Amazing fluid story
- From: "Hard Bop Drums" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 17:13:40 -0700
I just learned a great deal more about water weight, how it feels and how it
looks. About 6 weeks ago I was put on a new blood pressure medication. It
was a beta blocker. I have asthma and beta blockers can cause breathing
problems with people with asthma, but this one was supposed to be more
specific and would not effect the lungs. I started out fine, but they needed
to increase the dosage to get my BP where they wanted it. I started to
slowly gain some weight. I just thought I was eating a bit more and did not
think too much about it. My weight kept creeping up very slowly and my
breathing was getting worse, especially when training legs etc. I just wrote
it off as my asthma acting up and I set up an appointment with my pulmonary
MD. I was up to about 190 and was holding visible water in my ankles, but
was told it was from another med I was taking and that I basically had to
live with it. What I didn't realize was that I had fluid everywhere and that
it actually looked like fat around my entire body. I know my body pretty
well and I thought it was fat. I finally got a hold of my main kidney MD who
had been on a medical leave. I also looked up the medication I was on and
saw that I could have fluid in the lungs and my entire body. They took me
off of the medication and gave me a script for some Lasix. I started on the
Lasix and my weight went from 193 to 170 in 24 hours! I went from looking
like I was gaining a bit of weight to having cross striations across my
triceps, glutes etc.. I never thought fluid could look so much like fat
before. I wish I had taken some photos as the difference in my face was like
night and day too. I guess the moral of the story is to ALWAYS question any
meds you are on and even when you think you know your body, ask questions. I
did legs today and the difference in my breathing was like night and day.
--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche
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