On 1/11/2013 9:03 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Stormin Mormon wrote:

That's got to do strange things for your circulation
and your pulmonary, also.


It relieves the swelling that occurs when I'm not in bed. It also
causes my kidneys to work harder to remove the excess fluid, and several
trips to the bathroom to keep my bladder from escaping during the night.



Have you measured your urine output? My doctor had me keep track of mine
and it averaged 2gal a day. I have a couple of those graduated
urinal bottles that you get at the hospital. Every time Mr. Bladder
woke me up last night it was 500cc/16oz. In 2011 I wound up in the
hospital with pneumonia and after getting home I couldn't seem to get
better then one day I started swelling up. It started in my legs and
crept up to the middle of my abdomen until it looked like I was wearing
clown pants, I also had fluid in my lungs. I called my doctor friend,
told I had tried my roommate's diuretic which had been proscribed for
me before and it helped. I discussed with the doctor what dosages I
needed, he called it in and I started taking a double dose of HCTZ and
Lisinopril which caused me to drop 50lbs in two weeks, over 60lbs in the
month. It was all fluid and my blood pressure dropped so low I was
getting dizzy. My blood pressure tested perfect for a skinny 16 year old
schoolgirl. My BP was so low I had to be careful how fast I stood up. ^_^

TDD