So Dear Husband K is recovering from his surgery- every day is a bit better. This past Monday, I had a follow up with my doctor to learn that all is BENIGN.
But
(or should I say, BUTT)
Thursday I got a call literally minutes before I took the first pill that would start the process of "cleansing" my colon prior to my Friday morning colonoscopy.
Apparently, one doctor's office or the other has lost the referral paper work so I couldn't have the procedure Friday morning.
Now, I am grateful that the call came before the process of "cleansing" started, but I am angry that the procedure will now be in AUGUST.
Along with my annual Pap test.
I had so looked forward to having this behind me. (forward, behind, whatever)
In other news, I continue to monitor my mood. Mostly okay, so far.
I am monitoring my mom's mood, too. She is pretty definitely depressed. When I went with her to her doctor on Wednesday, he found that her blood pressure was low, especially for the late
afternoon time of day (100/58). He listened to her symptoms: feeling generally "sick," general weakness, arms "heavy" and weak, no appetite, bad taste in mouth, dry mouth, waking early and unable to get back to sleep, good days and bad days, worse in the morning. He ordered blood work, to make sure he
isn't missing something like anemia, or kidney function, but his feeling
is that most of her difficulties can be traced to depression. He has
cut back her blood pressure meds, and taken her
off the Prozac (which she had only been taking for two weeks, after having *on her own* taken herself off of her previous anti-depressant) and on to a newer, quicker acting medication Viibryd. She
will go back to see him in 2 months.
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