Trying wrote:I realized i wasnt drinking enough and think this had something to do with it. Thank you for all the responses
Nicole/trying
Drinking water is good, but if you are dehydrated, it can take hours before that can provide any relief. Going to an infusion center for a liter of IV fluids will have much quicker impact.
I have worked with my hospital to arrange to get fluids at home, which is easy enough for my husband to do for me or for me to do myself if he is not around. I stay accessed when I disconnect my pump on day 3 and typically will do fluids that day and on day 5, then disconnect. Then I swing by and get myself accessed again maybe day 8 or 9 and keep it in for 3 or 4 days, giving myself another 2 to 3 rounds of fluid depending on how I feel. Then disconnect again on day 11 or 12.
Some centers are more or less liberal about allowing home infusions but even if you have to go into an infusion center, it can make a MAJOR difference in how you feel.