Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Brett what do you mean say one for you heck we saying a few for ya and have been for a time . drop me a note let me know how your doing you can send it to me at stills_stinks@... or att.net tell take care the redneck Marty ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Brett what do you mean say one for you heck we saying a few for ya and have been for a time . drop me a note let me know how your doing you can send it to me at stills_stinks@... or att.net tell take care the redneck Marty ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Brett what do you mean say one for you heck we saying a few for ya and have been for a time . drop me a note let me know how your doing you can send it to me at stills_stinks@... or att.net tell take care the redneck Marty ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Brett, Consider it done my friend. You will find the strength to get through this. I believe there are reasons for all we are given...though not always obvious...good and bad. God Bless You Always! struggling To all, I have been having a hard time lately dealing with all that has been going on with my life. At times it seems unbearable. So I ask this wonderful group to say a prayer for me to find strength. Thank you, Brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Brett, Consider it done my friend. You will find the strength to get through this. I believe there are reasons for all we are given...though not always obvious...good and bad. God Bless You Always! struggling To all, I have been having a hard time lately dealing with all that has been going on with my life. At times it seems unbearable. So I ask this wonderful group to say a prayer for me to find strength. Thank you, Brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Brett, Consider it done my friend. You will find the strength to get through this. I believe there are reasons for all we are given...though not always obvious...good and bad. God Bless You Always! struggling To all, I have been having a hard time lately dealing with all that has been going on with my life. At times it seems unbearable. So I ask this wonderful group to say a prayer for me to find strength. Thank you, Brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Brett, Hey, my brother and friend! You are in my prayers! I understand what you are going through.....you definitely did the right thing reaching out to us...gutsy move, bro.... Remember, " This too shall pass " ! Love yo my friend! God bless and help and keep you! Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Brett, Hey, my brother and friend! You are in my prayers! I understand what you are going through.....you definitely did the right thing reaching out to us...gutsy move, bro.... Remember, " This too shall pass " ! Love yo my friend! God bless and help and keep you! Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Brett, Hey, my brother and friend! You are in my prayers! I understand what you are going through.....you definitely did the right thing reaching out to us...gutsy move, bro.... Remember, " This too shall pass " ! Love yo my friend! God bless and help and keep you! Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 In a message dated 7/29/2007 8:03:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, steelhead65@... writes: So I ask this wonderful group to say a prayer for me to find strength. Thank you, Brett DONE! ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 In a message dated 7/29/2007 8:03:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, steelhead65@... writes: So I ask this wonderful group to say a prayer for me to find strength. Thank you, Brett DONE! ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 In a message dated 7/29/2007 8:03:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, steelhead65@... writes: So I ask this wonderful group to say a prayer for me to find strength. Thank you, Brett DONE! ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Keep plugging man, I think that is about the only sure thing that works. Will say a few, Kirk. > > To all, I have been having a hard time lately dealing with all that has > been going on with my life. At times it seems unbearable. So I ask this > wonderful group to say a prayer for me to find strength. > > Thank you, Brett > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Keep plugging man, I think that is about the only sure thing that works. Will say a few, Kirk. > > To all, I have been having a hard time lately dealing with all that has > been going on with my life. At times it seems unbearable. So I ask this > wonderful group to say a prayer for me to find strength. > > Thank you, Brett > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Keep plugging man, I think that is about the only sure thing that works. Will say a few, Kirk. > > To all, I have been having a hard time lately dealing with all that has > been going on with my life. At times it seems unbearable. So I ask this > wonderful group to say a prayer for me to find strength. > > Thank you, Brett > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Brett; ya know ya got to keep heading forward even when it feels like your slipping back know your not. just 5 or 10 mins at a time one day at a time .one step at a time . I know been there hated it to thought i was going nuts then found out know i was getting normal I was nuts before it all best thing i can tell ya Go get a line wet and hope