[olddog]

Thanks to all. There were quite a few things in your combined words that gave me some things to consider that I had not yet thought of.

I should make something clear, as I do not want to mislead anyone. I am a little ahead of where I think I am at medically, however since I have told my Doctors that I would rather die than go through an organ transplant, they may not have brought this up. I wanted to think this through before I tell my Doctor I changed my mind. I believe I still have a fair amount of time (years), but I also know a lot about this disease. Things can advance rapidly. So, I want to get my head around things, and make the changes now before things get worse.

They drained the fluid off a few weeks ago and ran tests on it. I felt better with the fluid off. Based on how I felt this weekend, the fluid is back. It's had my mind thinking.

Trying to eat a 2000 mg sodium diet is very hard to do. Most healthy people likely eat about 5000 mg of sodium. This is a big change It cannot be done if you eat out or eat processed foods. For that matter almost all meats sold in a grocery store have been injected with salt water. I need to talk with a butcher shop.

Anyway thanks for letting me talk.