wheres Gnarly been?????

[gnarly_1]

hello MedHelp family...im greatful to be here greatful to be clean and this time greatful to be alive...I just spent the last 8 days in the hospital...the other night my wife herd something and it was me passing out and collapsing in the living room . in the last 2 weeks and my 3rd hard fall....been having some major blood chemistry problems  at first my blood pressure dropped..by the time she got there I was siting up with a bump the size of a tennis ball on my forhead and bleading all over the place  ...also blew my knee out with the same fall so off to the er we went....this marked the 3rd time it tanked  like 57 over 42  the fire dept came and scooped me up out of the front yard  it seamed to boil down to being badly dehydrated...it is very ez to have happen here in the desert so what I did was start drinking water  like lots of water  2 days later where back at the er  and again dehydrated...im like this is impossible I have had my morning coffee and a water bottle in between every cup..well it is what it is stopped the coffee  went to strait water and plenty of it...well no one told me you could over do this who ever heard of drinking to much water  especially here in the desert...well slowly my salt content was dropping a good number is 135 and they get consirned at 131  mine was 119 the night I last passed out  you beggin to shut down major organs in your body when it gets this low so the fun beggins...seams simple enough  just add sodium and bring it up right..NOT!!  this is a very complex problem  they add a little and check it  it starts to come up and your body brings it right back down  it becomes like a game of cat and mouse over the next 8 days more I/V fluids  blood draw  ok its 125  2 hour later it is 120 again next it is 130 and then drops 4 hours later  the mechanize that regulates this in my body was going haywire and it was going to kill me if they coudent get it strait  blood pressure again would droop to nothing wile this was happening...so wile hooked up to a heart  monator  eeg  it was starting to give them abnormal rithums  im like  what next!!!! so it went on like this by the 8 day we had it to 133 as long as I was taking these discusting large sodium wafers 3 tims a day  eating salty pretzels I go in tomorrow for another complete blood panel work up  there going to fit a heart monitor on me to ware to see if I damaged my heart threw this mess  then to orthopedic to have my knee looked at  what a  com-pleat disaster this has turned out to be   life on lifes terms sucks!!!!   sometimes  any way im lucky im a addict  where a tuff bunch and hard to kill  kida like a cocerochs so I got that going for me still need to see the neurologist  thank god I have great disability ins  at this point I think it is going to be ok  ...will see how the heart is doing  hopefully the knee will be minor  I havein a brace already  but it sue is great to be back home and no available to help our family once again....the best part  I did not have to use....your friend and fellow addict Mark

[gnarly_1]

please keep my family in your prayers......wev we

[Davidmel]

How are you today?

[meegWpaw]

hope you feel betters soon Mark, love to you!  xx Meegy

[dominosarah]

Maybe you need to move to Minnesota!  I hope your tests with the heart come back good.  You are one tough bird Mark and will come thru this.  Stay close to your support group~  Sending prayers your way my friend.

[10356]

Hello Mark. I'm also sorry to read what you have been thru though you are right us addicts are 1 tough bunch lol Know Prayers are going up! I also look forward to hearing how you are doing. Take good care of yourself ok. warmly, lesa

[clean_in_ks]

So sorry to hear what you've been going through, Mark.  I will keep you and your family in my prayers♥

[SarahOz]

Yes it's called hypernatremia...consuming to much fluids and hypokalemia..low potassium. Any person can do this if they scull too much fluids and then there's ppl like beautiful Lesa who have (had) kidney problems so they are put on strict fluid restrictuons only ably to have a certain amount of mls or ounces (?) over there each day..not easy sometimes.

Also there's  ppl who have died from taking drugs eg ecstasy because they have drunk too much fluids or not enough. Concerts etc encourage water consumption due to possible drug takers but this can go too far.

[Davidmel]

Im glad to hear u r ok. I was wondering! Please feel better! We all need u!