Day #94: Too much potassium?
My sugars this morning were 4.2
More prunes for breakfast and lunch too today, I really enjoyed them for both meals.
I checked with my Doctor for my HbA1c results today and it came back with as 6.3 which he said was normal. That’s the lowest it’s been since late 2002. There was a bit of concerning news however regarding my sodium and potassium levels.
My sodium level is a little low, but my potassium level is a little high, and that’s the one concerning my doctor. Apparently too high a potassium level can lead to cardiac arrest, so I’ve got to go for a test on Friday morning to see if it’s gone up any more, and if it has then he’s going to prescribe some kind of drug to get it lowered. So we’ll see on Friday I guess.
In the meantime, I’ve had a look at some of the supplements I’m taking and the bee pollen granules are high in potassium apparently, and the super B complex which I’ve also been taking has potassium in there, as well as bee pollen, so I’m going to cut those two out of my regimen. Whether that will make a difference or not by Friday, I’m not sure.
My wife and I went to the cinema tonight to watch Mongol, a film that the local arts council has brought to town and rented a screen at the cinema to show. It’s basically about the young Genghis Khan and how he came to be one of the most powerful, successful warriors / empire builders in history and is a damn good story. Really beautifully filmed too. If you get a chance, go and see it.
After the movie we nipped down to Extra Foods to get some celery, and some fruit for tomorrow -that’s right it’s a fruit day tomorrow - plus some of the prunes too (which are also apparently high in potassium). To add to the list of things that are a “good source” of potassium as well, we have cucumbers and celery - two of my staples for the juice feast, so it looks like it could just be the perfect storm of supplements and diet that have lead to the elevated level of potassium in my blood.
I think it’ll sort itself out when I come off the diet, but my doctor seems worried. I guess Friday is crunch day.
I checked my sugars when we got back and they were 5.7 which is still in the post prandial (after meal) normal range.
So, I’m off to bed in a minute, ready for my fruity breakfast tomorrow. I’m pretty sure my body doesn’t have a bloody clue what the hell is going on, with all this prune juice, and prunes and now the fruits tomorrow, it’s kind of having to wake up and get out of the hospital bed, shake itself off and get back in the race, so I think a few anomalies are to be expected.
With that, I’ll bid you goodnight.
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