Re: Re: A newbee and looking for help- Bernetta

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Tell ur dr u need to know what is normal say for age gender race at least nTiped sad Send form miiPhone ;-)May your pressure be low!CE Grim MDSpecializing in DifficultHypertension

Some labs don't give ranges on there. Yes I have been on HC for 3 yrs. Yes I see a doc to get my meds.

-- Re: A newbee and looking for help- Bernetta

Do you have the lab ranges. Also was the Aldo and renin from same blood sample.

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> > Hi, I am new to the group but have been a long time going to doc after doc

> and including Shands hospital from Oct - April. I have a adrenal tumor and

> high blood pressure. I am up all night going to the bathroom, I have low

> potassium and take RX potassium. But my aldosterone is low. I have all the

> low potassium symptoms. If your aldosteron is low then it's not Conn's

> right? That is what I have gotten from reading all the post here. Is this

> correct? My doc has put me on Florinef and I can barely stand to take a 1/4

> of a pill they make me loose more potassium and feel really sick. He said he

> think I have a mineralcortico problem from low aldosteron making me loose

> potassium. Does that make since? Thanks, Bernetta

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If it tastes like licorice it must have the real flavor. If it tastes like red candy then it prob does not. CE Grim Are you talking Red or Black Licorice? I've been on a red (strawberry) binge lately. I didn't think the red stuff was "real" licorice.> >> >> >> > You need to post your test results, with normal bands.> >> >> >> > Val> >> >> >> >> >> > From: hyperaldosteronism [mailto:hyperaldosteronism > > ] On Behalf Of Bernetta Elliott> >> >> > Hi, I am new to the group but have been a long time going to doc > > after doc and including Shands hospital from Oct - April. I have a > > adrenal tumor and high blood pressure. I am up all night going to > > the bathroom, I have low potassium and take RX potassium. But my > > aldosterone is low. I have all the low potassium symptoms. If your > > aldosteron is low then it's not Conn's right? That is what I have > > gotten from reading all the post here. Is this correct? My doc has > > put me on Florinef and I can barely stand to take a 1/4 of a pill > > they make me loose more potassium and feel really sick. He said he > > think I have amineralcortico problem from low aldosteron making me > > loose potassium. Does that make since? Thanks, Bernetta> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>

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Someone is wrong. CE Grim MDOn Jul 27, 2010, at 2:12 PM, Francis Bill SUSPECTED PA wrote:They are telling her she isn't making any cortisol. She is taking Hyrocortisone for this. > > >> > >> > >> > > You need to post your test results, with normal bands.> > >> > > Val> > >> > >> > > From: hyperaldosteronism > > > [mailto:hyperaldosteronism ] On Behalf Of Bernetta > > Elliott> > >> > > Hi, I am new to the group but have been a long time going to doc > > after doc> > > and including Shands hospital from Oct - April. I have a adrenal > > tumor and> > > high blood pressure. I am up all night going to the bathroom, I > > have low> > > potassium and take RX potassium. But my aldosterone is low. I have > > all the> > > low potassium symptoms. If your aldosteron is low then it's not > > Conn's> > > right? That is what I have gotten from reading all the post here. > > Is this> > > correct? My doc has put me on Florinef and I can barely stand to > > take a 1/4> > > of a pill they make me loose more potassium and feel really sick. > > He said he> > > think I have a mineralcortico problem from low aldosteron making > > me loose> > > potassium. Does that make since? Thanks, Bernetta> > >> >> >> >> >> > ------------------------------------> >> >