Good News

Medical, that is. The Cholesterol is 168. Serum Iron is normal, though Hgb is still low. A lifetime of low Hgb and each time I change doctors or go to a specialist they want to do tests and treatments and nothing changes. So I tell them not to do anything and just get to know this body. Eventually they stop needing to see me. So the Nephrologist says come back next year. The Hematologist is still every three months cuz of the low Hgb. The Gastroenterologist hasn't called me in well over a year. I would like someone to check the pains in the right side when I sleep on my right side, but so far I haven't pushed and simply don't sleep on my right side. The tinnitus still rings louder than ever, especially after eating salts and spices and raising the blood pressure. The left side of the neck cramps stil come and go. The left arm has been hurting more than usual in recent weeks, but I am hoping it will subside with exercise and rest, in proper balance, as it often does. Still no Dermatolgist.

I think I covered everything. The Primary and Nephrologist in the past two days were very happy with me. The body was 185 on the Primary's scale and 187 on the Nephro's scale. The BP was 109/74 at the Primary. The LPN at the Nephro has no clue how to take blood pressure and faked the numbers. The cuff was not on roperly and she bend the tubes under each other to be able to see the dial which was in my armpit. I took my own pulse and blood pressure after she left and she was wrong. She claimed 130/70, I got 112/74. I'll go with the Primary's results. Malpractice with a patient on a blood pressure medication, but I tolerate her because the Nephro is good and very flexible, giving me my prescriptions when I didn't have a Primary, so he's my back up Primary. He also has a iron therapy Nurse in case I ever decide to go there. I just wish he would get a clue about his incompetent LPN. She forgot to ask for a urine sample. Nephrology, look it up if you don't get it. Maybe I'll get back in the 170s this year. Onward, aye?

Oh, did I mention I've been sleeping on my back more than ever? Significant, even if you don't know why.

Narf :)