Re: To Carol from ... was.. - Edema??

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Carol, If anything I drink too much water. I push between 1/2 gallon

to a whole gallon a day. Anything to get the swelling under

control. Coffee doesn't help at all anymore...it used to send me

straight to the bathroom. posted a thing on parsley tea and

all that does is clean out the other end...if you get my meaning. I

hit bathrooms about 2 to 4 hours after I take my water pill, then the

water starts staying inside even though I'm still drinking. There

were a few days that the pills didn't work at all and I kick started

them the next day by doubling the dosage...bad I know, but it

worked. Maybe my pill dosage is too low. I'm only on 20 mg. of

Lasix a day.

> a/Carol,

>

> The internal medicine doc I see put me on diuretics more than

a week

> ago. I have pitting edema in my shins. She doesn't believe

that my

> kidneys are at fault, but I do the tests for it tomorrow

anyway.

> Even the water pills don't help much. They work for about 2

hours

> and then I start building up even more water. The pitting

hasn't

> gone away...but doesn't cover as much area as it did before

the

> medicine. I don't eat a lot of salt or salty foods. I've

retained

> water off and on for years, but the pitting in my shins

started when

> my lupus really kicked into gear last spring. I gave up on

any anti-

> inflammories until they get an answer as to what is

happening.

> Actually some days morphine would be nice but for now it's

heating

> pads and warm baths. The doc thinks I'm just one of those

people

> that build up water, only I've talked to a lot of people with

lupus

> that have the same problem. I'm lucky though...mine doesn't

effect

> my feet yet. Just arms, hands, knees and shins mostly. If

you come

> up with a solution let me know.

>

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