Donni, its SO good to read you! I left all social media. Have never been happier.
You ARE the number one DS success story. I talk about you to my husband. You have been thru so much, with such an attitude. I admire your strength so much.
I support you contacting Dr K. And Diana is so correct with her math, as always. Yes, some absorption can come back for some of us. And Prozac makes me gain. As does Wellbutrin. And one other I cannot remember that was hell getting off of.
You are a very smart lady. Do what you need to do. I support you. Be happy.
I've calmed down a fair bit lol. I finally realized what brought on this panic.
So I had some suspected kidney issues in March. I had been put on Wellbutrin, Topamax, Prozac, Lisinopril and HCTZ (a water pill). Welllllll, lol, I ended up in the ER with low potassium and high something else. It was a mess because the ER staff kept telling me I was having an allergic reaction and no matter how much I argued, NOPE, allergic reaction! They gave me fluids and I felt better within an hour. They took bloods and then released me with a prescription for prednisone and hydroxyzine. I didn't take it lol as I was 100% sure this was not an allergic reaction.
3 days later they left me a voicemail about some concerning labs and that's when I discovered my potassium had dropped to 2.5....no wonder the IV fluids made me feel better! I had arterial blood drawn and the MOFO's kept missing...so I had it done FOUR TIMES....not fun. 1 star. Do not recommend! The results were hell interesting though lol. As in, I had to learn how to interpret different labs.
My Dr then referred me to Nephrologists who did all sorts of tests. 2, 24 hour Urine tests. Everything turned out to be ok with my kidneys, but my BP is out of control. This DR is European. Why does that matter??? Because Europeans are the WORST when it comes to hating fat people. ugh. I saw her twice and she was so bad, when we left, mike said 'god, what a bitch!'. Indeed dear, indeed. This attitude is what I survived in the UK for 11.5 years. Her report basically said MORBID OBESITY (in all caps) was the cause of my swelling, high BP and funky potassium issues.
I put it behind me, thinking I'd never have to deal with her again. I quit topamax, wellbutrin and HCTZ. My BP was STILL out of control. I went to the DR last week and even on the top dose of Lisinopril, it was 153/101. I quit prozac and the progestin I was on. I freaked the hell out and begged for a small dose of HCTZ with a script for potassium. Then she said she wanted to send me back to the Nephrologist. The evil European!
Well....tears came...the C word flew out of my mouth. I sobbed. I have to see this fat shaming asshole again. Her practice is the only one available to me and when we (my Dr is kinda a badass) asked if I could see someone else...their response was 'She is an established patient and cannot change providers'. I kinda lost it.
I didn't put two and two together (Evil European Bitch and my OMG my DS is broken freak out) until someone on FB mentioned something about medical people asking 'Did WLS work????'. So yeah.
I've got other issues DS-wise that I'd love to have Dr K figure out so I'm still 100% needing to see him and I'm in a privileged position with insurance to do so.
Thanks for all the support
