Re: Off my last cardiac meds!

November 27, 2004

Yay!!! I'm so happy for you girl!!!

Chelle

November 27, 2004

Kat,

It will only continue to get better day after day. You and the rest

of us here are going to live a long long time. We have alot of

trouble to get into. LOL

Hugs,

>

> I want to celebrate one last triumph. I had to resume taking Lasix

> and Potassium because of chronic lower extremity edema. We had

taken

> me off of it post surgery, but when my weight loss stalled at 2.5

> months, and my legs began to pit with edema we realized that even

> with the weight loss I had up to that point, it wasn't enough to

> relieve the stress on my heart and I needed to continue with the

> diuretics. Ive fought edema ever since. drinking over 100oz of

water

> a day has made my system fight to keep the water out of my feet and

> going through my kidneys. On the last hospitalization, I was

> depleted of fluids..dehydrated on admission and my labs all screwy.

> We stopped the lasix and K+ and they gave me 150cc an hour for a

> week. NO FLUID IN MY FEET! Ive since been off of it without any

> returning of swelling in my ankles and feet. I feel its pretty much

> safe to bet Im off them for good. 2 more meds gone! Now all I take

> is bentyl for my IBS, and prevacid...other then that its my

> supplements.

>

> For a woman who expected to be dead or severly disabled by 50...I

> feel very blessed. I am looking forward to my next echocardiogram

to

> see if it has helped my aortic insufficiency also. All I know is, I

> feel very blessed right now.

>

> Kat

> Lap RNY Drs. Rabkin San Francisco

> 4/6/04

> 300/256/160/160

November 28, 2004

Kat

Congrats and more on your fantastic news!

>

> I want to celebrate one last triumph. I had to resume taking Lasix

> and Potassium because of chronic lower extremity edema. We had

taken me off of it post surgery, but when my weight loss stalled at

2.5 months, and my legs began to pit with edema we realized that even