One of my doctors put me on a drug called Lasix two weeks ago (7/22/08). I like the name Lasix. Sounds high tech – a union of laser and x-ray. Turns out that it is a drug given to thoroughbred horses to prevent them from bleeding through the nose during races. While I’m in no danger of ever working that hard, it is a diuretic that relieves lung congestion and fluid buildup elsewhere in the body, conditions that arise from compromised heart function. Which the tumor is apparently creating.
I intentionally lost twenty pounds between November 2007 and June 2008 by cutting out junk food and applying portion control. But I’ve lost another ten pounds in the last two weeks on Lasix. I’m now down to 154 lbs. I haven’t been this light since I was popping pimples during the Nixon presidency.
Lasix is included on the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned drug list because of its use as a masking agent for other drugs. I guess that rules me out for the Beijing Olympics. As for the name: decidedly not high tech. It is simply derived from Lasts six hours, its duration of action. Ho hum.
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