Tuesday, August 5, 14: 2 p.m. yesterday, I biked the LA River path in Griffith park. It is 8 miles total but I started north at mile 3, Fletcher Ave., so I could fill my tires at the bike shop. It was a really tough ride on which I stopped to rest three times. Last year I could do the whole 8 miles without rest, but no more. In fact, I did not finish the entire course but had to stop .5 miles early. Breathing hard, I had to rest my head on a tree at the end.
Monday, August 4, 14: After much beer and ice cream consumption my CHF experiment has concluded that without Lasix my kidneys process, generally and very approximately, only about 1 (one) ounce of liquid per hour. This is quite a shock to me! It means that it takes 32 hours to process one quart of beer alone. I drink a quart of beer in one evening and still want more. Confrontation of this evidence is what caused my panic attach last Saturday, but I did not realize its meaning until Sunday morning. And I am still recalculating and absorbing the implications now. It appears that 60 mg Lasix work best when taken at 5-hour intervals. Lasix seems not to like starting the process all over again but continues an ongoing treatment fairly readily. After today, I expect to try this Lasix relay with a lower dosage of 40 mg. I still fear Lasix’ impact on my kidneys. A friend now living in Connecticut will be here the week of my surgery and hope to ask him about this as he had a kidney transplant fewer that 5 years ago.
Monday, August 4, 14: After much beer and ice cream consumption my CHF experiment has concluded that without Lasix my kidneys process, generally and very approximately, only about 1 (one) ounce of liquid per hour. This is quite a shock to me! It means that it takes 32 hours to process one quart of beer alone. I drink a quart of beer in one evening and still want more. Confrontation of this evidence is what caused my panic attach last Saturday, but I did not realize its meaning until Sunday morning. And I am still recalculating and absorbing the implications now. It appears that 60 mg Lasix work best when taken at 5-hour intervals. Lasix seems not to like starting the process all over again but continues an ongoing treatment fairly readily. After today, I expect to try this Lasix relay with a lower dosage of 40 mg. I still fear Lasix’ impact on my kidneys. A friend now living in Connecticut will be here the week of my surgery and hope to ask him about this as he had a kidney transplant fewer that 5 years ago.