Backing incident. Utterly sick with myself.

If it's not blood, it'll probably be sugar next time. I know Panther screened for sugar in their physicals. I've been through two companies who check that.

 

Blood is usually a sign of kidney damage.

 

I believe it. I have heard that diet sodas play he11 with kidneys. I'm sure the sugar would too since it has to go through there to be eliminated.

 

Or massive dehydration. Marathon runners get "athletic renal failure" from lack of hydration while the body is breaking down reserves for energy. This happened to me when I climbed Denali. Three weeks on the mountain I got flown to Talkeetna then driven by ambulance to Anchorage. My urine sample looked like Guinness. I lost 18 lbs in three weeks.

No permanent damage. The doctor explained that the 4 liters of water I was drinking in an arid environment, while hyper breathing at altitude, was not nearly enough.

They put me in IV's and 24 hours later I checked out 10 lbs heavier.

 

Did you get to see anything besides the top of the mountain?

 

It's not the sugar. Soda pops aren't designed to hydrate you, to quench your thirst, they are designed to want you to drink more. They do that by adding massive amounts of salt. The more salt they add the more sugar or other sweetener they can add. Their goal is to get you to drink more and get more thirsty. Mountain Dew is one of the worst things you can drink.

 

High sugar and protein levels due to diabetes wreaks havoc on the kidneys. When I was diagnosed as type 2, my nephrologist told me I had some damage but I caught it early enough to make a difference.

Does this guy have to whizz all the time?

 

I don't know. He's been off my radar since he flaked in January. He's blocked out of my phone, too. Although, I did find out later that it was just an excuse to bail. He had the company give him a bunch of money in T-cheks before he split and they were interested in getting that money back.

 

My guess he's leaving whizz jugs all over the place.