Re: Off Spiro and blood pressure has remained low!

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In a message dated 5/1/05 11:05:09 PM, spirlhelix@... writes:

Hi, Dr. Grim

You forgot a couple of steps.

Read it, buy it, eat it, fight off two teenage boys

who won't let fresh fruit stay in the house for more

than 24 hours.  Buy more, watch it disappear before

you can eat it. . . .buy more, sigh.

If I had the money, I would invest in an orchard.

Warmly,

Pam

I would be pleasantly surpized if teenagers ate the DASH diet-keep buying it is my recommendation. It will be the best investment in their future you can make-except keeping them from smoking. Remember, fatty streaks, the precusros of heart and vascular disease have been laid down by the early teens.

CE Grim, MD

[Guest guest]

Hi, Dr. Grim

You forgot a couple of steps.

Read it, buy it, eat it, fight off two teenage boys

who won't let fresh fruit stay in the house for more

than 24 hours. Buy more, watch it disappear before

you can eat it. . . .buy more, sigh.

If I had the money, I would invest in an orchard.

Warmly,

Pam

--- lowerbp2@... wrote:

>

> In a message dated 5/1/05 8:23:04 AM,

> spirlhelix@... writes:

>

>

> > I'm just now starting to be cautious of the Na

> content

> > in breads and baked goods.  I haven't come up with

> > alternatives for them yet, though.  So that may be

> > something to work on to make progress toward the

> DASH

> > diet in the long run.  

> >

>

>

> The DASH book lists exactly what you need to eat for

> the 14 day challange

> diet so it should be easy. Read it and eat it. How

> hard can that be? Well not

> easy but think it as if you are playing the big game

> called you bet your

> life.

>

>

>

> CE Grim, MD

>

" I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing, than to teach ten thousand stars

how not to dance. "

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[Guest guest]

Hi, Dr. Grim

You forgot a couple of steps.

Read it, buy it, eat it, fight off two teenage boys

who won't let fresh fruit stay in the house for more

than 24 hours. Buy more, watch it disappear before

you can eat it. . . .buy more, sigh.

If I had the money, I would invest in an orchard.

Warmly,

Pam

--- lowerbp2@... wrote:

>

> In a message dated 5/1/05 8:23:04 AM,

> spirlhelix@... writes:

>

>

> > I'm just now starting to be cautious of the Na

> content

> > in breads and baked goods.  I haven't come up with

> > alternatives for them yet, though.  So that may be

> > something to work on to make progress toward the

> DASH

> > diet in the long run.  

> >

>

>

> The DASH book lists exactly what you need to eat for

> the 14 day challange

> diet so it should be easy. Read it and eat it. How

> hard can that be? Well not

> easy but think it as if you are playing the big game

> called you bet your

> life.

>

>

>

> CE Grim, MD

>

" I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing, than to teach ten thousand stars

how not to dance. "

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[Guest guest]

I'm not pregnant yet. We're waiting to start trying until we figure

this out (plus my husband is on a drug that might cause birth

defects, so we're waiting to hear more about that issue too).

> Pregnancy should help to keep your pressure normal if you don't

have any complications. I guess the hormones react to the

aldosterone and lowers it. I had/have PA and my pressure was

completely normal during pregnancy. 3 days after delivery each time

it started to go back up. good luck.

> Off Spiro and blood pressure has

remained low!

>

>

> I went off spironolactone on March 6 (to prep for getting

pregnant and

> going onto a safe blood pressure med)and my bp has remained low

ever

> since (~117/76). I saw my endocrinologist a week ago. She

took at

> blood sample to test my K levels. If my potassium is ok, then

she's

> going to test my renin and aldo levels.

>

> When I was originally diagnosed, my bp was as high as 150/115.

My

> potassium levels were never very low, just slightly less than

normal.

> My renin and aldosterone levels were off, but I don't remember

the

> numbers. A MRI didn't show any tumors on either adrenal gland

(now I

> know a CAT scan is better).

>

> I'd love to think that I healed myself, but I'm not sure what's

going

> on. Let me know if you have any theories. I'll fill you in on

the

> renin/aldosterone test when I get the results.

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I was on sprionolactone for 4-5 years before I stopped. I hope I am

a success story, but I'm waiting to get the blood work back.

> I went off spironolactone on March 6 (to prep for getting pregnant

and

> going onto a safe blood pressure med)and my bp has remained low

ever

> since (~117/76). I saw my endocrinologist a week ago. She took

at

> blood sample to test my K levels. If my potassium is ok, then

she's

> going to test my renin and aldo levels.

>

> When I was originally diagnosed, my bp was as high as 150/115. My

> potassium levels were never very low, just slightly less than

normal.

> My renin and aldosterone levels were off, but I don't remember the

> numbers. A MRI didn't show any tumors on either adrenal gland

(now I

> know a CAT scan is better).

>

> I'd love to think that I healed myself, but I'm not sure what's

going

> on. Let me know if you have any theories. I'll fill you in on the

> renin/aldosterone test when I get the results.

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

>

>

>

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>

[Guest guest]

Healing self from PA.

If you feel PAs right the BP will be much better and may be able hold HTN at bay by diet.

CE Grim, MD