviously not known someone who was hospitalized for a serious
>> heart condition. Diuretics are prescribed to reduce and prevent fluid
>> build up around the heart (among other places in the body). My SO has
>> to take diuretics. He hates it because they make him have to urinate
>> all the damn time but excess fluid in the pericardium can be extremely
>> dangerous.
>>
>> Jill
>
> That's very different from normal fluid loss. In the case you
> describe he would most likely be connected with a catherter from the
> bladder than normal urination... the urine would be collected,
> measured, and tested. I doubt he'd be peeing into a toilet at will
> and flushing away the evidence.

Evidence of what? Of course he had a catheter when he was in the
hospital. They gave him diuretics. He still is supposed to take them
every few days to prevent more fluid rentention around the heart and his
extremities. You should read up on the subject.

He hates to take them because he has to urinate a lot more frequently.
Well, would you rather take a **** more often or wind up back in the
hospital or dead?

> There are many medical reasons why
> urine is collected, measured, and tested...

Uh huh. Most people don't collect it at home after they've been
released from the hospital.

Jill