Jshereetaylor
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Hey guys!
It has been a while since I have been on here. I have been suffering quite a bit and wanted some opinions from all of you. I had my VSG to Ds revision the end of April. For the most part I have done well with it. However since about July I started to have lower extremity swelling. It has kept on and become worse. I saw my pcp. She put me on Lasix and potassium. It still continued, I went back and they doubled that. They drew labs and told me my protein was just a point low so they thought it was due to malnutrition and protein deficiency. I have been taking in probably around 100 grams of protein every day. I am pretty much sick of protein shakes and chicken breasts. But, I am persistent. They told me the next step would be cardiology. She also said that some women who are relatively healthy get "idiopathic edema" and if that is the case there is nothing that can be done about it. It is now causing a rash on my lower legs (this is new and started yesterday) and I am concerned it may be stasis dermatitis. I am gonna ask for the cardiacconsult. But, my question is has anyone else encountered this? I am 36 years old. It stinks that I feel like I can not do almost anything with my family. And I have a very busy family.. cheer, dance, volleyball, softball, football, band,baseball, basketball, track, theater, etc. I want to be able to enjoy all of these things and I still do but I always pay for it..
On another side note I was in such pain in my abdomen and finally started vomiting that I went back to my pcp and am being treated for H pylori. Could this swelling be related to this?
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
It has been a while since I have been on here. I have been suffering quite a bit and wanted some opinions from all of you. I had my VSG to Ds revision the end of April. For the most part I have done well with it. However since about July I started to have lower extremity swelling. It has kept on and become worse. I saw my pcp. She put me on Lasix and potassium. It still continued, I went back and they doubled that. They drew labs and told me my protein was just a point low so they thought it was due to malnutrition and protein deficiency. I have been taking in probably around 100 grams of protein every day. I am pretty much sick of protein shakes and chicken breasts. But, I am persistent. They told me the next step would be cardiology. She also said that some women who are relatively healthy get "idiopathic edema" and if that is the case there is nothing that can be done about it. It is now causing a rash on my lower legs (this is new and started yesterday) and I am concerned it may be stasis dermatitis. I am gonna ask for the cardiacconsult. But, my question is has anyone else encountered this? I am 36 years old. It stinks that I feel like I can not do almost anything with my family. And I have a very busy family.. cheer, dance, volleyball, softball, football, band,baseball, basketball, track, theater, etc. I want to be able to enjoy all of these things and I still do but I always pay for it..
On another side note I was in such pain in my abdomen and finally started vomiting that I went back to my pcp and am being treated for H pylori. Could this swelling be related to this?
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.