I had a doctor appointment last week. He decided to have me stop taking my water pill as well as my potassium. I have to admit that I am a bit nervous to stop taking them as I do tend to swell up (especially my cankles) I was looking at a photo of myself from many years ago and realized that I did indeed have ankles. Oh, well, I am alive and I am grateful. So now I get to watch my sodium intake and wear lovely stockings that keep me from swelling, but not sweating! I actually like the way they feel, except for feeling hot. They look sort of dorky, but soon it will be fall and nobody will notice with long pants.
The doctor also had me go to a vein center and make sure I did not have any signs of blood clots, so I did that last week as well, all is good, so that was a relief. ( I feel like an old person talking about all these doctor appointments), but I thought some people might want to know that I am doing well. Just to let you all know - when I left the hospital following the transplant, I was taking 47 pills a day, now I take 6. Wow!
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15 years ago
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OH girl - those stockings are sexy. Do they make them in pink or perhaps navy? How about some stripes? Colored stockings are all the rage, you know. Congratulations on all your progress. I thank my stars every day that you are alive and well. We love you.
WOW! 47 pills/day! I'm so glad you are doing better. We have a lady in our ward whose story started like yours, but has had a much different ending. She has been on dialasis for a while and can't recieve any organs until she gets her body more well. She has diabetes and recently lost her feet to complications.
I'm so glad that things are going well for you! I'm sure that all of those grandkids are glad they have a grandma who can play with them!
Are they the lovely Ted hose? My mom is currently sporting those attractive pieces of attire!
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