Had to go see my family physician today, part of follow ip from being in hospital 12 days. Gotta to see the kidney doctor on the 8th, the heart doctor on the 10th, and back to family doctor on the 14th. Seems I am always at doctor's office.
He had gotten full report and copies of all lab work, x-rays (they x-rayed my chest 3 times because of the bronchitis), etc. Anyway he told me something I had not known--he said I was almost dead when I arrived in the Er due to all the toxins in my blood because of failing kidneys. Had I not gone when I did, I might have been dead by morning. Hubby said from now on he isn't ask if I need to go to the hospital, he is calling 911.
Anyway, he said where I had the catherter healed nicely and I can take a shower tomorrow. YIPPPPP< not had a shower in 3 weeks. Was told not to shower until the bandages were off--wet bandage could cause or spread a very bad infection. so, as in hospital, I was using that no rinse soap stuff and that is NOT a bath nor shower.
In the hospital my thyroid meds had been upped a little, and my diabetic meds were changed. The doctors thought the Metformin, which had been doubled 6months ago, was partly at fault and took me off it and put me back on the glipizide, and cut my Januvia in half. I had been taken off the glipizde when my metformin was doubled.
The doc said he would love to take me off the one blood pressure med I am on but knows the heart doctor is keeping me on it for my heart and I do need it. Is jut a light dose, but my BP tends to run low and even a light dose doesn't help. Today in his office my BP was 95/55.