Changing Medications (Level of Trust Required)

[mlooney 3,265]

My stats were all normal and there didn't seem to be anything wrong with my inner ear.  Setting up a non walk-in appointment with my normal primary care person.

[mlooney 3,265]

24 minutes ago, mlooney said:

My stats were all normal and there didn't seem to be anything wrong with my inner ear.  Setting up a non walk-in appointment with my normal primary care person.

And the soonest they can see me is Oct 5th.    Less than gruntled.

[Darth Fluffy 288]

One thing I like about cities is you generally have options. Small towns, not so much.

[mlooney 3,265]

Seems that my wrist blood pressure cuff shows low.  I used my arm cuff and got 125/77.  Wrist cuff got 110/69.  Checking a 2nd time with the arm cuff got 119/71.  Still low blood oxygen and high pulse rate.
 

[Don Edwards 541]

If you take your blood pressure cuffs to a fire station, and the paramedics happen to not be busy at the moment, they'll probably be willing to check your blood pressure using their professional equipment and skill - and then you can use your cuffs on the spot, right afterward, to see how accurate those devices are.

[mlooney 3,265]

14 hours ago, Don Edwards said:

If you take your blood pressure cuffs to a fire station, and the paramedics happen to not be busy at the moment, they'll probably be willing to check your blood pressure using their professional equipment and skill - and then you can use your cuffs on the spot, right afterward, to see how accurate those devices are.

Next time I go to the clinic (either due to dizzy spells or my scheduled appointment) I'm taking my cuff with me for exactly that reason.

[ProfessorTomoe 1,299]

I'm headed out to a surgical center on Monday (Sept. 11) to have a procedure done - yet another Rhizotomy. I just had one a little over 6 months ago, and I've lost count of how many I've had, but man, am I in desperate need of another one. I can't stand in one place and do anything (like cooking) without my lumbar spine giving me excruciating pain after just a few minutes. They're going to zap my spinal nerves with radio waves and follow up with steroid injections, if I'm remembering the procedure correctly. I've been told by my physician's assistant at the pain clinic to ask for extra pain medicine on the left-hand side, since that's where the worst lower back pain is happening.

I go in at 10:30 a.m. Monday morning and should be out in a couple of hours. With luck, I should be feeling relief within a week.

[mlooney 3,265]

I have the start of a  migraine.  I've taken analgesics and am in bed where I can put my sleep mask on.  Photos of Explorer as I can get them. 

[mlooney 3,265]

Feeling like crap. Not a migraine, but left over "I'm out of spoons" from yesterday. Planning on getting up in an hour or so

[ProfessorTomoe 1,299]

I just got home from the hospital a few hours ago after spending the night there for observation for a possible stroke. Yep. Lotsa fun. Everything started at around 3:30pm Sunday. I got a headache on the right side of my head, the right side of my face went numb, and I started having some trouble talking out of the right side of my mouth. After about 30 minutes, I brought up the subject to my wife, Brenda. We discussed the matter, and then I finally called 911. They came out and took me to the hospital with lights and sirens going.

They ran some blood tests on me at the hospital and did a CT scan, both of which came back negative for anything scary. Still, the doctor wanted to keep me for observation, so I was admitted for the night. There were the usual snafus with my pain medicines, of course, and the IV they stuck in my right arm back in the ambulance hurt every time I tried to bend it, so things were less than fun.

The worst thing that happened was when they gave me a potassium chloride drip in my IV. IT HURT LIKE HELL. We're talking pain level 9 on the 0-to-10 scale here. Still, I toughed it out as long as I could, since the doctor told me my potassium levels were very low. (I'm wondering if that may have contributed to me feeling so bad on Sunday.)

Anyway, they finally decided I'd had a Transient Ischemic Attack, or TIA for short. Basically a "mini-stroke." They've increased my cholesterol medication and have given me a 21-day course of Plavix blood thinner to take, just in case I've got a baby clot hiding in my brain.

I'm glad the situation is over with for now.  I'm beginning to hate hospitals with a passion.

[mlooney 3,265]

I woke up this morning with a cold. I feel like utter crap.  Going to go back to bed Real Soon Now.

[mlooney 3,265]

26 minutes ago, mlooney said:

I woke up this morning with a cold. I feel like utter crap.  Going to go back to bed Real Soon Now.

I've had a pot of tea. Still feel like crap. Going back to bed.

[mlooney 3,265]

I took a nap this morning, due to feeling like crap. Woke up and barfed. If I still feel bad Monday I'm off to the clinic.