for a tug on it def of a fisherman = a jerk on one end waiting for a jerk on the other! fits me to a tea . when I am do not know what to do go fishing is what i do LOL the redneck Marty Stills ; An illness I know to well! To learn about Stills http://www.stillsdisease.org/stills_info To donate http://www.stillsdisease.org/donations ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Brett; ya know ya got to keep heading forward even when it feels like your slipping back know your not. just 5 or 10 mins at a time one day at a time .one step at a time . I know been there hated it to thought i was going nuts then found out know i was getting normal I was nuts before it all best thing i can tell ya Go get a line wet and hope for a tug on it def of a fisherman = a jerk on one end waiting for a jerk on the other! fits me to a tea . when I am do not know what to do go fishing is what i do LOL the redneck Marty Stills ; An illness I know to well! To learn about Stills http://www.stillsdisease.org/stills_info To donate http://www.stillsdisease.org/donations ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Brett; ya know ya got to keep heading forward even when it feels like your slipping back know your not. just 5 or 10 mins at a time one day at a time .one step at a time . I know been there hated it to thought i was going nuts then found out know i was getting normal I was nuts before it all best thing i can tell ya Go get a line wet and hope for a tug on it def of a fisherman = a jerk on one end waiting for a jerk on the other! fits me to a tea . when I am do not know what to do go fishing is what i do LOL the redneck Marty Stills ; An illness I know to well! To learn about Stills http://www.stillsdisease.org/stills_info To donate http://www.stillsdisease.org/donations ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 You know we'll be thinking of you Brett. Houston, Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 You know we'll be thinking of you Brett. Houston, Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Hello all.. I always feel at the end if my rope. Some days much worse than others. The past two days have been miserable. History: Been dealing with pain issues and high BP for the last two years. Pain doc says fibro but I am not a believer. Always had an intuition that something was not running under my hood. BP would fluctuate and was very hard to control. I ignored it for done time until it started giving me headaches and making me feel really bad. Been all over the spectrum with BP meds. What's funny.. Hydrochlorothiazide seemed to work ok but made me ache so bad.. Could not stay on it. They finally did a urine test and it showed proteinuria. I was just going to a local walk in doc on the box. I asked them to ct scan my kidneys. Results showed infection or scarring.. She couldn't tell so she sent me to a kidney specialist. This guy actually looked through my history and ER visits and the first question was.. Do you always have low potassium.. I shrugged .. I told him that a few docs told me to eat bananas. He ordered some blood tests and a 24hr urine test that had some acid in the jug. He put me on potassium and bystolic, losartan and prozasan. It was not working well. He doubled the bystolic and it lowered my BP a bit to a range of 90/140. I was hovering in the 110/160 and some days even higher . Some days it does not matter what I do.. My BP is through the roof. I wake up with it that high. Anyway. Results showed high aldosterone and he said he figured it was that. He sent me for a saline suppression test. I felt pretty good a day or do after the test bit then got so achy I could hardly walk. Then one night I pee'ed so much.. Every hour I was unloading tons of urine.. Then the aches went away?? Weird. I got a copy of my saline suppression and it was 10 ng/dl. The test sheet says its in the normal range. Every peice of literature I read says 5 or lower is good . 10 is suspicious if not for sure hyperaldosteronism ?? What's the cutoff. I see him Monday . I wanna make I don't get over looked. It's been a long road and it's not getting better. Been missing lots of work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 I didn't get to see initial results from 24hr urinalysis. I'll get a copy!! They did blood work as well. He just said the ald was high and next step was saline suppression. He said if that was bad then we would start looking for a growth in the adrenals. I'll see him Monday. I just want to go in with some knowledge . Something Is broken. These are the only tests that have shown anything funky. Thanks for the comments. I'll look into DASHSent from my iPhoneOn Jul 27, 2012, at 5:22 PM, "Francis Bill SUSPECTED PA" <georgewbill@...