Drastic Times, Drastic Measures

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Hi, All

I hope everyone has had a great holiday!

I've been away for a while. According to all test

results, I don't have aldosteronism, so when my blood

pressure went up again, I just got discouraged about

the prospect of finding medical answers. I still

think I have some secondary form of hypertension,

since my blood pressure is quite variable and can

actually be pretty low from time to time.

Then I get the spikes. Sometimes they do worse than

spike and go on for weeks or months.

The premise is that there is sodium in my diet which

causes fluid retention, etc.

Therefore, I have been on a fast from both medications

and food for the last few days, starting January 1. I

expect to fast at least a week longer with the goal of

seeing if my blood pressure eventually goes down. I

am tapering off caffeine slowly (tea) because I

understand withdrawal can cause a rebound spike in

blood pressure.

Here are the results of my efforts so far:

January 1: fresh fruit only

BP: 234/140

I think my blood pressure may have been a little too

high for the machine to register properly (it only

goes up to 240).

January 2: clear fruit juice, tea, and water only

BP: 210/119

January 3: same as above

BP: 201/100

Today I am starting on water only. I don't have a

scale and don't weigh myself everyday. I did go to

the local pharmacy last night and found that I have

lost 4 lbs. so far. I am looking for some sort of a

drop indicating loss of retained water. So far, I

think the 4 lbs. loss is probably just a lack of solid

food in my diet and (sorry to be so graphic) little

left in my colon!

Wishing you all well,

Warmly,

Pam

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

how not to dance. "

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