Thursday, Sept 1, 2011

hi all, starting off the third month of hemo treatment, i lost count, of what treatment # this is. The usual, arrived at 5:15 AM, start time 5:30 PM, my actual time to start. About fifteen minutes into the treatment, i started to feel nauseated, so my UF was turn off for awhile, until the nausea subside, or if not, i would be administered some nausea relief medicine, but that was not the case, about a 1/2 hour after the UF was turn off, my nausea was completely gone. The nurse then comes back, and after she was aware that my nausea had subsided, she ask me, to bring my medications in to be evaluated, and i immediately told her, oh, you got to be kidding, i have enough with bringing this huge tote bag with these blankets, i haven't brought in medication, since i transition to PD. They keep a record of my medication regiment, and because i know all my meds, and have known for over a decade, i go over the meds, and any changes, that had been made during any of my hospital stays, in which, that is when i mainly have medication changed or adjusted in any way. Now, about my current meds, just before i returned to hemo, my meds hadn't changed much, but a month after being on hemo again, i was hospitalized and my b/p med was changed somewhat. I was taking cozaar for over three years, and when i was recently hospitalized, my cozaar (25 mg/twice a day) was changed to norvasc, (5 mg/once a day, my cozaar and coreg, was working very well for me, while on PD, i guess it doesn't work as well on hemo, go figure!. As you should be aware, my iron, vitamin D, & potassium supplements, have been put on hold, since returning to hemo, temporary, because i can get these meds administered through my tubing on hemo, so that is three less meds that i have to take on the regular, orally. I spoke with my case manager at kaiser, about my results from my ct-scan, done last saturday. My case manager, Ray, told me that from the results, it showed that i truly need to have my adrenal gland removed, and this is due to the numerous amount of hormones that they are producing, which is the main cause of my high b/p level, i am taking 3 b/p meds, plus a clonidine patch, to help in controlling my b/p level, and with this gland removal, my b/p can be controlled with less b/p meds, isn't that wonderful news, now, for some more bad news, my kidneys are crowding, because of the excessive amount of cyst on each kidney, plus you know it started with my return to hemo, that i needed to have an umblical hernia repaired and by the removal of both my kidneys, it would lessen the risk of the development of the reoccurence of another hernia. So, i guess you say, i have a great deal on my plate at this time, right! i continue to have faith and belief in the almighty up above, that i will triumph through all this, just like i have done in the past, with so much on my plate during my 20 yr. journey on dialysis. God is always in the business of healing. Well that is it for my blogging today, take care and all the best to my followers.