>wrote: A bHigh Aldo without renin test only says your Aldo is high but doesn't give enough information as to cause. > > Hello all.. I always feel at the end if my rope. Some days much worse than others. The past two days have been miserable. > History: > Been dealing with pain issues and high BP for the last two years. Pain doc says fibro but I am not a believer. Always had an intuition that something was not running under my hood. BP would fluctuate and was very hard to control. I ignored it for done time until it started giving me headaches and making me feel really bad. Been all over the spectrum with BP meds. What's funny.. Hydrochlorothiazide seemed to work ok but made me ache so bad.. Could not stay on it. They finally did a urine test and it showed proteinuria. I was just going to a local walk in doc on the box. I asked them to ct scan my kidneys. Results showed infection or scarring.. She couldn't tell so she sent me to a kidney specialist. This guy actually looked through my history and ER visits and the first question was.. Do you always have low potassium.. I shrugged .. I told him that a few docs told me to eat bananas. He ordered some blood tests and a 24hr urine test that had some acid in the jug. He put me on potassium and bystolic, losartan and prozasan. It was not working well. He doubled the bystolic and it lowered my BP a bit to a range of 90/140. I was hovering in the 110/160 and some days even higher . Some days it does not matter what I do.. My BP is through the roof. I wake up with it that high. > Anyway. Results showed high aldosterone and he said he figured it was that. He sent me for a saline suppression test. I felt pretty good a day or do after the test bit then got so achy I could hardly walk. Then one night I pee'ed so much.. Every hour I was unloading tons of urine.. Then the aches went away?? Weird. > I got a copy of my saline suppression and it was 10 ng/dl. The test sheet says its in the normal range. Every peice of literature I read says 5 or lower is good . 10 is suspicious if not for sure hyperaldosteronism ?? What's the cutoff. I see him Monday . I wanna make I don't get over looked. It's been a long road and it's not getting better. Been missing lots of work > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Yeah.. Just wanted to throw my initial info out. I'll get all the test results Monday and post them. I hope I'm finally on to something. Not sure about flank pain but when I'm at my worst.. My right side flank hurts pretty bad. I notice it when I feel ok but it's minor. I get hot and sweaty alot.. Then chills. No energy . Fatigue. Hard time sleeping some days. My thyroid tests were good. I have a pituitary adenoma that causes my prolactin to be high but that is all. Had that for years and is monitored. No growth. I get dizzy alot. Muscle twitches.. It sometimes feels like my whole body short circuits for a split second . Like I could pass out if it lasted longer than that split second. And just overall brain fog . Like I say.. Something isn't right under the hood!! I guess none of this matters a whole lot without test data. Thanks!! I'll check into DASH. Sent from my iPhoneOn Jul 27, 2012, at 5:13 PM, "Valarie " <val@...> wrote: Likely, the thiazide caused excess potassium excretion which resulted in more muscle pain. It's hard to comment on anything else without tests, numbers, age, other conditions, etc. Has anyone told you to DASH? Val From: hyperaldosteronism [mailto:hyperaldosteronism ] On Behalf Of gamorra70 Hello all.. I always feel at the end if my rope. Some days much worse than others. The past two days have been miserable. History: Been dealing with pain issues and high BP for the last two years. Pain doc says fibro but I am not a believer. Always had an intuition that something was not running under my hood. BP would fluctuate and was very hard to control. I ignored it for done time until it started giving me headaches and making me feel really bad. Been all over the spectrum with BP meds. What's funny.. Hydrochlorothiazide seemed to work ok but made me ache so bad.. Could not stay on it. They finally did a urine test and it showed proteinuria. I was just going to a local walk in doc on the box. I asked them to ct scan my kidneys. Results showed infection or scarring.. She couldn't tell so she sent me to a kidney specialist. This guy actually looked through my history and ER visits and the first question was.. Do you always have low potassium.. I shrugged .. I told him that a few docs told me to eat bananas. He ordered some blood tests and a 24hr urine test that had some acid in the jug. He put me on potassium and bystolic, losartan and prozasan. It was not working well. He doubled the bystolic and it lowered my BP a bit to a range of 90/140. I was hovering in the 110/160 and some days even higher . Some days it does not matter what I do.. My BP is through the roof. I wake up with it that high.Anyway. Results showed high aldosterone and he said he figured it was that. He sent me for a saline suppression test. I felt pretty good a day or do after the test bit then got so achy I could hardly walk. Then one night I pee'ed so much.. Every hour I was unloading tons of urine.. Then the aches went away?? Weird. I got a copy of my saline suppression and it was 10 ng/dl. The test sheet says its in the normal range. Every peice of literature I read says 5 or lower is good . 10 is suspicious if not for sure hyperaldosteronism ?? What's the cutoff. I see him Monday . I wanna make I don't get over looked. It's been a long road and it's not getting better. Been missing lots of work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Your doctor should start with an ARR (aldosterone to renin ratio). This should give him a good idea whether to test further for PA. With a Pit. tumor, have you ever been tested for high cortisol? (Cushing's syndrome(CS)) It shares a lot of symptoms with PA. The first step should probably be a 24hr urine test which you should have with the ARR test - just make sure they include cortisol with it. Tell us your meds, and numbers icluding age, BMI etc. and I bet you have found some new friends! > > > Likely, the thiazide caused excess potassium excretion which resulted in more muscle pain. It's hard to comment