Talked to Hertoghe

January 7, 2011

- For my increased HCT (from 50 to 55 now) - " Use physiological serum " , 9 mg

salt to 1000 parts of water, every night before bed, to avoid snoring. Maybe

snoring increases HCT.

- For unbalanced EFA's: Double the dose of Ghee (from 1/2 tablespoon daily to

1), double the egg yolk, more saturated fats to feel better!

- He says he syspects a mineral problem in me. Add supplements of minerals: I

already take Magnesium (400 mg daily, caps) and Salt (unrafined sea salt, 1/2

tea spoon + some on my food), which means that I need to add Potassium 1-2 g

daily. I have 750 mg Potassium depot tabs lying here. Afraid to try them though

cause my serum potassium has been good lately, at 4.2 and such. My SERUM

Minerals all look good, except Sodium ONCE a few weeks ago at a lowish 138.

(Range: 137 - 145) - Maybe I just need to add more sea salt to my intake,

instead of taking Aldosterone? OR would taking Aldosterone really help pushing

Sodium into my cells? I am afraid to replace too many hormones. I already had

one HORRIBLE experience with Aldosterone, causeing my BP to go SKY HIGH, heart

to beat irregularly. Thought I was gonna die. I started at 0.05 mg daily. Too

high probably. Hertoghe says 0.10 mg, the full dose, is not big. But with such

adverse reactions as I had back in

March/April 2010, I am worried to try it again. Should I do more blood and

urine samples of Aldosterone before I try it again?

- Possibly start 0.025 mgs (1/4 cap) of Fludrocortison daily. I have symptoms of

Aldosterone deficiency, Hertoghe says. (I do have some black under my eyes

sometimes)

- Start the Growth Hormone trial, no less than 4 months, start at 0.05 mg daily,

increase by the same dose every 10 days til 0.25 mg is reached.

I have an appointment with him in his office on February 16th 2011.

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