Adding more salt to my diet?!?

So I had my blood work done for a specialist I see. I'm fortunate that this doctor takes in between labs of what the WLS clinic takes to make sure that I maintain solid levels. I got a call from my family doctor today *****ceived a copy of the results and she told me to cut my water a bit and add in salt because my sodium level was quite low....the receptionist said it was a really weird message to deliver because normally she has to tell people their sodium's too high and to cut back on the salt (and as someone who had high blood pressure before surgery, I also find it funny). LOL

But anywho, my concern is cutting back on the water intake. I get about 2000 to 2400mL fluid a day. I like to make sure that I maintain the high side of recommended fluid intake because I was rehospitalized within a week after surgery for dehydration and am nervous of a repeat event. What do you all think?

Also, how do you add salt back into your diet when your meals are pretty much unprocessed? I know I can season things more, but just looking for suggestions of things to have with a higher salt content that are WLS friendly...

Thanks for any input!
 

Your fluid intake isn't outrageous, so I would personally just add more salt without cutting back on water, and then re-evaluate after your next set of labs. I would encourage you to buy coarse sea salt and a salt grinder as sea salt contains added minerals. Seasoning more sounds excellent, most people actually use very little salt in their own cooking. After taking an intro chef course last year, I realized that more salt in more things makes a lot of stuff taste a lot better (I also do pretty much all my own cooking with little processed food). I season all my meat, fish, veggies, anything I cook in boiling water I add significant salt to, I never skimp on it in baking, etc.

I have no suggestions because I dont use salt since surgery - things already taste really salty to me on their own but I wanted to say that is the most bizarre thing I've ever heard.  Ive never heard of sodium levels being too low.  Didnt know that was possible.

As a nurse  I have seen people  run into issues with low sodium. I would suggest you call back your doc and get the actual numbers. "quite low" can be anything. Cutting back on water is one way to get it back up as you will not be flushing the salt from yur system. I would not suggest waiting until your next blood work.

Maybe ask for more percise ml of fluid the doc suggests and ask when repeat lab will be done.  With the salt restricitons in our diets and the amount of fluid you are drinking you dont want to wash out what you have.

Good luck keep us posted

Thanks for your replies! It all sounds like pretty solid advice. I'll call back to get more specific numbers regarding my sodium levels and what I sould be getting for fluid. Thanks!  

My BP is very low and increasing my salt intake is what I was told to do, my DR recommended popcorn, with salt... I do not eat a ton of it, but maybe a cup a few nights a week.. I still get dizzy spells, but not as bad.

My dad's sodium has been low a few times and his doctor told him to go eat some potato chips.  You could probably use a bit of salt on your food or drink some G2 as part of your liquids each day.

Oh, I've never thought about G2. I'll look into that! Thanks  

During WWII soldiers were given salt-tablets to help alleviate heat exhaustion. The British during the North African battle mandated use or else you were considered to be voluntarily making yourself unavailable to perform your duties and had severe penalities.

Salt-tablets are a quick way to boost you sodium intake.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/salt-tablets.html

my blood pressure is really low, so the doctor at the windsor clinic told me to add more salt to my diet. he suggested that i have some broth throughout the day. but after my 2 weeks on clear fluids, i swore i'd never touch plain broth again in my life!!