Today I had a follow-up appointment at the office of my newest specialist, a nephrologist. The reason for the referral here was an inability to keep my potassium levels up despite supplemental medication and dietary changes.
A normal level for potassium in the blood is between 3.5 and 5.2, while mine consistently ran around 2.5.
Another problem in this arena is that ever since I got sick, my blood pressure has been out of normal range as well, today reading at 160/110. I do take several meds to control this but none have worked well.

SO that brings me to lab work today. I have what is suspected to be hyperaldosteronism.
I will have a follow-up CT scan to check for growths etc., and will update on this later, to an apparently growing crowd. I’ve already gotten a bunch of follower notifications. Thank you all.

In the meantime, meet my home caretaker. Her name is Lacy and she is a pro at good company. Have a great night everyone.