Hi Lori, started couple days ago but didn't pay attention until I weighed myself and no way I gained 5 lbs in 2 days, my sneakers were tight when I put them on for a walk and then realized my ankles were swollen and felt tight in my own skin, never had edema before, not even through 3 pregnancies.

The crazy itching started yesterday and know it's a PV side affect but my numbers were at very good levels last they checked and when they were bad the itching was relatively mild. I'm a lotion head to toe pretty much every day so that helps a lot.

The BP meds were started 9 days ago so definitely need a different med to try and see what happens.

I texted my Doc and called the office to make sure he saw it and calls me to discuss.

I'm assuming the BP may be a gift from PV, over the past few years it would spike sporadically and we shrugged it off to stress. I have a feeling it was from the PV sludge blood.

I'm going to ask my Doc if it makes sense to take 2 low dose aspirin a day or maybe 2 every other day? I'd rather not go on blood thinners if that's what's needed in addition to BP meds.

Maybe I should also get a CBC done to make sure my hemoglobin & hemocrit didn't jump back up again. Last was mid June and good at 12.9.

Many pieces to the puzzle and isn't always clear where they fit! My Dad has high BP and heart disease so it could also just be I was pre determined to get it based on heredity?

I'll keep you posted!

You're the best Lori ❤️