It's Just Fluid....It's Just Fluid...

That is the thing going through my head today - I hope that I will eventually listen...

I went home from work yesterday - with a very low blood pressure. I had stopped one of my meds the day before, but it didn't help. At one point, I measured a 93/47 bp - way too low. I was dizzy and disoriented. In the past, all I had to do was sit with my feet elevated, and after a few hours, it would stabilize. That didn't happen yesterday, so late afternoon, I called the nurse hotline. She wanted me to go immediately to the hospital, fearing that I was dehydrated. She couldn't tell me to stop taking all of my meds, but I could tell she was worried.

A good friend who is an ER nurse, came over last night to check on me - and track my bp. He said that if I were in the hospital - they would take me off all the meds, and push IV fluids. So, I didn't take any meds last night. This morning I am up 2.6 pounds.

That's why I keep chanting to myself...it's only fluid...it's only fluid...it HAS to be fluid. I didn't eat any more yesterday than I have been eating. I did do a little less walking, mainly because I was so dizzy, but still - that much gain overnight is fluid.

This morning I feel pretty much like a washcloth, wet and cold, and wrung out and tossed by the sink. And I'm eager to get back on track.