Jeez, the maintenance guy just left after 45 minutes again. I had to call the office because it was 80F (27C) in here and the a/c wouldn’t turn on no matter what I set it on. So he came out, took the whole wall unit apart and changed a capacitor. It’s running again but now…
Category: General Blather
I Hate My Appartment Complex
Last night, I noticed our A/C was starting to freeze up when the A/C kept running non-stop for an hour and it was getting warmer in the apartment. It’s done this regularly for the 6.5 years we’ve lived here and pretty much nothing ever gets done about it. I know exactly what to do at…
Medication Update
First, let me start by updating on my current meds for those who may have missed something along the way. Lupron – This is the shot I had in the doctor’s office most recently July 7th. I had a one-month shot on June 7th and then three-month shot second. This is the medication that puts…
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BP Med – Day Two
Today I’ve been beyond tired all day. Ugh. Seriously, I spent most of the day sleeping or wishing I were sleeping. Low grade headache all day too. So far no dizziness or lightheadedness which is good. But the headache came with some nausea/queasiness which kinda sucked. And man, TONS of freaking head tingling. Oh my…
Love’s Dad is Home!
Love just called. They just got home from the hospital. It’s been a long and worrying and trying time but he’s doing really good and they cleared him to come home today! Hard to imagine it was just Tuesday that he had open heart surgery and a quadruple bypass! Not to mention he had gallbladder…
BP Med – 1st Pill
Took my first of the new high blood pressure medication tonight after eating dinner. Figured might as well start on a full stomach since it’s recommended to take it with food or milk. About 1.5 into it, I started getting shaky. Kinda jittery and sorta “weird” feeling. That lasted for about two hours. About three…
High Blood Pressure Medication
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…
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…