Guest guest Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 , I would go and have it rechecked. I don't know the exact symptoms of low potassium but it couldn't hurt to eliminate it. How is your thyroid doing? Fatigue is also a symptom of a thyroid condition. Lori Owen - Denton, Texas CHF 4/14/01 479 lbs. SRVG 7/16/01 401 lbs. Current Weight 339.5 lbs. and loosing again Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 22:43:06 EST Gigi8083@... writes: > Hi > I am feeling like I have been struck down by a mack truck.. > overwhelmingly > fatigued. I havent felt this fatigued since before my original RNY > in Dec > 2000. I am wondering if I need to go have my potassium levels > rechecked and > my mag levels as well.. The last time I had labs, Feb12.. my > potassium was > slightly low at 3.4.. I also found that I have a mitral valve > prolapse > recently.. I dont know if this is contributing to the fatigue or > not. I know > that the fibromyalgia does contribute to the fatigue. > Thanks for your suggestions and advice. > Hugs, > > from GA > open RNY 12/12/00 > Revision 04/18/01 > Revision 02/07/02 > St wt.... 392 > Cw.......187 > Wt loss..-205 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 , I would go and have it rechecked. I don't know the exact symptoms of low potassium but it couldn't hurt to eliminate it. How is your thyroid doing? Fatigue is also a symptom of a thyroid condition. Lori Owen - Denton, Texas CHF 4/14/01 479 lbs. SRVG 7/16/01 401 lbs. Current Weight 339.5 lbs. and loosing again Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 22:43:06 EST Gigi8083@... writes: > Hi > I am feeling like I have been struck down by a mack truck.. > overwhelmingly > fatigued. I havent felt this fatigued since before my original RNY > in Dec > 2000. I am wondering if I need to go have my potassium levels > rechecked and > my mag levels as well.. The last time I had labs, Feb12.. my > potassium was > slightly low at 3.4.. I also found that I have a mitral valve > prolapse > recently.. I dont know if this is contributing to the fatigue or > not. I know > that the fibromyalgia does contribute to the fatigue. > Thanks for your suggestions and advice. > Hugs, > > from GA > open RNY 12/12/00 > Revision 04/18/01 > Revision 02/07/02 > St wt.... 392 > Cw.......187 > Wt loss..-205 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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