Weird Symptoms

[Guest guest]

Here's a strange one -- is it possible to be retaining water and dehydrated

simultaneously?

I don't feel like I'm putting out nearly what I'm putting in. I mean not even

close. I'm feeling sort of puffy. BUT, when I do the skin-pinch test that I was

taught to do, the skin on the back of my hands stands straight up and stays

there for a few seconds, which indicates I'm dehydrated, right?

I've had enough water intake to float a boat today, (lost count of how many

times I've refilled the bottle) plus 32 ounces of decaf coffee, and 20 ounces of

diet soda. But, unlike most days when I'm excusing myself from the room every 20

minutes to run the the ladies loo, today I've hardly gone at all, and it's very

concentrated.

Any ideas? Would one of you nursing types like to offer an opnion?

Don't tell me to go to my doctor -- I don't have one, and I don't have

insurance. Self-cure is the only option unless I am unconscious and someone

carts me off.

~~ Lyn G

[Guest guest]

Here's a strange one -- is it possible to be retaining water and dehydrated

simultaneously?

I don't feel like I'm putting out nearly what I'm putting in. I mean not even

close. I'm feeling sort of puffy. BUT, when I do the skin-pinch test that I was

taught to do, the skin on the back of my hands stands straight up and stays

there for a few seconds, which indicates I'm dehydrated, right?

I've had enough water intake to float a boat today, (lost count of how many

times I've refilled the bottle) plus 32 ounces of decaf coffee, and 20 ounces of

diet soda. But, unlike most days when I'm excusing myself from the room every 20

minutes to run the the ladies loo, today I've hardly gone at all, and it's very

concentrated.

Any ideas? Would one of you nursing types like to offer an opnion?

Don't tell me to go to my doctor -- I don't have one, and I don't have

insurance. Self-cure is the only option unless I am unconscious and someone

carts me off.

~~ Lyn G