The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

wondercollie

Do you have Gatoraide in the UK?  It's a sportsdrink and great for replacing lost electrolytes.

euronorris

I've never seen gatorade here, but we have isotonic drinks. Alternatively, you can get sports rehydration effervescent tablets. Plonk into water, let it dissolve and you're good to go.

It's a good prep for even just colds tbh. Your body will be using a lot of water for snot and phlegm (bleurgh, I know), and if your nose is blocked and you subsequently breathe through your mouth a lot, you can lose quite a bit of water that way.

On a side note, I have added aspirin to my preps and intend to always carry a couple tablets with me in case I ever come across someone have a suspected heart attack. And did you know that lucozade is no longer the best option for someone with low blood sugar, since the sugar tax came in? I hadn't realised that. They now suggest 3 jelly babies, but I'm not carrying those around all the time lol. No point trying to keep some on the house either as husband inhales jelly babies! 😂

wondercollie

Gatoraide is our go to for anyone feeling sick.  Great when the trots hit and the cold and flu season.  It even is available in powder form but the bottles are easiest.
Now, Jelly Babies?  Can't keep them in stock.  My sons are both in the military and bring home the glucose sweets from their ration packs for emergencies.

daz378

Arm still slowly healing....still doing exercises ...which don't  hurt as much....putting socks on still hurts...opening a window  ( handle and push )  made me curse quite loudly  with pain....although can carry limited weight with it....doctor  on Thursday  promised me  a 2 week  texted sick note....still not received    so technically  will be on unauthorized leave from tomorrow..hopefully work will understand......stay safe

ivyleaf

I hope the sick note arrives today, Daz. Can you chase it up?  It's good that the exercises are becoming less painful to do, shows that there's healing happening 

DigForVictory

Pondering how to carry 3 jelly babies.& thinking may hunt NATO glucose sweets on ebay. As even a tube of dextrosol can disappear if livestock so inclined.

daz378

ivyleaf said:

I hope the sick note arrives today, Daz. Can you chase it up?  It's good that the exercises are becoming less painful to do, shows that there's healing happening 

I have been chasing it up...they promise to send it , but doesn't happen...will rry again soon

RAS

euronorris said:

I've never seen gatorade here, but we have isotonic drinks. Alternatively, you can get sports rehydration effervescent tablets. Plonk into water, let it dissolve and you're good to go.

A basic solution is 6 teaspoons sugar, and half a teaspoon of salt dissolved in 1 litre of water,  That's 5 cups of rehydration fluid.

I recall that some of the  medical survivors of ebola in Nigeria commented that flavouring fluid made it easier to drink the quantities they required.

Lots of money to be made by carbonating the solution though.

daz378

Couldn't get through on phone    appointments full....thankfully was able to request online... received  few minutes ago    nearly 6 weeks  by next week   ...just grateful  get a decent wage on the sick....stay safe

Thriftygifty

Has something been deleted, were we on page 13? I'm probably wrong, its been on of those days!