Hi Donnadear,
Many of us face the “to clot or to bleed” issue, I’m afraid! My mom recently had her third ischemic stroke, and when they started the blood thinners again, she had a brain bleed. Yikes.I’m back on Diamox again, and trying to figure out why I went so many years without needing it, then needed it, then didn’t need it, and now I need it again! I guess we’re not easy patients, huh? As far as IV fluids, I think every case is different. I like to look at EVERYTHING as we try to figure out how to return to homeostasis. For my kids and I, hydrocephalus was such a problem that even salty foods increased our hydrocephalus symptoms. Florinef put me over the edge, and I imagine the top of my head would likely blow off with an IV. Ha. No, that’s not true. I had an IV of saline recently to flush out the CT dye, and didn’t notice any difference. 😉