on anything else without tests, numbers, age, other conditions, etc. Has anyone told you to DASH? > > > > > > > > Val > > > > > > > > From: hyperaldosteronism [mailto:hyperaldosteronism ] On Behalf Of gamorra70 > > > > Hello all.. I always feel at the end if my rope. Some days much worse than others. The past two days have been miserable. > > History: > > Been dealing with pain issues and high BP for the last two years. Pain doc says fibro but I am not a believer. Always had an intuition that something was not running under my hood. BP would fluctuate and was very hard to control. I ignored it for done time until it started giving me headaches and making me feel really bad. Been all over the spectrum with BP meds. What's funny.. Hydrochlorothiazide seemed to work ok but made me ache so bad.. Could not stay on it. They finally did a urine test and it showed proteinuria. I was just going to a local walk in doc on the box. I asked them to ct scan my kidneys. Results showed infection or scarring.. She couldn't tell so she sent me to a kidney specialist. This guy actually looked through my history and ER visits and the first question was.. Do you always have low potassium.. I shrugged .. I told him that a few docs told me to eat bananas. He ordered some blood tests and a 24hr urine test that had some acid in the jug. He put me on potassium and bystolic, losartan and prozasan. It was not working well. He doubled the bystolic and it lowered my BP a bit to a range of 90/140. I was hovering in the 110/160 and some days even higher . Some days it does not matter what I do.. My BP is through the roof. I wake up with it that high. > > Anyway. Results showed high aldosterone and he said he figured it was that. He sent me for a saline suppression test. I felt pretty good a day or do after the test bit then got so achy I could hardly walk. Then one night I pee'ed so much.. Every hour I was unloading tons of urine.. Then the aches went away?? Weird. > > I got a copy of my saline suppression and it was 10 ng/dl. The test sheet says its in the normal range. Every peice of literature I read says 5 or lower is good . 10 is suspicious if not for sure hyperaldosteronism ?? What's the cutoff. I see him Monday . I wanna make I don't get over looked. It's been a long road and it's not getting better. Been missing lots of work > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 And do a thumbnail. CE Grim MDOn Jul 27, 2012, at 7:36 PM, wrote: Your doctor should start with an ARR (aldosterone to renin ratio). This should give him a good idea whether to test further for PA. With a Pit. tumor, have you ever been tested for high cortisol? (Cushing's syndrome(CS)) It shares a lot of symptoms with PA. The first step should probably be a 24hr urine test which you should have with the ARR test - just make sure they include cortisol with it. Tell us your meds, and numbers icluding age, BMI etc. and I bet you have found some new friends! > > > Likely, the thiazide caused excess potassium excretion which resulted in more muscle pain. It's hard to comment on anything else without tests, numbers, age, other conditions, etc. Has anyone told you to DASH? > > > > > > > > Val > > > > > > > > From: hyperaldosteronism [mailto:hyperaldosteronism ] On Behalf Of gamorra70 > > > > Hello all.. I always feel at the end if my rope. Some days much worse than others. The past two days have been miserable. > > History: > > Been dealing with pain issues and high BP for the last two years. Pain doc says fibro but I am not a believer. Always had an intuition that something was not running under my hood. BP would fluctuate and was very hard to control. I ignored it for done time until it started giving me headaches and making me feel really bad. Been all over the spectrum with BP meds. What's funny.. Hydrochlorothiazide seemed to work ok but made me ache so bad.. Could not stay on it. They finally did a urine test and it showed proteinuria. I was just going to a local walk in doc on the box. I asked them to ct scan my kidneys. Results showed infection or scarring.. She couldn't tell so she sent me to a kidney specialist. This guy actually looked through my history and ER visits and the first question was.. Do you always have low potassium.. I shrugged .. I told him that a few docs told me to eat bananas. He ordered some blood tests and a 24hr urine test that had some acid in the jug. He put me on potassium and bystolic, losartan and prozasan. It was not working well. He doubled the bystolic and it lowered my BP a bit to a range of 90/140. I was hovering in the 110/160 and some days even higher . Some days it does not matter what I do.. My BP is through the roof. I wake up with it that high. > > Anyway. Results showed high aldosterone and he said he figured it was that. He sent me for a saline suppression test. I felt pretty good a day or do after the test bit then got so achy I could hardly walk. Then one night I pee'ed so much.. Every hour I was unloading tons of urine.. Then the aches went away?? Weird. > > I got a copy of my saline suppression and it was 10 ng/dl. The test sheet says its in the normal range. Every peice of literature I read says 5 or lower is good . 10 is suspicious if not for sure hyperaldosteronism ?? What's the cutoff. I see him Monday . I wanna make I don't get over looked. It's been a long road and it's not getting better. Been missing lots of work > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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