If anyone read last nights post on health issues and is interested. One of the docs got back to me this morning. Here’s his opinion, and I tend to agree as it makes sense and goes along with all my research. This has has happened to me on three occasions in the last 3 years (the perfect weight drop, the sudden weight gain, and then into the hospital we go). This time I am fortunate to have recognized it.
Anyways, what is going on is that I have to stop taking the diuretics. It seems they are causing me to drink way too much water which is probably affecting other things in my body (electrolytes, hormones, etc). I am drinking around 120 ounces of water a day, way too much. The other thing is that one of the diuretics I am on prevents the absorption of some hormones, one of them being testosterone, which it seems plays a big part in my long runs and my training for the 1/2 marathon. This explains some muscle aches, tingling, and other stuff that is going on.
So the doc thinks that by getting off the diuretics, allowing my body to process water normally while I am doing all the running I am doing is the best thing. I am to keep a log of water, weight, and food. He wants as low sodium as possible. He wants weights in the AM, then after my run, and PM and wants me to hydrate to keep my weight as steady as possible without the use of the diuretics. You know, it makes sense and I can do this.
I am tagging a few people that helped me last night talk this problem through and got me off the ledge. Didn’t mean to miss anyone.
John Michele Dennis Roger Charles Lesley