Shawn talked to his doctor last night but I don't really know what to say here. The second blood test does not show a high aldosterone level. I have no idea what that means. Earlier, the doctor told me that sometimes a test won't show something even when it is there and sometimes they have to test multiple times. But he's not suggesting that Shawn repeat the test again at this time. He also said earlier that the 24 urine test is more reliable, and that test DID show high levels. (No idea how high, we don't have the test results at the moment). So I don't know where that leaves us.
He told Shawn to journal his blood pressure both lying down and standing up at various times during the day and fax that to him next week. He also suggested we might need to re-increase the Toprol. :-(
It feels like we're right where we started - Shawn feels like crap, the medicine isn't working, and we have no explanation.
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