Guest guest Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Oh, NO. I was expecting a white haired old man with a beard of about 6 hairs, and wrinkles. I am going to bed very sad tonight. You are way too young to be this sick.... Re: liver Cirrhosis > > > Bob > My mom has done so many weird things since her liver started getting > bad. She also hides things. Once she hid her used depends in the > closet, we never found them until we cleaned out her room when she > went to the hospital. For some reason she likes to find the baby or > feminine powder and put it everywhere. It gets very messy at our house > when she starts to rummage through things. Today hospice came and gave > her a shot of Geodone to calm her down. She slept for about an hour > and started getting cramps in her legs and toes. She gets charlie > horse all the time. She can't seem to go back to sleep, she says her > mind is just racing. When she tries to talk she slurs her speech and > can't get her words out. Did Ardis get UTI's all the time? If she did, > did she get really confused? > Stefanie > > > > > > > > > Diane > > > > Our day in the mountains yesterday was refreshing. It stormed and > > > > rained on us while we were there. I have always loved the rain. My > > > mom > > > > is now back to being confused.... ......... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Dear : The eating thing is probably one of the hardest to manage day-to-day. Other foods that are high in potassium are potatoes, cantaloupe, tomatoes, squash. I use a lot of spices and herbs to season our food; otherwise, it's almost brutal to eat. I only eat at home what Larry can eat. Fresh basil and other stuff like that really do add a lot of flavor, but no sodium. I guess now, after two years, we are sort of used to the diet. Our doctors push Larry to eat protein (more fish and chicken)...which is so different that what I read on the post here...everyone is avoiding protein. I am with you on the one pill thing, too. It would be so nice to just take one thing and be done with it!!! There is a diuretic that also has potassium in it. Larry was on it, but we have just the opposite problem --- too much potassium. I'll try to find the bottle of that and let you know what it is. Hang in there. Tonna > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Diane > > > > > > > > Our day in the mountains yesterday was refreshing. It > > stormed > > > > > and > > > > > > > > rained on us while we were there. I have always loved > > the > > > rain. > > > > > My > > > > > > > mom > > > > > > > > is now back to being confused.... ......... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Mac thanks, I will try that. If you think of anything else let me know. Stefanie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Diane > > > > > > > > Our day in the mountains yesterday was refreshing. It > > stormed > > > > > and > > > > > > > > rained on us while we were there. I have always loved > > the > > > rain. > > > > > My > > > > > > > mom > > > > > > > > is now back to being confused.... ......... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 My first potassium problem was too much. I was on a couple of meds which caused a lot of it to be thrown into the blood stream. The high on the scale is 75. I was between 70 and 75 when I walked into an NP's office for an unrelated problem. The next dqy I received a call saying to get back into the office asap. My level was such that they would expect I would have barely been able to walk into an emergency room to say nothing about driving myself to the doctor. The recheck said the same thing, and I was given something similar to lactulose which flushed the potassium out of my blood. I researched my drugs,, found that a couple of them could cause this problem, brought the printouts to my NP, she told me to basically shut up and do as I was told. So, after a couple of other episodes with the problem, ( I would get absolutely exhausted, could hardly walk around the house) I talked to my cardio about it, he changed my meds, put me on lasix and then prescribed potassium for me. Imagine my surprise about that. But he explained that lasix leaves you with too little potassium. And now when I don't take it for a couple of days, I start getting muscle cramps and spasms. Life is weird. Jan H On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:49 AM, tonna.padgett wrote: > Dear : The eating thing is probably one of the hardest to > manage day-to-day. Other foods that are high in potassium are > potatoes, cantaloupe, tomatoes, squash. I use a lot of spices and > herbs to season our food; otherwise, it's almost brutal to eat. I > only eat at home what Larry can eat. Fresh basil and other stuff > like that really do add a lot of flavor, but no sodium. I guess now, > after two years, we are sort of used to the diet. Our doctors push > Larry to eat protein (more fish and chicken)...which is so different > that what I read on the post here...everyone is avoiding protein. > > I am with you on the one pill thing, too. It would be so nice to > just take one thing and be done with it!!! > > There is a diuretic that also has potassium in it. Larry was on it, > but we have just the opposite problem --- too much potassium. I'll > try to find the bottle of that and let you know what it is. > > Hang in there. Tonna > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Diane > > > > > > > > > Our day in the mountains yesterday was refreshing. > It > > > stormed > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > rained on us while we were there. I have always > loved > > > the > > > > rain. > > > > > > My > > > > > > > > mom > > > > > > > > > is now back to being confused.... ......... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 I had that same picture in my head of you that Mac had. It makes me really sad too that you are so sick. You're much too young. Penny > > > > > > > > > > Diane > > > > > Our day in the mountains yesterday was refreshing. It > stormed and > > > > > rained on us while we were there. I have always loved the > rain. My > > > > mom > > > > > is now back to being confused.... ......... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 :-) Thanks. Subject: Re: liver Cirrhosis To: livercirrhosissupport Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 6:24 PM I had that same picture in my head of you that Mac had. It makes me really sad too that you are so sick. You're much too young. Penny > > > > > > > > > > Diane > > > > > Our day in the mountains yesterday was refreshing. It > stormed and > > > > > rained on us while we were there. I have always loved the > rain. My > > > > mom > > > > > is now back to being confused.... ......... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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