40y F, 12/15/10 Robotic Assisted Laproscopic Adrenalectomy

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I'm now 15 days post op and feeling better every day. I'm going back to work on

January 3, thank goodness.

My question is for anyone else who has had an adrenalectomy. I struggled with

mild HTN and low K for 10 years. About a week after the surgery my nephrologist

cut down my K dose from 100 meq to 50 meq daily and said she wanted to leave the

Spiro and Spiro/HCTZ dose (75mg daily and 25/25 daily) alone for now. Today

(12/30) after 1 week on 50 meq K my potassium is down to 3.8 from 4.4 on 12/23

(still on 100 meq).

My night trips to the bathroom are down to no more than one, which is awesome.

I haven't had any palpitations, muscle cramps or muscle fatigue since the

surgery. All that is, of course, encouraging. I keep telling myself that my

body was out of whack for at least 10 years and it will probably take a while

for my system to adjust....but I'm still discouraged with my potassium level and

still being on the meds. I will tell you that before the surgery, on my 100

meq/day, my average K level was 3.6-4.0 at the most. Also, my blood pressure is

great, running around 110/75.

Can anyone who has been through an adrenalectomy give me input on this? I know

everyone is different but it would be nice to have some idea of how others did

after surgery.

Thanks so much!

Juli