My name is Sylvia and I'm a heavy drinker.

Jan 31, 2009

A couple of weeks ago, my PCP took me off of dyazide. This is a prescription water pill. I've been on it for 7 years and frankly, had stayed on it because I had high blood pressure. After my DS, all of my meds were gone as all my comorbidities resolved (including High BP). I stayed on the dyazide because I retain water easily. Dyazide was causing a bit of low potassium in my bloodwork (low is 3.5, mine was 3.3) so my PCP discontinued it.
HUGE MISTAKE!!!
I gained 10lbs in 2 days. The office nurse (who isn't my PCP's nurse and has NO IDEA what the DS is) told me that I needed to change my eating habits. Um....OK. So, I explained the DS to her. She says "You can gain weight quickly with the gastric bypass, dear." I said "Dear, you're not listening to me." After much hoopla, I got an appointment with my PCP who put me back on the dyazide and I lost 12lbs in 36 hours. Yeah...crazy.
She has me set up with a cariologist (as the fluid retained gathers around my heart) as well as a kidney specialist to assure all is in working order. She realized that 7 years ago, I was prescribed dyazide during my last pregnancy due to fluid retention. I told her that the cardiologist said I drank too much water but my OB said to keep drinking it. Nothing like conflicting Dr. reports.
My PCP asked me to track my drinking for the day...any typical day. So I tracked it for 2 days. I quickly discovered that I was consuming about 200oz of fluid a day. Yeah...200oz! People struggle to get in 64 and I get 200. I always knew I was a heavy drinker but had NO IDEA how much. Irnoically, my  mother and grandmother (both are/were thin) are chronic water drinkers too...maybe it's a genetic flaw. I don't think I actually drank this much as a preDSer because I was so full of food all the time. I was constantly eating AND drinking. Now, I constantly drink but only eat when I'm hungry. Hummm...who'd have thought?

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