My doctor gives me the diuretics for when the swelling gets to be full body. He told me just take for a couple days to help relieve the discomfort of all the swelling. It works usually in one dose, and I feel much better by the next day.

He did warn me to stand up slow, and if I have to, hang on to something. Really, I havent had much trouble with dizzyness though. I am totally salt free, except for what is already in the food, and it was a chore to get the salt intake down because of the flavor factor. It does help alot to get the salt intake down to as low as possible.

I am just now getting over the flu, and my wife bought some chicken soup mix to give us something for nourishment. Oh man each sip of the broth was like eating a teaspoon of salt! I never remembered the flavor of this kind of soup being that salty lol.

Back in my healthy days, I worked out with heavy weights 4 days a week. I learned early on that drinking alot of water was a good habit. If you didnt drink enough water the body would retain water, because it knew it wasnt getting enough compared to what was going out. But if you drank lots of water, the brain would tell the body to stop retaining water, and it would start releasing water. This would help flush out toxins and such in the system.

Now if I could just find a doctor to prescribe some pain relief, life would be much more enjoyable