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VitoJoe
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Hello my Brothers and Sisters in Christ
I have been in the hospital many times.
3 of those times for heart failure and a growing huge abdominal edema.
Because my weight has been so high, however, I have been put on very high amounts of 3 different diuretics (the most being Lasix).
Usually I was on Lasix on the IV drip. But later they gave me it through pill.
(One nurse even told me she had never seen an oral dose of Lasix so high – 200 mg !!)
And herein lies my problem.
I was also on a fluid restriction.
But for various reasons, I ended up drinking much more water than I was allotted.
And now I am in trouble. I have lost close to 150 lbs since. But I realize much of that’s not only water weight from the edema, but also a HUGE loss in my bone mineral density – especially calcium and phosphorous.
I know this because my bones are now extremely sensitive and I can even now feel them in places – even being as fat as I still am.
For example, my fingertips are very sensitive when I type. When I touch my forehead and face, it is as if I can feel my skeleton. And as fat as I am, it seems to have shrunken greatly. Also, my ankles feel very sensitive and I can feel my shins which I could never do before. They feel very sharp. And also my thigh bones in my lap. And my “buttox” bones when I sit down.
Needless to say, I am terrified.
But I did this to myself from my need to control.
This may be permanent. Unfortunately, it causes me great anxiety and depression.
My entire bone structure has been greatly adversely affected.
But perhaps where I notice it most is when I try to walk. Having lost 150 lbs, walking should be easier. But it is extremely difficult. And it almost feels as if my spine is going to collapse. And whereby I used to have some strength in my legs and back, now I have very little.
And the pain is so much more incredibly intense, especially in my lower legs where the nerve damage from the spine has caused so many problems, that I can barely walk at all now.
Terrifying.
Please say a little intercessory prayer right now that God will show me how to heal myself by getting the calcium and phosphorous back into my bones.
I have been off of all diuretics since March, but my bone demineralization has only gotten worst and worst.
Thank you so very much.
I pray for all of your needs every single day and just said my rosary and will soon say my Chaplet.
I am so very very scared.
I love you all.
Sincerely,
VitoJoe
I have been in the hospital many times.
3 of those times for heart failure and a growing huge abdominal edema.
Because my weight has been so high, however, I have been put on very high amounts of 3 different diuretics (the most being Lasix).
Usually I was on Lasix on the IV drip. But later they gave me it through pill.
(One nurse even told me she had never seen an oral dose of Lasix so high – 200 mg !!)
And herein lies my problem.
I was also on a fluid restriction.
But for various reasons, I ended up drinking much more water than I was allotted.
And now I am in trouble. I have lost close to 150 lbs since. But I realize much of that’s not only water weight from the edema, but also a HUGE loss in my bone mineral density – especially calcium and phosphorous.
I know this because my bones are now extremely sensitive and I can even now feel them in places – even being as fat as I still am.
For example, my fingertips are very sensitive when I type. When I touch my forehead and face, it is as if I can feel my skeleton. And as fat as I am, it seems to have shrunken greatly. Also, my ankles feel very sensitive and I can feel my shins which I could never do before. They feel very sharp. And also my thigh bones in my lap. And my “buttox” bones when I sit down.
Needless to say, I am terrified.
But I did this to myself from my need to control.
This may be permanent. Unfortunately, it causes me great anxiety and depression.
My entire bone structure has been greatly adversely affected.
But perhaps where I notice it most is when I try to walk. Having lost 150 lbs, walking should be easier. But it is extremely difficult. And it almost feels as if my spine is going to collapse. And whereby I used to have some strength in my legs and back, now I have very little.
And the pain is so much more incredibly intense, especially in my lower legs where the nerve damage from the spine has caused so many problems, that I can barely walk at all now.
Terrifying.
Please say a little intercessory prayer right now that God will show me how to heal myself by getting the calcium and phosphorous back into my bones.
I have been off of all diuretics since March, but my bone demineralization has only gotten worst and worst.
Thank you so very much.
I pray for all of your needs every single day and just said my rosary and will soon say my Chaplet.
I am so very very scared.
I love you all.
Sincerely,
VitoJoe
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