The old adage about drinking eight glasses of water that are eight ounces each is somewhat true. It varies person to person, depending on health and activity level.
Apparently the appropriate amount of water for my wife’s health is three gallons per day!
Long time readers have read about my wife’s chronic health condition before. Over the last year, we had done quite a bit of searching and discovered some new research that could help her. Over the past couple of months, my wife has been visiting with the doctor, having tests run, and hoping that this new treatment could help her. Last week we went to the doctor with high hopes that he was going to tell us that she’s ready for this new treatment and that it would work.
We were severely disappointed. It turns out that a pacemaker will not help someone with the type of heart condition that my wife has.
The doctor’s recommendation? Nothing is going to make it go away, but we can mitigate the symptoms. How do we mitigate my wife’s low blood pressure? Eat salt. Lots of salt. Ridiculous amounts of salt. Salt tablets, chips, and hard cheeses. Then drink a heck of a lot of water.
So, here we are, Monday morning of the following week and my wife has asked me to join with her in drinking excessive amounts of water. Three gallons a day. We’re working our way up to it. Today I’m going for 2 gallons.
1 Gallon = 3.78 Liters. That means I’m going to drink seven and a half water bottles by the time I go to bed tonight.
Want to join me?
Thanks Tom. You're right, and the doctor warned us about that. I'm making sure I stay nourished and full of electrolytes. Thanks for the reminder.
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