Sat, Jan-29-05, 08:08
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Senior Member
Posts: 1,271
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Plan: original 72 Atkins
Stats: 201/177/142
BF:44/44/25
Progress: 41%
Location: Northern Virginia
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Thanks, Doreen.
My rheumatologist had said it was part of my fibro; so now I am wondering how much other stuff she is wrong about.!!!
The doctor yesterday did a lot of tests as well as an EKG (sugar, thyroid, kidneys, liver, blood somethings). He really seemed to know his stuff. I have come to realize, that if you get a doctor who really has a niche in a particular area, you have a great doctor for that problem. I guess I just got lucky!
He seemed to believe that there is an underlying problem causing the extreme fluid retention and that is what he is trying to uncover. Even low carb doesn't seem to stop it during the night. And he also wants to make sure that my heart hasn't suffered any damage; because theoretically every time this happened (which is a lot in the past five years) my blood pressure was way up.
This morning I am already much better. My head/eye ache is just in my right side and very mild compared to yesterday. My blood pressure is much improved too!
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