January 23, 2012
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Back For A Few Days…..
TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM
As you know, I was headed to the Wound Center my last blog. Then I just disappeared. I ended up in the hospital, as I’m sure you might have surmised. Although there was no gangrene involved,there was exposed bone (in the big toe). The top was nice, pink and healthy looking…..
The bottom and onto the foot itself was also healthy. But in between, the bone had been exposed right from the beginning and was half dead.
End result: amputated big toe. The heel has been the big pain in more ways than one. That is going to take time to heal partly because I need a major surgery to restore good circulation to that leg. It’s almost totally obstructed and will actually need a vascular bypass so they must take part of one of my veins and use it as a bypass where it’s occluded. That is taking place this Friday so I will probably be in the hospital another 3-4 days afterward because it IS major. Hopefully, once that is done, my BP will come down to a more normal level for me. Right now, it’s high enough that I require two different BP meds. For someone who has had low blood pressure her whole life, this is really strange.
My primary doctor was so ecstatic because they did an A1C test on me (that tells you what your average blood sugar level was for the previous 3 months) and it came back showing 6.5 (which is excellent). I told him that it had been as low as 5.0 and he was shocked to find out that was true.
They discovered I had some little ulcerations from all the aspirin I had been eating for pain. Not major but I am not allowed any aspirin that is not enterically coated (sp?) and only when told to take it by the gastroenterologist. After this upcoming surgery, anything else that needs doing can be done outpatient. That’s just tests, thankfully.
So the doctor sends home a shitload of new prescriptions for me and the Beast runs it up to Walmart but….since there are like 8, he tells the pharmacist that tomorrow will be fine. That screwed me up because it includes my pain medication. Why the Beast would assume that I would actually come home with one or two is beyond my ken. So I am praying that all the demerol doesn’t leave my system before I can fall asleep.
Lots more to tell but I am *talked out* for now. I’ll write more tomorrow and let you know what else went on. Love you all. Take care. Stay healthy for heaven’s sake!
