Went to the doctor

[DDH]

Went to my doctor yesterday because I have been having swelling in my feet that will go away for a day and then be right back.
Plus with all my efforts at losing weight and I don't seem to do anything but gain more, I'm ready to slit my throat.

My blood pressure was elevated a little bit but not real bad. First time they took it it was 140/100 and then when I got back to the room the doctor took it again and it was like 132/80.
Anyway, he gave me Triamt/HCTZ that is the generic for maxzide-25 for the water retention.
They drew a couple of viles of blood from me to run some other test.
I asked him about my resting heart rate being so high and he wasn't real worried about it. He said that he would be worried if I was riding 12 miles on my bike and then wasn't able to go more than 9 all the sudden, or going 3 miles on my treadmill and now being unable to go more than 2. Then he would be concerned. Since I can do the exercise and not seemingly have trouble with it, then he thought I was fine.

He tested my Thyroid back in Oct. and it was fine, but he is checking it again, and my iron and I think my hormones. We'll see.
Something has to give on me trying to get this weight off.

[Blueberry]

Hugs to you!

That's such a frustrating situation, and I'm glad you Dr. is doing tests.

Please keep perspective - your Doctor thinks you're OK and you're able to get out and ride your bike 12 miles! I'm not *at all* trying to minimize your frustration - just to remind you that you're ahead of lots of people out there!

[Torrilin]

*hugs* Swollen feet are no fun.

Here's hoping you can get your doc to listen and that you can find out what's wrong.

[Jolt]

When you say your resting heart rate is "high", how high is it and has it always been that way or has it gone up recently?

[DDH]

Well, I'm talking about my sitting around in my chair watching tv rate. It runs around the mid 90 to 100. I'm not sure what it was before I got my heart rate monitor I never kept track of it. I joined here and exercised all last summer and rode my bike and couldn't lose weight and the girls here suggested I get one to make sure I am exercising with enough entinsity so a couple of months ago I got one, and tend to leave it on after I am done exercising while I am resting up.
I asked the doctor if maybe I needed to get a stress test to make sure everything is okay and he said no. So, what do you do?

[KnottedYet]

Ummm, I'm not sure I like your resting heart rate being around 90-100. Along with the edema of the feets...

Keep us posted how the diuretic works.

Do you have kidney problems? Urinary tract infections? Diabetes?