Old geezer (and other) medical stuff

[mexisv]

Originally Posted by Uno

PT yesterday. He had me stretch out my arm and pushed on trigger points on my shoulder blade to wake up nerve endings. It felt like he was holding a lit cigar to my skin. Afterwards I could move my arm/shouler much better. PT works, but it sure hurts.

You better hope that works! Because with my knee stretching didn't work. The next step is electrical shock! Now if that isn't fun.....NOT! Then the dang muscles were not only awake....they were MAD!

[Rissask]

Originally Posted by Uno

Didn't see it/read it, or whatever the case may be.

You should really do yourself a big favor and make sure your wife reads it.

Although you might want to wait for your back to get better first.

[roni]

Saturday evening

BP normal

Blood glucose normal

Part my efforts, part modern pharmacology

[robinandmark]

Originally Posted by Uno

Didn't see it/read it, or whatever the case may be.

Best seller trashy novel. Think bodice-ripper romance novel with kinky sex. Not exactly great literature. It's one of those "Why am I reading this?" books that you can't put down.

[roni]

BP 127 over 80

Glucose 113

Not bad

[TAPPY]

Red and white counts are still pretty low...
Trying to get these numbers up so I can have my "birthday surgery" in July.
Believe it or not I am looking forward to that even though I know it is not a walk in the park.

Everything else is stable !
I have short short short hair now ! and lots of eyelashes !
Rebound !

modern pharmacology is a good thing !

[MikeW]

BP 142 over 92 - SOB
HR 76 - Okay

gah.

[roni]

Originally Posted by MikeW

BP 142 over 92 - SOB
HR 76 - Okay

gah.

Take more medicines
Works for me

[BonnyW]

Originally Posted by TAPPY

Red and white counts are still pretty low...
Trying to get these numbers up so I can have my "birthday surgery" in July.
Believe it or not I am looking forward to that even though I know it is not a walk in the park.

Everything else is stable !
I have short short short hair now ! and lots of eyelashes !
Rebound !

modern pharmacology is a good thing !

Yay Tammy
The natural way to do that is to go to an altitude of over 5K feet for a couple of days :-)...

Originally Posted by roni

Take more medicines
Works for me

Yep, time for MikeW to make another appointment.

[roni]

Originally Posted by BonnyW

Yay Tammy
The natural way to do that is to go to an altitude of over 5K feet for a couple of days :-)...

Yep, time for MikeW to make another appointment.

How has his potassium level been?

[BonnyW]

BP120/68 and HR 55
Not bad for over 50yo and 4 cups of coffee

[BonnyW]

Originally Posted by roni

How has his potassium level been?

So far normal. Hopefully Dr. K will run a chem 22, lipid panel on him...

How is yours?

[roni]

Originally Posted by BonnyW

So far normal. Hopefully Dr. K will run a chem 22, lipid panel on him...

How is yours?

I have been taking potassium supplements for a long time. A couple of years ago the dosage was increased, and this year it was increased again, which is what put my doctor onto thinking about hyperaldosteronism, though the endocrinologist tells me that can occur without the common lowering of potassium levels.

So, in a couple of weeks I will have a test done, and if the infusion of two liters of saline solution does not have a significant impact on my aldosterone level and the aldosterone renin ratio, then it is onto a CT scan to look for one or more adrenal adenoma or bilateral hyperplasia.

From what I read this is a disease of adulthood, with most cases happening in the 4th to 6th decades of life.

Medscape: Medscape Access

Here is the good news, if that is what mine is:

Adrenocortical carcinomas that are purely aldosterone-secreting are exceedingly rare and are usually large at the time of diagnosis. Unilateral adrenocortical hyperplasia is a rare occurrence.

I like the words exceedingly rare close to the word carcinoma

[BonnyW]

Originally Posted by roni

I have been taking potassium supplements for a long time. A couple of years ago the dosage was increased, and this year it was increased again, which is what put my doctor onto thinking about hyperaldosteronism, though the endocrinologist tells me that can occur without the common lowering of potassium levels.

So, in a couple of weeks I will have a test done, and if the infusion of two liters of saline solution does not have a significant impact on my aldosterone level and the aldosterone renin ratio, then it is onto a CT scan to look for one or more adrenal adenoma or bilateral hyperplasia.

From what I read this is a disease of adulthood, with most cases happening in the 4th to 6th decades of life.

Medscape: Medscape Access

Here is the good news, if that is what mine is:



I like the words exceedingly rare close to the word carcinoma

Me too
There is a more common genetic component related to hyperaldosteronism, and that is much more common than the hyperplasia or adenoma/carcinoma. You have probably seen THIS article.

[roni]

Got the saline suppression test results.

They were inconclusive.

Back to the endocrinologist