Some Good News

Aug 13, 2012

Here I start my 4th week out from surgery.  Weight loss has stalled (all of last week) so I am putting the scale away for a while.  I am following my surgeon's and his staff's directions to the letter so it was causing me some frustration. 

Last weekend (the 5th) I fainted at a graduation party.  I ate my lunch before I left,  brought lots of water but was too nauseous to really keep putting in enough water.  I vomitted a few times and the last time I fainted.  Lucky for my the girl's uncle was an EMT.  He determined that I was dehydrated and advised to see my doctor on Monday. Conveniently enough, I had scheduled an appoinment with my PCP to discuss the meds I have been on and how we go about testing to get me off them as is needed.  My PCP also thought it was dehydration but checked for electrolites to make sure everything was balanced.

Due to the fainting episode on Sunday, I did not take my blood pressure med that morning thinking that the med may have contributed to my fainting episode.  My BP was 113/78 without meds.  His advice, don't take it for a week, take BP daily..let's look at the data.  Well, it is not 'official' yet because he wasn't working today, but I did talk to his nurse and gave her the numbers...the highest was 118/78, once..she said that he would call me back tomorrow but that she thinks he will tell me to stop taking it:)  I also recently had my A1C done for diabetes..that was 5.9, which is not as low as they would like it (5.6 or lower)..but it was down from 7.8 the last time I had it done.  So it is in the right direction, but not quite there..so will probably have to wait 3 months until the next test to get off that med (I take Metformin for Type-2 diabetes)..they halved the med immediately after surgery...so I consider that progress.

Next Monday I return to work (teachers report back) and I have a NP appointment with my surgeon's office...so we will keep plugging away and focus on continuing to be healthy.

Thanks for reading.

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