If it's not one thing...
Monday, August 27th, 2007 09:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jenepherreHuge thanks to everyone for their well wishes on my last post. It must have helped - no pus pockets here! It was 'just' a cold, although I feel like I'm still recovering from it. I've just been exhausted and sleeping a ridiculous number of hours a day - though never more than 2 or 3 hours at a time UGH. Add to that my monthly loathing of my uterus and my gradually increasing problems - back, neck and chest pain and headaches - due to my over-sized boobs... and things aren't fun physically. But... that's all taking a back seat for the moment.
Mom spent most of the day in the emergency room today. Her blood pressure was really low (74/46) and she was really dizzy and lightheaded and nauseated. They gave her IV fluids and did a ton of lab work and got her BP back up into the normal range. The lab work really didn't show anything that just jumped out and said "this is what caused the drop in BP." There were a few levels that were slightly off, but nothing really significant. She's home tonight, but still not feeling well and has a doctor's appt. tomorrow. I've had major issues with her doctor's prescribing habits for years now, and the fact that he's had her on BP medicine when she hasn't had high blood pressure in quite some time and has never had excessively high blood pressure makes me especially irritated now. I've never met the man, but I plan to tomorrow. One way or another, I'm going to that appointment with her. I've been 'threatening' to accompany my Mom to one of her doc appointments for a long time now, and this ER visit today was the last straw. There have been all sorts of other medication issues too, but I won't get into all that here. My Dad sees this same doctor and has had the same kinds of problems with prescribing issues. Nothing illegal, mind you. Just an excessive belief in 'better living through chemicals' and dosing and drug choices that constantly make us all go "huh?" So we'll see what he has to say tomorrow.
Now, I must try to get some decent, restful sleep. Drugs will probably be necessary.
Mom spent most of the day in the emergency room today. Her blood pressure was really low (74/46) and she was really dizzy and lightheaded and nauseated. They gave her IV fluids and did a ton of lab work and got her BP back up into the normal range. The lab work really didn't show anything that just jumped out and said "this is what caused the drop in BP." There were a few levels that were slightly off, but nothing really significant. She's home tonight, but still not feeling well and has a doctor's appt. tomorrow. I've had major issues with her doctor's prescribing habits for years now, and the fact that he's had her on BP medicine when she hasn't had high blood pressure in quite some time and has never had excessively high blood pressure makes me especially irritated now. I've never met the man, but I plan to tomorrow. One way or another, I'm going to that appointment with her. I've been 'threatening' to accompany my Mom to one of her doc appointments for a long time now, and this ER visit today was the last straw. There have been all sorts of other medication issues too, but I won't get into all that here. My Dad sees this same doctor and has had the same kinds of problems with prescribing issues. Nothing illegal, mind you. Just an excessive belief in 'better living through chemicals' and dosing and drug choices that constantly make us all go "huh?" So we'll see what he has to say tomorrow.
Now, I must try to get some decent, restful sleep. Drugs will probably be necessary.
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Date: Thursday, August 30th, 2007 05:00 am (UTC)