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Not Heidi

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4. Thank you.
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 04:24 PM
Sep 2024

This is a big "I should've thought of that" moment.

My wife drinks 2-4 sugar-free Gatorade, 12 oz bottles per day, and maybe 1-3 cans of Diet Coke or Caffeine-Free Diet Coke per day. She drinks water but only when she's thirsty and has nothing else to hand. I will take your example and begin to track her water intake.

Thank you so much, MLAA. You're good to me to offer your advice.

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I can only help on the dehydration problem. MLAA Sep 2024 #1
Thank you. Not Heidi Sep 2024 #4
Drinking enough water is so important. Lonestarblue Sep 2024 #11
Agree hitting 60 is good and all or mostly water ideal. MLAA Sep 2024 #16
I understand XanaDUer2 Sep 2024 #2
Thank you, XanaDUer2 Not Heidi Sep 2024 #5
He XanaDUer2 Sep 2024 #6
Yipes! Not Heidi Sep 2024 #8
No I refused XanaDUer2 Sep 2024 #10
Hey, friend, I just saw this. Thank you for weighing in. calimary Sep 2024 #3
"We can help each other just by being here, and listening." Not Heidi Sep 2024 #7
You're in the right place XanaDUer2 Sep 2024 #12
I hope you DO stick around. calimary Sep 2024 #14
Amen to this! Lonestarblue Sep 2024 #9
... Clouds Passing Sep 2024 #13
I'm sorry to hear this. Has your wife had her hearing examined? I know that sometimes hearing loss can lead LoisB Sep 2024 #15
Thank you, LoisB. Not Heidi Sep 2024 #23
I sure hope she makes her appointment. Falling is no joke. LoisB Sep 2024 #24
Have you tried a 21-inch toilet? It's ADA compliant. Also, nursing home studies prove that some level of the dementia in2herbs Sep 2024 #17
Hi, in2herbs, Not Heidi Sep 2024 #22
Hi there, the 21 inches is measured from floor to top of toilet rim -- not the toilet seat. Yes, it is tall but if in2herbs Sep 2024 #25
Post removed Post removed Sep 2024 #18
It is and we do. OldBaldy1701E Sep 2024 #19
How are you doing? Nt XanaDUer2 Sep 2024 #20
Oh, just peachy, sweetie. Not Heidi Sep 2024 #21
I know in Canada we have free health care aides who come in applegrove Sep 2024 #26
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