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Old 12-19-2009, 04:43 PM
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Tyson, Well, you are pushing things again, aren't you?! MG pushes right back.

If you drink too much water without sodium you can get hyponatremia. It's a nasty state of being where you can get agitated, high BP/low pulse, dizziness, eyes can't focus, visible tremors, etc. Athletes and binge drinkers have died of it. Sodium is necessary for the body. Not 2000 milligrams (2 grams) a day or anything but a couple hundred are necessary!!!

When you get back home, see your primary doc for a chem panel to make sure none of your electrolytes are off. They often don't do magnesium and phosphorus, which is just silly. Sometimes they have to add these.

Your heartbeat going up means your heart is working hard to get you oxygen. Not good. Again, you absolutely need an echocardiogram and to see a cardiologist. You have to determine if this is the MG or something else.

I hope you make it back home okay. Please be sensible. I know you are still "grieving" for loss of health, etc. - it takes a long time to deal with having a disease like this. Go easy on yourself.

Annie
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