5/10/10 - making gd progress.. water..

tried self urine yesterday n today..
chemo effect slowly subside since yesterday..
appetite slowly come back..
mood also better..
chest will suddenly have burning sensation..
body suddenly v hot..
also my gum abit pain..
duno due to chemo or heaty or wisdom tooth...
brush at least 3 times a day...
chemo makes my mouth weird feeling..
like very thick..
tired but cant unable to fall sleep..
weird mind..

walking will aid my muslces ard bladder recover, so walked round n round abit at home..

yesterday self urine measuring result is good..
try again today..
seems gd too till now..
if everything ok at end of the day, tmr i can remove the urine tube!

acutally abit scared..
on 1 hand i wana remove urine tube fast..
this sat-wed, MIL go overseas..
i wish to go ah ma hse stay, so no need to eat outside food for 5 days x 2 meals.
not v gd for me while still under chemo effect..
so the WANT to remove tube is high..

mixed feeling..
although my measuring result is gd..
i do use abit/some force to push urine out...
n i set alarm to go urine every 1-1.5hr
i scared over-exert my bladder cos some "force" is used..

doc say i shd not face difficulty in urine..
but i duno force abit is it consider got difficulty..
i scared after remove tube i got problem..

but i analyse, after remove tube..
-i can walk more, which will help improve muscles ard bladder..
-i need to set alarm to remind myself to go urine every 2 hrs??
(but during normal times, i dun go urine every 2 hrs.. we only go when got sensation.. which means when bladder is full) so this is 1 problem im scared of.. now i fix a time to go urine.. i have wana urine feeling.. but duno accurate or not..
-wat if im sleeping? i realise my urine bag is super super full (ard 700-800cc) when wake up in morning..
does tat mean tat i need to set alarm to go urine in wee hrs? i think im gona do tat for a start..
-definitely can go out walk walk like normal ppl liao..

so i think i'll still go ahead to remove tube.. even though i need to use some force to remove tube..

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went online n saw this..
things tat i didnt knew before..
take a look..
its gd for ur health..

importance of water..

-As soon as you wake up, drink one to four eight-ounce glasses of room-temperature or slightly heated water through a straw. If you drink water from a glass or a bottle, you consume mostly air and feel bloated from all the air in your stomach. When you drink through a straw, you consume 95 percent water. You can drink four times as much before you feel full.


-Add two teaspoons of freshly squeezed lemon or lime juice to your water three times a day: upon rising, mid-afternoon, and in your final water intake in the evening. The juice will help alkalize your body and neutralize acids created from digesting certain foods or normal cellular metabolism.


-One-half hour before each of your three meals drink one to two, eight-ounce glasses of water through a straw. If you do not have enough water in your stomach, digestion is impaired. Also, if the blood becomes too thick after eating because of lack of water, the blood will try to draw water from the cells. Water intake should precede food intake by half an hour. (Unfortunately, coffee, soft drinks, beer and regular tea do not count as daily water needs. Fruit and veggie juices do!)


-Never drink while you are eating. The liquid flushes through the stomach quickly into the small intestine. It will dilute and drain some of the digestive juices out of the stomach. This spells stress, as the body must secrete more digestive enzymes. If you continue to consume liquid while you eat, your body’s signals get confused. The stomach says, “Quick, there are no enzymes. Secrete more,” The body says, “What’s wrong? Just sent some!”


-Wait at least two hours after any meal, especially supper, to consume your last water of the evening. Fresh fruit juices or vegetable juices count as a glass of water, as do unsweetened herbal teas.

-Wherever you go, carry a full water container with a secure lid and a straw. Get into the habit of continually drinking from your container throughout the day to stay pre-hydrated. If you consume lots of water-rich fresh fruits and vegetables, they will easily provide you with two or three eight-ounce glasses