Spiky Bugger
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So...I've got a bit of cardiac blockage...50% on one side, 60% on the other. IMHO, my most bothersome symptom (other than how it adds to the COPD problem) is edema...mostly pedal edema, but I can feel that breathing is a TINY BIT more difficult when I skip diuretics, like in the morning when we have to take a lengthy car ride...or if I need to NOT have to pee during a 45-minute MRI...or like that.
Anyway, because I have other kidney/bladder issues, stones and interstitial cystitis, taking the diuretics often causes pain, frequently disabling, drug-up-and-spend-the-day-on-the-couch-watching-Leave-it-to-Beaver -and-Perry-Mason-reruns pain. I explained to the cardio that I really enjoy the positive effects of diuretics, but my bladder seems to resent holding urine. I get severe spasms. (Uro says there's nothing he can do to fix that.) Now I take as little as possible, and, per her (the cardio's) directions, I take my Vitamin V, aka Vicodin, about 45 minutes before the diuretics. Ususally, it works...swelling and the numbers on the scale go down, I can walk longer without taking a break, and I don't need maternity pants. (This, of course, throws me into the Seniors Who Are Overdrugged On Vicodin/Norco Crowd.)
But lately, I think this routine is causing dehydration. I feel kind of pooped, I think there is less urine output than there should be (frequency and urgency are increased, but output seems DEcreased) and this afternoon, I experiencd a REALLY BAD Charley Horse in the groin area.
I take potassium with the demadex (a cousin of lasix). Today, Mr Sue poured me some Gatorade on the rocks and handed me a banana. Will you science-y folks suggest what kind of magnesium is supposed to be used in this situation...and any other ideas you might have?
I know that urine output should be closer to "straw" than "amber," but we ain't there yet.
TIA
So...I've got a bit of cardiac blockage...50% on one side, 60% on the other. IMHO, my most bothersome symptom (other than how it adds to the COPD problem) is edema...mostly pedal edema, but I can feel that breathing is a TINY BIT more difficult when I skip diuretics, like in the morning when we have to take a lengthy car ride...or if I need to NOT have to pee during a 45-minute MRI...or like that.
Anyway, because I have other kidney/bladder issues, stones and interstitial cystitis, taking the diuretics often causes pain, frequently disabling, drug-up-and-spend-the-day-on-the-couch-watching-Leave-it-to-Beaver -and-Perry-Mason-reruns pain. I explained to the cardio that I really enjoy the positive effects of diuretics, but my bladder seems to resent holding urine. I get severe spasms. (Uro says there's nothing he can do to fix that.) Now I take as little as possible, and, per her (the cardio's) directions, I take my Vitamin V, aka Vicodin, about 45 minutes before the diuretics. Ususally, it works...swelling and the numbers on the scale go down, I can walk longer without taking a break, and I don't need maternity pants. (This, of course, throws me into the Seniors Who Are Overdrugged On Vicodin/Norco Crowd.)
But lately, I think this routine is causing dehydration. I feel kind of pooped, I think there is less urine output than there should be (frequency and urgency are increased, but output seems DEcreased) and this afternoon, I experiencd a REALLY BAD Charley Horse in the groin area.
I take potassium with the demadex (a cousin of lasix). Today, Mr Sue poured me some Gatorade on the rocks and handed me a banana. Will you science-y folks suggest what kind of magnesium is supposed to be used in this situation...and any other ideas you might have?
I know that urine output should be closer to "straw" than "amber," but we ain't there yet.
TIA