RE: Diarrhea- Jolene

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Well hope my suggestions help some. How old are your children? I have two

batches. LOL the three oldest were born in 62,63 and 65 - then we took a

break and last two were born in 71 and 75. Believe me the one born in 71 was

a whole new ball game.. LOL.

Sure hope you get over that cold soon. I drink a lot of tea with honey when

I have a cold, though don't know what honey will do for the diarrhea..

Course a nice hot toddy (whiskey, water and honey) will do the trick and you

should sleep good too. LOL..

Hope the little ones will be okay soon too. Poor babies. I had a lot of ear

aches when I was little.. Mom rocked me to sleep many a night.. My kids had

them too but not so bad. Somewhere along the way I read an article that some

doctor said that using nasal spray back then it was some children's brand

neosynephrine I think (it comes in different strengths) and now days the

saline nasal spray.. Using it will prevent the ear infections. So I always

kept some nasal spray handy. It seemed to make a difference. ..

Take care. Jolene

RE: Diarrhea- Jolene

Hi Jolene

thank you for the suggestions...

I wonder why the iced tea works? Perhaps the tannic acid - since there is

still caffeine... I will try to switch from coffee to that - has to be hot

tea right now due to the horrible cold and sinus infection I am trying to

fight off. I am even sitting up in the middle of the night drinking

camomile tea to try to stop coughing - this is a tough one - got it from

the kids.

I have always utilized the BRAT diet too - or whatever soft foods they can

tolerate to get the kids eating again - unfortunately - I am still going

through all of that toddler stuff since my husband and I started over again

- have a 4 and 5 year old and currently 4 infected ears between them! Yes

at my age.. sigh. They are the joy of my life though - diarrhea, ear

infections and all.

Well have a beautiful day, look forward to hearing from you again soon.

Pat

Jolene Ehret wrote:

Pat

No I didn't have the colostomy or illeostomy.. Lucky I guess. But had one

awful attack of diarrhea during chemo when wbc and potassium were way low.

It was miserable. I never did get depends but borrowed granddaughters pads,

and put towels under me. I took Imodium and finally it helped. So far have

been okay but do notice if I go overboard on veggies that I have to be

careful - it will surprise me. Since I am off chemo have more trouble with

constipation. I drink a lot of water, almost no soda. some ice tea when I

make it (always caffeinated). Why drink it if I can't get my caffeine. I

don't over due the caffeine but feel it does give me some boost throughout

the day. I drink really weak instant coffee and is warmish to cold (not

iced)..

I am surprised that docs are not supporting the BRAT as much any more

especially how worried they are that child will dehydrate so fast. Why

subject a child to numerous bouts of diarrhea? That make no sense, their

poor little butts would be so sore.. No I couldn't do that. As my children

grew up I treated them the way my mom treated me, and with common sense. I

seldom took them to the doc unless they had fevers. It was such a pain to go

to military hospitals when they were little.

Well I sure hope that you can find a happy medium with food and elimination

so it is easier to live with.

I know how miserable I was when I had diarrhea. Take care Jolene

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