Just got back from picking up my new high blood pressure (“hypertension”) medication. Holy crap it sounds scary. First off, it’s called Labetalol. And it’s got all kinds of super fun warnings. I scanned the information sheet I got with it. Just look at the cautions and side effects! (I highlighted the best parts.) (click…
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Bruised Butt
Ok seriously, my poor left butt/hip area is killing me. The damned injection site from yesterday has been just ACHING. It’s insane how much it hurts. I could barely sit on the couch last night, kept waking myself up from rolling on that side overnight and today it still feels like a massively deep, tender…
Post Lupron Shot Appointment
Ok, so the good news is that I DID get my 3-month Lupron shot today. The bad news is that it took over two hours and two offices (in completely opposite direction!) to get it. I drove up to the office by my Mom. (About 30 minutes north of home.) My appointment was 1:15pm. I…
General Update
It’s been a busy week already and we’re not even done yet. So here’s a brief update on a variety of topics. Love’s Dad Had his quadruple bypass yesterday. Went well. Today they had him up and walking. Can you believe it? Love says they said he’s a model patient. So far, everything is right…
Love’s Dad out of surgery
I’m here in the CCU family waiting room. Doctor came to see us and let us know all was well. He’s out of surgery. Four bypasses and didn’t have to do the valve replacement. No problems thus far. Of course the next 24-36 hours there are things they have to keep an eye on but…
Denied Again
Just got a call from the gentleman at HCRA. I’ve been denied my claim to get assistance paying my $8,000 hospital bill. He said he scrounged the manual to look for any way to avoid including Love’s income but in all circumstances – even if it’s just roommates – total household income MUST be counted….
Open Heart Surgery
Tuesday, Love’s dad goes in for open heart surgery. Last week he was doing better but they wanted to do a stress test to check his heart before deciding if he was ready to be discharged or not. See, apparently when his gallbladder ruptured, it put so much stress on his body that he had…
Another Day, Another Bill
Seriously? That would be $1,220 due to the ER physician. This is a completely separate bill from the $13,347 bill the hospital billed me directly and the $248 bill the radiologist billed me as well. Bills sent separately from the hospital such as this do NOT qualify for the charity I applied for. (Which I…
A Moment Of Gratitude
Just wanted to take a moment to update and give my thanks on the fundraising efforts so far. As of this morning, there is $1,350 in my Hysterectomy Fund. A big chunk of that came today. Woke up this morning to a notification from PayPal that I had received a $500 donation. I do not…
Hospital Bills – Application for Assistance
I received a call from a gentleman at HCRA (Health Care Responsibility Act) here in my area. HCRA is the source which will help pay for hospitalization bills. (i.e. my $8,008 due to the hospital for my ER visit that started this whole thing.) It’s a separate department from the Health Care division (which I’ve…
Ok, That Hurts!
I’m running out of my painkiller and the doctor said he’d renew the prescription for me at my June 21st appointment. The pharmacy never got the order though (they send it electronically) so I’ve been playing phone tag trying to get it refilled. So yesterday, I was down to my last one and I decided…
Fan
I splurged last night and spent a whopping $5.99 with free shipping for a USB powered fan. I’m hot a lot these days because of the Lupron. This is an unfamiliar condition for me as I’m normally always cold. But the master bedroom (where the computer is located at) is the hottest room in the…
Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot!
Thursday night I woke up every 45 minutes or so the whole night long feeling like I was being cooked in an oven. Not night sweats specifically as I wasn’t sweaty, but more night hot flashes. The heat of my whole body would wake me up and I’d find myself laying there just overwhelmed by…
Hormones and Hospitals – Oh My!
Good news on Love’s Dad: he’s being moved from the CCU today into a less critical ward. He also ate his first solid food this morning. Yay! He’s still got a long way from being back to normal but these are all really good, positive signs he’s improving. As for me, yesterday I took my…
Day one
Here goes nothing! First day of the add-back hormones to counter the menopause effects of the Lupron. Man my life is complicated right now! LOLText msg from M Posted via email from memoryanddream’s posterous