Re: exercise makes me ill

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duck11

Hello,

I have always had trouble with exercise since my surgery 15 years ago. It feels like it is from electrolytes being out and I have always been able to remedy this with gatorade/chips but the past year, I cannot do anything--not even a leisurely swim, without needing 2 days to recover from extreme nausea and dizziness. I take gravol an drink tons of fluids and wait for it to pass but it is debilitating and has made it impossible to exercise. Has anyone else experienced this? I had bloodwork done and it showed everything as "normal" but I wonder if it would show any electrolyte imbalances unless it was right at the time I was feeling ill. Thanks for any thoughts...

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Jan DollarModerator, RN, retired

This far out from surgery, you'd think your body would have acclimated by now and learned how to retain electrolytes.

Standard lab tests only tell part of the story. For one, they only tell what your blood levels are, not what is going on in your cells. With an ongoing issue like this, I suggest you ask your primary doctor to dig deeper, such as looking at endocrine function. It is possible you may have mild adrenal or pituitary dysfunction that is difficult to determine. Could even be thyroid.

Jan

12/16/1411:32 AM

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Scott FMember

In addition to what Jan wrote, which I agree with all of, you might be dry in spite of your best efforts. It's pretty easy to tell, though: is your urine light colored or dark colored? If it's light colored, you're very likely to be well hydrated, assuming your kidneys are working properly.

12/16/1412:04 PM

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Jan DollarModerator, RN, retired

Totally agree with Scott. I was not trying to imply that you are not dehydrating. That seems evident due to the fact that rehydrating helps you. My point was that there may be other (hormonal) issues that prevent you from maintaining homeostasis during stress and/or increased activity.

Jan

12/16/147:53 PM

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dewMember

How was your vitamin D level? What about your cortisol, IFG-1 and testosterone, assuming you're a male.

12/17/146:22 AM

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phonix2gMember

you might want to see if your dr can refer you to a hemotologist so they can do test for multiple things at once a more advanced blood work up rather then just the basic testing that is not going to show much. I had to go to the hemotologist to find out that I needed iron infusions which I would not of known otherwise through basic testing. Good luck.

12/23/1412:11 AM

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