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      I was caring for someone on a thickened liquids restriction and it is… awful. So many great things are made not great by thickening.

      • @mojo_raisin
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        38 months ago

        Oh this real? I assumed it was AI. Excuse me while I vomit profusely.

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          People who have survived things like a stroke might have trouble swallowing liquids without choking, so you have to thicken them.

          ETA; I think memory care patients go that way towards the end, too, like Alzheimer’s.

          • @mojo_raisin
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            28 months ago

            Interesting, thanks, I was wondering.

    • Resol van Lemmy
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      48 months ago

      Isn’t that just heavy water (D2O) chemically? Wouldn’t that kill you if you consume too much of it?

      Am I deserving of downvotes?

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          Hopefully they filter it themselves or have well water clean enough to drink. But that does seem like a tap water type of response, lol.

          I think the message they’re trying to convey is that plastic is bad for the environment and bottled water is one of the biggest contributers.

      • @[email protected]
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        Well, lucky you, because you can buy the powder and add it to any water.

        Also, yes, fuck bottled water.