I know I shared with a few of you about the low blood pressure issues I've been having for the last few weeks.

I finally broke down and went to my PCP yesterday because honestly I having up to 6 episodes per day.

My PCP believe I have developed orthostatic hypotension, but it's source/reason is unknown at this point. He order a huge panel of labs, and the results came back today.

Everything is normal there is not one bodily function that is not within normal limits, or even low normal. He said my bloodwork looked really great. He also did a urinalysis, and pregnancy test. Both were negative.

I have a follow up next Thursday, and for the next 6 days I have to keep a diary of when these episodes occur in attempts to find a trend. A referral to a cardiologist is in the future if the episodes increase, or don't decrease over the next week.

I have been instructed to increase my Fluid intake, add full sugar gatorade/powerade, and to stop limiting my sodium intake, but to not go overboard. I had been watching sodium intake to avoid Water weight/retention.

The episodes I'm experiencing are almost fainting spells, dizzyness, and fatigue. I can sleep for 9-10 hours a night, and still feel drained. It's getting warmer here finally so I think that I'm going to start going to walk around the track or soccer field just to get out of the house, and increase my activity. I'm not allowed to take any type of cold/cough medication.

This all started a couple weeks after my gb surgery on Feb 4th, and I just kept thinking it would get better. Well, I had to finally break down and tell John because the episodes started occurring more frequently, and I couldn't ignore the danger I was putting myself in being home by myself.

I am sorry you are having trouble. Can I ask what your BP is? I am just curious, how low is low. But I think that the more serious issue is episodes, what are your symptoms for an episode?

I hope they figure it out soon, it is so great that you are being proactive!

...and what are cheese poofs? =)

These episodes are almost a fainting, passing out moment with dizzyness, and confusion. My BP was 90/60 when my average BP over my last 3 visits with my surgeon was 115/78. The episodes mainly occur when I get up from a sitting to a standing position. I start walking and bam I almost pass out. It's pretty unnerving because they happen randomly. I've had it happen a few times in Wal-Mart, and I am just walking around the store, no bending over, no sitting/standing.

Cheesy poofs are Cheetos, not the crunchy kind, but the puffy kind. I actually prefer the off-brands to the Cheeto brand. They are the best. My favorite is when I leave the bag open for a couple of hours and they get kind of stale. Gross, I know, but it's true.