Saturday
Off to bed soon. Haven't been out today as I've been so tired even though I got a reasonable night sleep last night.
Been talking to the guy I mentioned who's probably going to have to change his meds. From what I can work out things look more hopeful than unhopeful at the moment. I hope that's the way it's going to be.
I saved his life some years back (a couple of times). Yes, he's the one I mentioned in my earlier blogs!!!!!! Guess I can't do much this time round .. that's up to the medicos. Will say this though that I don't think the care he's been given is very good. Apparently they knew there could be problems with the meds he was on yet cut down the number of appointments he had to see the specialist about them to once a year. I think this would've been ok if someone had been giving him tests throughout the year to make sure he was ok .. though really he should've been seen often ... from what I can work out ... by the specialist he was seeing for this condition.
The people he sees about his other illness, which he is taking the meds for which are causing the new problems, said that he wasn't showing any classic symptoms of becoming ill. Well, no .. but, from what I can work out .. the only one they mentioned doesn't happen until the problem is quite advanced.
Anyway .. it looks as if the change is comparitively recent .. there are a lot of "minor" symptoms before the one they'd been looking out for and he's not showing any of them cept he's often quite tired and his memory isn't quite as good as it used to be .. he can get a bit foggy.
He thought that he had one symptom .. which is generally a sign that things have got very bad .. but, really, it's not likely as I pointed out and can happen without there being any serious illness involved .. something he'd forgotten.
We'll know quite soon what's wrong and what's going to be done. I think he should be ok. It's not going to be nice changing the meds over and perhaps he'll have to go into hospital while that's happening .. but if that works then that's all that will have to be done. From what I gather the odds are that there's a reasonable chance that things will go back to how they were, and, as the change seems to be quite recent, the meds shouldn't have done too much damage. Bit of lucky timing there.
He is worrying but it looks as if things should get better. Really hope so. If it is the meds .. and they think it is .. then there are others he can go on that do't do this. I think it was hoped that this wouldn't happen cause the medication works very well for the illness it's prescribed for but he'll have to try another one which works slightly differently.
Hopefully it is the meds causing the problems. If it's not then he'll have to have some treatment for the condition that has flared up which can be a bit difficult.
I'm off to bed now.
Been talking to the guy I mentioned who's probably going to have to change his meds. From what I can work out things look more hopeful than unhopeful at the moment. I hope that's the way it's going to be.
I saved his life some years back (a couple of times). Yes, he's the one I mentioned in my earlier blogs!!!!!! Guess I can't do much this time round .. that's up to the medicos. Will say this though that I don't think the care he's been given is very good. Apparently they knew there could be problems with the meds he was on yet cut down the number of appointments he had to see the specialist about them to once a year. I think this would've been ok if someone had been giving him tests throughout the year to make sure he was ok .. though really he should've been seen often ... from what I can work out ... by the specialist he was seeing for this condition.
The people he sees about his other illness, which he is taking the meds for which are causing the new problems, said that he wasn't showing any classic symptoms of becoming ill. Well, no .. but, from what I can work out .. the only one they mentioned doesn't happen until the problem is quite advanced.
Anyway .. it looks as if the change is comparitively recent .. there are a lot of "minor" symptoms before the one they'd been looking out for and he's not showing any of them cept he's often quite tired and his memory isn't quite as good as it used to be .. he can get a bit foggy.
He thought that he had one symptom .. which is generally a sign that things have got very bad .. but, really, it's not likely as I pointed out and can happen without there being any serious illness involved .. something he'd forgotten.
We'll know quite soon what's wrong and what's going to be done. I think he should be ok. It's not going to be nice changing the meds over and perhaps he'll have to go into hospital while that's happening .. but if that works then that's all that will have to be done. From what I gather the odds are that there's a reasonable chance that things will go back to how they were, and, as the change seems to be quite recent, the meds shouldn't have done too much damage. Bit of lucky timing there.
He is worrying but it looks as if things should get better. Really hope so. If it is the meds .. and they think it is .. then there are others he can go on that do't do this. I think it was hoped that this wouldn't happen cause the medication works very well for the illness it's prescribed for but he'll have to try another one which works slightly differently.
Hopefully it is the meds causing the problems. If it's not then he'll have to have some treatment for the condition that has flared up which can be a bit difficult.
I'm off to bed now.
posted by Zeb at 3:38 PM
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