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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Lupus / August 2005feet swollen
Hi everyone just wondered what any of you do for really swollen feet. I have had this going on for while usually they go down after a day or so but not this time. I am being good about my diet no salt, so on I am following my Endo's diet but they just are huge and I am not sure should I call someone and who. sorry I am just a little frustrated. Thanks Cindy W. Hi Cindy, First off you are on NO salt already? What do you call the "endo" diet and what is it. I think it is your GI track? Explain please? The second, ok third thing LOL, do you have any kidney problems with your health? EVER have? Are you having burning, any blood? Usually when legs or ankles swell and it is bothersome, then if it is NOT the salt, it might be kidney's or you bp..... I suggest you elevate your legs as much as possible, if that doesn't work for you, push more fluids too. i know that sound dumb cause you are swollen already but it helps get rid of waste that cause swelling.... And if your feet DO NOT GO DOWN in am when first getting UP? call your doctor. If you have a kidney, call doc, if a rheumy instead or that, call him. IF you have a cardiologist get a bp check and call HIM. It is a hit and miss thing here. But IF the swelling DOES NOT GO DOWN in am? Get to any one of your docs is the thing here. But if they go down when first UP in morning, then watch when they swell. You might then want to mention it to the doc when you see him or her next time. The point is, after much of MY rambling :) is swelling happens during the day from meds, food, canned goods and what not, so they should go down in am after being off your feet. IF NOT then you got a problems going on. Let me know will you I sure hope to heck I did NOT confuse you did I? hugs janers Thanks Janers and these are the things that have bothered me they are only slightly down and still hard to put on shoes before meds and breakfast. BP is good never any kidney involvement GI has been rough but always is new endo has me drinking more ensures pushing more fruit like bananas apples etc I have always been careful on salt hubby hates it but I even have cut out the canned "no salt items" I always have a bottle of water in my hand so I am pushing fluid I have always dealt with this but the last month has been they are swelling as soon as I am upright. I keep them up and I walk a little I have spots on my shins where yellowish fluid is seeping out. Anyway thank Janers >Hi Cindy, >First off you are on NO salt already? What do you call the "endo" diet [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Cincy You sound like you might be developing a cellulitis. If your legs are seeping, then CALL the doc. This is not a good thing and infections can indeed mess up. Did you check the sodium content of ensure????? Apples have a lot of sodium in them too, from what others say. If you wait on them there LOL legs you will have a mess lady...please??? hugs janers I feel dumb did not even look at that on the ensure just assumed since endo wanted me to drink it was ok I am slipping He was just concerned because I absorb so little most thing go right through. This is the first I have had seeping and the shins are discolored as well as feet I am very careful keeping all clean and iodine on them too. I called Rheumy today,, they will call back tomorrow I will see Family Doc if can't get in to rheumy till next week, it can be a wait Thanks for your help Love Cindy >Cincy >You sound like you might be developing a cellulitis. If your legs are [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Cindy there are other drinks like ensure that are lower in sodium. I would call your drug store and have them find some for you. But you DO need some in your body and if you are not eating with it, then that amount of sodium may not be too much. Ask your doc and bring him a can cause they don't know right then and there LOL ;hugs me Yes I am going to look at differant ones I don't usually eat anything with them I have been drinking them as little snacks when I feel weak mid day or afternoon. I am going to Family Doc at 1:00 the nurse said would be earlier but she wouldn't be in till 1 today my family dr os so good she will get on top of it. Thanks again for your help I never would have thought of celluitis, I was not familiar with it but after looking up on here it is exactaly how my legs and feet look and feel. HUGS cindy >Cindy there are other drinks like ensure that are lower in sodium. I >would call your drug store and have them find some for you. But you DO [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Hi Cindy, That does not sound like anything you should leave. I am glad you have a call in to the rheumy, but best to see the family doctor if you can't get an appt until next week. Let us know what they find. BJ-Sk. Canada > I feel dumb did not even look at that on the ensure