Unexpected problems with biking... hydration

I'm having serious trouble staying hydrated with the biking thing. I've been trying, but having difficulty. Last night, I was up much of the night feeling nauseous. I'm pretty sure I was feeling nauseous from dehydration. Yet I felt like if I forced myself to drink anything particularly fast, I might make myself throw up... which would obviously be a big set back in the hydration department. And waiting a few minutes between swallows didn't work too good either... I'd fall asleep in between, and then wake up feeling parched and other wise awful, then have to figure out what was going on, and repeat the whole thing. It made for rather a dreadful night. Additionally, over the weekend, I seem to have been suffering from a simultaneous urinary track infection (dehydration), and a yeast infection (damp underwear), but fortunately both of those have cleared up at this point (either that or it was something else with the symptoms of both). I drove to work today because I think I need to give myself the opportunity to get properly rehydrated before attempting to bike again. Particularly since the last thing I want to do is start off a backpacking trip dehydrated... I have enough trouble with that issue as it is.

I don't think any of this is anything I can't handle... it's just clearly going to take a little more time and effort than I had anticipated. Certainly changing my underwear when I get to work is easy enough. And drinking lots of fluids shouldn't be too hard, it mainly is just going to require forming new habits... and maybe bribing myself with powdered drink mixes the way I do while hiking.

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In the interests of not bringing way too much food, the input of the backpackers is desired below...

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