Potassium is VIOLENT!!

Dec 17, 2011

Oh my goodness, how I wish I knew then what I know now.  I started taking 20meq of potassium twice a day last Sunday and by Wednesday morning I was violently ill.  Naseous, intense intestinal pain, diarrhea like I've never experienced, the sweats, shaking, pale or greenish color to my skin...just awful.  All of this was due to the potassium.  The bottle said to take with plenty of food and water...uh....I don't have much of a tummy left...so I took it with half a container of apple sauce (to get the gigantic pills down).  By then I was full and couldn't eat anything else...yep that's how my intestines got torn up!  Oh let me not forget to say that I didn't eat for 2 days during this due to the horrible way I felt.  Once I called my surgeon's office they took me off the potassium immediately.  It took a little over 48 hours to feel like myself again and start wanting to eat.  Now, I'm just worried about how we are going to get this potassium into my body...grrrr!

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