Water

[Sweet]

My eyes have been really aching for the last few weeks, not just the grafted one so i didn't think it was that. Then i fainted in work a few times and thought ok this is something i need to work out. So i took the advice that work friends kept telling me and drank more. Water NOT alcohol LOL!! It's not that i hate water, it's just that i honestly forget to drink it!!

Yesterday i did REALLY well and managed to make three 500ml bottles of water with a cup of tea, glass of milk and a glass of orange juice! Hehe i'm going to have a fluid chart at this rate as patients do!!!

Anyway today i woke up and this ache has gone and my eyes don't feel as sore as they have been. I guess then that i should keep this up especially as the weather is getting warmer!

But you know ... to most sensible people here, i DIDN'T need to tell you this!!! Hehe, Gareth DON'T even go there on nurses making bad patients!!!

Sweet X x X

[GarethB]

To be honest since chatting to Jannet I have made a real effort to have a glass of water near by and up until the weekend I was managing 2 litres per day.

Saturday was the first day in over a month my lens moved to the wrong place but that was either due to lack of water that day or that I had only one systane dose instead of the normal two befoe putting my lenses in.

Since following Jannets advice, I no longer remove my lenses throughout the day and easily go 12 - 15 hours uninterupted lens wear.

This has been 2 - 3 weeks now. Still need to use Systane twice before putting lenses in, but at night I only use them if my eyes feel tierd which is getting less.

I only count water as fluid intake, coffee milk drinks etc are not included.

Feeling a lot better for it too.

[Sweet]

Yes i think it does make a real difference. Before i started drinking more water i realised that on a 12 hour shift in work i was only having two cups of tea if that and nothing else. Then i would come home but only have one glass of juice, so work friends telling me i always look dehydrated did make sense, and with summer coming there is no hope!

Hehe no sense! LOL!!

Sweet X x X

[jayuk]

I agree! Being hydrated is an extremely important aspect to aiding a healthy body! idealy you want to be taking 1-2 litres per day!

I have a set schedule that I do.....have a 2l bottle of water before 12 at work, then another 2l bottle in the afternoon before I head home.....and I gen hit that 3-4 days a week....

J

[Paul Morgan]

Yes I have a 2 litre bottle of water on my desk which I battle through over the day.

Excellent in my opinion.

Also has the added bonus of making me get up a lot and move away from my screen as I need the loo!!!

[Lynn White]

Bah!!

I am extremely bad at this lol! I often forget to drink as I am busy with patients non stop and it you can't talk to them when downing large quantities of water! I therefore often feel dehydrated and swear up and down to mend my ways.

I think there is no hope!

[GarethB]

Lynn,

If I manage to meet up with you, I will try and remember a big bottle of water for you

[Sweet]

LOL! There is no hope with me either. Didn't do well today, barely made 300mls and my eyes don't like me much either. Am off to get a glass (or two ...) of water! LOL!!

Sweet X x X

[GarethB]

Sweet,

I think you need the fear of your collegues shoving your head down the loo until you start behaving as a nurse should

[Sweet]

LMAO!!! No they are threatening to cannulate me and give me IV fluids. Hehe now that is enough to make John pass out so i hope he doesn't read this!! LMAO!!!!

Sweet X x X