Hello,

I don't know where to post this since it involves a few things. I'll keep this first post short.

I am male 27 years old, I am 6'5" and weigh 290lbs. When I graduated high school I was 5'11" 150lbs. So you can see in 10 years I've put on alot of "mass", whether it be fat or muscle, mostly both.

Anyways, I've always had a problem with salt cravings and it runs in my mothers side of the family. My grandfather will put salt on his country ham, so you can see - that's not a normal 'taste' craving for salt... anyways, I eat lots of cheese, and meats that contain alot of salt when I crave it. I also drink about 1.5 gallons of water per day....

Question #1 - I retain alot of water... until recently I just though this was from excessive salt, but I recently noticed somethign itneresting.. Whenever I wake up my right side is puffeir in the face and hands than my left.. and also, my right side is colder... Also, my right side armpit sweats alot even when cold... any ideas?

Question #2 - When I take aspirin my hands and feet willl go from normal heat(during the day) to extremely cold.. is this a symptom of aspirin?

Question #3 - I took my blood pressure the other day at one of those sit down things at a drug store.. My results were 152/92/72.. this is the highest I've ever gotten, but I dont know if its accurate since my arms are pretty big... The usual reading I get is around 145/80/75 (which is still high?)

I'm editing my post to add: I took a hormone test a while back and the Testosterone came back normal-high range, the DHEA was normal-high, but my cortisol was on the very lowest measurement in the acceptable range.

Any ideas or reccomendations are apprecaited.
-gbc