just assumed since > endo wanted me to drink it was ok I am slipping He was just concerned [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >hugs > >janers Ok Janers you are amazing you hit it right on the head, good news is I am on a daily dose of Keflex so it had not gotten bad. My family dr and rheumy have had me on that for almost two years due to the lung / respritory stuff so saved me again. We bumped it up to 4 a day for a week and prescribed a spray to be applied twice a day. Also a dieuretic just for a short time to help. So I am going to have a quiet weekend and behave till this is all cleared up (0; Thanks again Janers I never would have thought of that and probably would delayed dr if you had not mentioned it. love Cindy >Hi Cindy, >That does not sound like anything you should leave. I am glad you have a [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > Cindy, please let us know if your swelling goes down. Bev > Ok Janers you are amazing you hit it right on the head, good news is I > am on a daily dose of Keflex so it had not gotten bad. My family dr and [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > >>>hugs > >>>janers I feel better about it already we got all the meds and I think in a few days will be all better thanks for the concern Hugs cindy >Cindy, please let us know if your swelling goes down. >Bev [quoted text clipped - 70 lines] > > X-No-Archive http://www.recipecal.com USDA says apples contain no sodium whatsoever. In general fresh frut and veggies are all low in sodium ( I think tomatoes contain a bit more than most) it is the processed foods, tinned especially, which contain a lot of sodium. Diet foods and Junk foods" do contain quite a bit, to make them taste nicer. Most fruit and veg are good sources of potassium, bananas in particular. Tis my fault here. Apples are sodium, fat and cholesterol free. My mistake but I was thinking of the apple was a flavor of the ensure and that would not be low sodium unless stated on the can. My boo boo and I am truely sorry, thanks herbworm for noting that..... janers Well I thank you both for even thinking about it and looking into it. I am doing much better now I have feet again and ankles. lol my wounds are healing nicely she precscibed a spray called granulitis, twice a day it works really good. All looks much better (0: >Tis my fault here. Apples are sodium, fat and cholesterol free. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > X-No-Archive That's great news. So glad you are healing up well. X-No-Archive Hi Cindy, I know you said your feet are getting better but I had another look at this problem you have, and I see you say you "always have a bottle of water in my hand" . I know we are constantly told to drink more water, but did you know that for some kinds of kidney trouble it can be dangerous to drink water to excess? Maybe you should check this out next time you see your doc. Also you say "hard to put on shoes before meds", do you need to put your shoes on? I only put shoes on when I go outside. I have worm holes in lots of pairs of socks because of this! No matter how comfortable the shoes are they still restrict my feet. I am also interested in this endo diet you mention, can you tell us more about it? Hope your feet continue to improve! hi yes I do have to go out I take my daughter to school monday through friday at 6;45 am. She goes to a hugh school at least 1000 kids per class i have been taking my kids to school forever as they can end up on the bus for over an hour if they rode it, I do it for my peace of mind as much as her safety. I have the same problem with shoes and finding ones that fit. The food... they wanted me to be more aware of how I prepare it like grill or boil chicken which I already did more fish I am not much of a meat eater and my husband has hemochromatosis so we do not eat much red meat at all, it is blood disorder that raises your iron ( quick discript can be bad for liver has to go every 3 months to oncologist) they actually said for me to eat eggs boiled or scrambled and cereals and of all things peanut butter like a spoonful everyday I don't absorb alot due to stomach problems so this is for the protein he said . Then all the fruit and fresh or frozen veggies I want. Said to watch the breads make sure whole grain. No I love potatoes short redheaded irish girl here I can live on them o they said pick when I really want some so I don't have many but they help when my stomach is really bad only almost the only thing I could eat when I was on the cytoxon. As a kid I was always told mash potatoes will help your tummy. Anyway that's basically it. Some day I really just don't want to eat. I saw my neurologist for the hand thing yesterday and they want mt to do some therapy on my legs so I will ask them about the water thanks. This RSD stuff looks like a real stinker Cindy >X-No-Archive > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > |
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