April 27, 2013

DAY55, I Think

Hello again.  Sorry I haven’t written in a while.  For the last two weeks I’ve been going in for an IV drug at 8 AM and 8 PM every day.  That kinda kills the day.  I am getting better every day but still can’t seem to gain weight.  I’ve gotten to 3000 calories at least one day but other days are not so good on the eating scale.  Doing about the same on the exercise scale; laps around the condo and house chores.  I still haven’t made it through a day without at least one nap.  I can feel it getting better but it is SO SLOW!!

Thursday night I did have a situation.  About 11:30 I woke up on the couch and went to pee.  The resulting liquid obviously had blood in it.  Bright red and not much but blood none the less.  “What do I do now?  It’s almost midnight.  I’ll be back at the clinic in seven hours. Yeah, let’s just wait.  Yeah but ………what if?....I could call a nurse but she’d have to say go to the ER.” This went on for a while.

So about 1:00 AM we arrived at the ER.  Tests were run, doctors were consulted and I was released.  We got back home about 2:30 so pretty quick for a night visit to the ER.  The next day Dr. B told me to call the clinic number next time and I’d get referred and maybe save the ER visit.  That’s good to know.  He also released me from the two-a-days so that made for a good day, even with the 90 minute IV he through in at the end.

 

Boone