Blossom had an ACTH test friday (pre ACTH stim was 2.8 and Post was 7.4) and she does not have Addisons. 4 vets thought she had early Addisons. Dr. Jeff WAS right, It IS the great pretender I guess..... So what other disease is this mimicking? The vet does not know why her potassium is high. We need help figuring this out. I have done some research and see the sodium potassium pump in the kidneys perform this metabolic action. Blossom's kidney function is normal on bloodwork although her Creatinine has been fluctuating since April from 1.2 to 1.4 close to the top of the range. I don't know if you look at values in the way of WHERE they are on the graph. One holistic vet said a long time ago blood values should be median and if they are not he would supplement before symptoms emerge (or in your case you probably would use homeopathy in lieu of supplements) Well Blossom as I said all along for 9 months since I got her has something going on. Talked to Dr. Cooney before the ACTH test, and he did agree she probably does have vaccinosis vindicating me. He is sending me a remedy or two. Will try the first and go to the second depending on the effects of the first one. Also will use Adrenal Support from Standard Process. Things may be more entrenched now (my opinion) because it festered without treatment for almost a year to reverse effects. She had symptoms all along, the slow walking and cheek puffing but the frequency was the only thing that changed from intermittent to chronic. But I KNEW it had to be the vaccines.
I do want to know if I should reduce potassium in her diet. I know my vet said the body is supposed to balance the Na:K ratio but maybe she cannot do that. I read articles in humans they suggest limiting potassium foods. I feed a lot of squash and pumpkin. Also other treatments involve sodium bicarbonate, insulin, glucose and calcium per my readings. I also read a higher carb diet would push potassium into the intracellular spaces and out of the blood. I am looking for disagreement or agreement with what I am posting also. I have to do something empirically to see if anything works. I don't know if the aforementioned above, i.e. insulin, glucose , calcium and sodium bicarb can be done only in IV or can it be done orally?
The vet asked if I wanted anything else added to the bloodwork which the lab still has. Do I? Any suggestions? I was going to repeat the CBC even though it was done 10 days earlier (she still has the high RBC, hematocrit and hemoglobin) Do I need to know the blood aldosterone which regulates the potassium ratio? I thought this would be important. Can the lab do a blood PH to see if she has acidosis (in which case sodium bicarbonate might work?)
I do not want to use the homeopathy as the only therapy since I have been doing this for several months and nothing has changed, nothing.... which is why I switched homeopaths. My vet did an EKG, blood pressure, listened to her heart and all was ok now but things could change I understand if the potassium is rising slowly. My vet and I are talking tomorrow and he doesn't know what to do. He knows I am a big researcher (actually he has 2 Dr's after his name too) and have the assistance here so I would be grateful if you have thoughts so I can embark on a deeper dive. I cannot get her for an ultrasound. My vet here is 10 min away and Blossom is very nervous in the car so cannot go an hour away still but working on it. I was hoping if she had addisons it would explain her poor stress management and it would be corrected with physiological doses of the corticosteroid they use. But I guess that is not the reason for her stress responses. Is there a way to keep track of her potassium much like a diabetic takes readings. I also read hyperkalemia affects the blood's ability to flow normally---i.e. thick blood I guess. I previously thought she had thick blood from the over abundance of RBC. So polycythemia is still on the table, the high potassium but not addisons. Thanks.
I do want to know if I should reduce potassium in her diet. I know my vet said the body is supposed to balance the Na:K ratio but maybe she cannot do that. I read articles in humans they suggest limiting potassium foods. I feed a lot of squash and pumpkin. Also other treatments involve sodium bicarbonate, insulin, glucose and calcium per my readings. I also read a higher carb diet would push potassium into the intracellular spaces and out of the blood. I am looking for disagreement or agreement with what I am posting also. I have to do something empirically to see if anything works. I don't know if the aforementioned above, i.e. insulin, glucose , calcium and sodium bicarb can be done only in IV or can it be done orally?
The vet asked if I wanted anything else added to the bloodwork which the lab still has. Do I? Any suggestions? I was going to repeat the CBC even though it was done 10 days earlier (she still has the high RBC, hematocrit and hemoglobin) Do I need to know the blood aldosterone which regulates the potassium ratio? I thought this would be important. Can the lab do a blood PH to see if she has acidosis (in which case sodium bicarbonate might work?)
I do not want to use the homeopathy as the only therapy since I have been doing this for several months and nothing has changed, nothing.... which is why I switched homeopaths. My vet did an EKG, blood pressure, listened to her heart and all was ok now but things could change I understand if the potassium is rising slowly. My vet and I are talking tomorrow and he doesn't know what to do. He knows I am a big researcher (actually he has 2 Dr's after his name too) and have the assistance here so I would be grateful if you have thoughts so I can embark on a deeper dive. I cannot get her for an ultrasound. My vet here is 10 min away and Blossom is very nervous in the car so cannot go an hour away still but working on it. I was hoping if she had addisons it would explain her poor stress management and it would be corrected with physiological doses of the corticosteroid they use. But I guess that is not the reason for her stress responses. Is there a way to keep track of her potassium much like a diabetic takes readings. I also read hyperkalemia affects the blood's ability to flow normally---i.e. thick blood I guess. I previously thought she had thick blood from the over abundance of RBC. So polycythemia is still on the table, the high potassium but not addisons. Thanks.
