by Bkworm » Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:09 pm
Hi jeff,
You helped me in t he past and now I am in a new situation where I don't know where to go for good information.
My husband had a pacemaker placed June 6. He is now pacemaker dependent with heart failure and A-
fib. He is currently taking three meds with one more recommended. One med is to be eliminated by the first of September if not sooner. They had him go in for blood work last week and his potassium was high. So, I went online to see what foods are high in potassium besides bananas. Come to find out, just about everything I cook and prepare for WFPB is high in potassium such as Bananas, oranges, cantaloupe, honeydew, apricots, grapefruit (some dried fruits, such as prunes, raisins, and dates, are also high in potassium: Cooked spinach, Cooked broccoli, Potatoes, Sweet potatoes, Mushrooms, Peas, Cucumbers, Zucchini, Pumpkins, Leafy greens, Legumes. Since it is summer we have been eating a lot of fruit except bananas.
Am I harming my husband by continuing to cook and prepare WFPB? I have mentioned to his doctors a couple of times that I only cook WFPB and received no reaction at all. My husband has never eaten 100% WFPB. At home he does because that is all I prepare. However, at work and when he is out and about, he eats whatever he wants. He has been home since June 7 so is eating WFPB more than usual. DH is due to return to work on September 5. He works at the largest hospital in Central Florida. When he started his employment there 45 years ago, it was strictly a vegetarian cafeteria but no longer.
I know you can't give medical advice. However, can you give me an idea of how to approach this with his doctors and what to say? Should I even bother? Are there web sites that would help? If so, I haven't found them.
Thank you for your input.
Bkworm