13-05-2012, 01:18 AM
I duly saw my cardiologist, who OKed my having stopped the spiro, and also stopped the beta blocker, as well as the terazosin which he replaced by tamsulosin which has much less effect on blood pressure. His attitude was in effect that I could do what I liked with the various antihypertensives and their dosage provided that I keep my average blood pressure within bounds. After some days of instability my average blood pressure seems to have settled down to something near ideal levels. I stopped PM and started taking BS shortly after coming off the beta blocker. There has been no noticeable improvement in male function so far, but there have been complications.
Last Sunday I spent most of the day in the ER of the local hospital with what has ultimately turned out to be a severe gallstone attack. Following a Cat scan and subsequent assessment, I am now awaiting gallbladder surgery. This is likely to be done on an elective rather than an emergency basis unless I have another severe attack, since they would prefer to take me off warfarin several days in advance.
Having understandably been reading up on gallbladder issues, it turns out that estrogen is a significant factor in gallbladder problems (which is why they are more common in women than in men). While the gallstones which I apparently have must have formed quite slowly and had remained quiescent up to now (I have never had any previous trouble), the attacks themselves can be triggered by various factors, of which a change in estrogen levels is a common one, e.g. periods in younger women or HRT in older women. On this basis I am inclined to believe that my problem may have been caused by stopping PM! I certainly won't restart it until they have operated, at which point the root cause of this particular problem should be gone for me! But see one interesting item I noted in passing:
http://optimalhealthcave.forumotion.com/...-dominance
Last Sunday I spent most of the day in the ER of the local hospital with what has ultimately turned out to be a severe gallstone attack. Following a Cat scan and subsequent assessment, I am now awaiting gallbladder surgery. This is likely to be done on an elective rather than an emergency basis unless I have another severe attack, since they would prefer to take me off warfarin several days in advance.
Having understandably been reading up on gallbladder issues, it turns out that estrogen is a significant factor in gallbladder problems (which is why they are more common in women than in men). While the gallstones which I apparently have must have formed quite slowly and had remained quiescent up to now (I have never had any previous trouble), the attacks themselves can be triggered by various factors, of which a change in estrogen levels is a common one, e.g. periods in younger women or HRT in older women. On this basis I am inclined to believe that my problem may have been caused by stopping PM! I certainly won't restart it until they have operated, at which point the root cause of this particular problem should be gone for me! But see one interesting item I noted in passing:
http://optimalhealthcave.forumotion.com/...-dominance