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Laurel · 04-22-2010, 05:38 PM

Flori,

Try a bit of dried seaweed crumpled and littered over your salad, or in some miso soup. I have found that my blood pressure rises as I do not seem to have enough Iodine in my diet. I do not use salt to cook or add to foods, but with all the sodium in our diets I never considered I'd need some Iodine, but apparently it isn't added to salt they way it was in the past. I had a BP that was creeping up to where yours is ever since chemo. I finally added the Iodine after some research on elevated BP and also take a herbal supplement called Hawthorne. One 500mg cap daily has my bp back to normal. Also, Flori, pain will shoot your BP into the stratosphere.

Hoping and praying you get answers and relief.

04-22-2010, 05:38 PM	#31
Laurel Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hershey, PA. Live The Sweet Life! Posts: 2,005	Re: Need some perspective, please Flori, Try a bit of dried seaweed crumpled and littered over your salad, or in some miso soup. I have found that my blood pressure rises as I do not seem to have enough Iodine in my diet. I do not use salt to cook or add to foods, but with all the sodium in our diets I never considered I'd need some Iodine, but apparently it isn't added to salt they way it was in the past. I had a BP that was creeping up to where yours is ever since chemo. I finally added the Iodine after some research on elevated BP and also take a herbal supplement called Hawthorne. One 500mg cap daily has my bp back to normal. Also, Flori, pain will shoot your BP into the stratosphere. Hoping and praying you get answers and relief. __________________ Smile On! Laurel Dx'd w/multifocal DCIS/IDS 3/08 7mm invasive component Partial mast. 5/08 Stage 1b, ER 80%, PR 90%, HER-2 6.9 on FISH 0/5 nodes 4 AC, 4 TH finished 9/08 Herceptin every 3 weeks. Finished 7/09 Tamoxifen 10/08. Switched to Femara 8/09 Bilat SPM w/reconstruction 10/08 Clinical Trial w/Clondronate 12/08 Stopped Clondronate--too hard on my gizzard! Switched back to Tamoxifen due to tendon pain from Femara 15 Years NED I think I just might hang around awhile....