Woman dies not weeing

[Naomi]

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/water-binge-contestant-dead/2007/01/14/1168709603699.html
:O soooo not worth it!

[mummyof3babes]

That's sad.

[Sonnie]

That is terrible, I did not know that that could happen to anyone.

[unicornlight]

OMGoodness.. never knew that could happen.. though there is no WAY with my weaknesses I'd be able to hold on at all. What a horrible thing to happen.
:(

:meow:
Kat

[Heather]

Yup.......no way I would win.
Terrible thing to have happened......... her poor kids.

[Leigh]

How irresponsbile of them to run such a competition..there have been a few cases of this in the news over the last few years. I can see them in for a rather large law suit.

Poor woman, and her children..so sad :(

[Teeka]

what a sad story.

[Kjoy]

me thinks after a decent sized lawsuit that radio station wont be operating for much longer.

[sandydee]

:yes: sad story alright:headh:

[Akeema]

Wow.. bet they wont be doing that again..

[Denise]

Oh thats just terrrible

What a bizzare competition

Very sad for her family:(

[Mad Old Cow]

that would never happen to me i would just WEE myself

[GINAinLA]

Def not worth the Wii, maybe the PS3..................

She should have worn a huge diaper and gone in that.

[djmastermum]

Did anyone else hear anything about the woman who died from driking too much water in a radio competition? That is all that I know about it???

[Naomi]

Merging this post with the thread in news, about this issue.

[djmastermum]

Merging this post with the thread in news, about this issue.

Thanks :)

That really is so tragic ;(

[Heather]

Years ago, when Ecstasy first became available to the youth at dance parties, there was a wide held belief that drinking large amounts of water stopped bad side effcts. A teenager died and it was discovered that her organs literally drowned due to the large volume of water consumed.
Look I think that the radio station had the right to hold this competition but they should have been more responsible, sought medical opinions first and had drink off's ( with enforced beaks) to find a winner.

[CarolineBreck]

How sad! You would think she would have known something was wrong...

[michelle_72]

A number of people have been fired from the radio station due to this incident including three of the djs who featured on the programme at the time.

[~CJJHRA~]

Years ago, when Ecstasy first became available to the youth at dance parties, there was a wide held belief that drinking large amounts of water stopped bad side effcts. A teenager died and it was discovered that her organs literally drowned due to the large volume of water consumed.


I have heard that, but I thought that was due to the drug also, didnt know it could happen otherwise

poor lady, poor kids

[Barbara]

OMG that is so bizzare and so sad :(

[Stormy]

Drinking lots of water reduces the salts in your blood that your body needs to survive. Too much, you die. Too little, you die. It is a fairly finely tuned balance regulated by your kidneys. If you don't urinate, the bladder just can't hold any more and it will back up into your kidneys...big problem. Also when you eventually do wee, especially if it is a large volume, you can go into shock from the sudden loss.

You would think that the radio station would have sought medical opinion before holding such a ridiculous contest. :blink:

[tashag2805]

Thats so sad ...what a silly thing to lose your life over, her poor family must be devastated

[Heather]

Ladies..surely we can now get our minds out of the toilet (pun intended) 24 posts should be enough to sympathise.

[Rhonda]

very sad

[missiegold]

You would think that the radio station would have sought medical opinion before holding such a ridiculous contest.
Exactly.

[Akeema]

I think the saddest thing about this whole thing is that it could have been prevented by giving the contestants a "Sports" Drink such as Powerade or the like to keep the electolyte balance correct.. such a simple thing really..

[Netta]

When I saw this thread title I couldn't go past it, I didn't know it was possible. How tragic.