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Looks like old age is catching up to me at last. Never been seriously ill in my life.
I woke up last thursday the 10th of april, or maybe it was friday the 11
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feeling awfull. I had a rough night sleeping as well, short of breath, couln't get comfortable, everytime I was just about alseep, it felt like I quit breathing.
When I got up in the morning, my feet and ankles were swollen up so bad, I had cankles instead of calves and ankles. I felt really jittery and my hands would not stop shaking. My cup of coffee sent me to the moon.
My palms were beet red, and the house seemed to move every now and again. Kinda like being in some 5 foot swells with no rod.
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I decided to go to the paharmacy close to my house, and use their blood pressure station, because my mother has been battling high blood pressure for years.
The machine said I was 220 over 115
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I called my doctor and they got me in asap.
Long story short. I have been through three different medications for hypertension, the first two tried to kill me.
Three trips too the emergency room, two seperate nights in the hospital, 4 trips to the vampires at the lab.
Through this process is was determined that I have adult onset diabetes (type 2) and that is what spiked my blood pressure and made it hard to control.
Sooooooo now after years of being on the wagon, I am now on drugs again. lol
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Still having some side effects from the meds, but I am feeling a little better everyday.
Kinda weird having to take pills every morning. Soon I will have one of those little plastic boxes, with seperates compartments for everyday of the week.
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BTW WTF is up with all the wierd avatar swapping? Did you guys have some kinda strip poker game, that got busted and everyone grabbed the wrong avatar to escape? lmao
Thanks to all who pmed me and called, I appreciate that you care.
Did anyone besides toggy miss me?
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I woke up last thursday the 10th of april, or maybe it was friday the 11
When I got up in the morning, my feet and ankles were swollen up so bad, I had cankles instead of calves and ankles. I felt really jittery and my hands would not stop shaking. My cup of coffee sent me to the moon.
My palms were beet red, and the house seemed to move every now and again. Kinda like being in some 5 foot swells with no rod.
I decided to go to the paharmacy close to my house, and use their blood pressure station, because my mother has been battling high blood pressure for years.
The machine said I was 220 over 115
I called my doctor and they got me in asap.
Long story short. I have been through three different medications for hypertension, the first two tried to kill me.
Three trips too the emergency room, two seperate nights in the hospital, 4 trips to the vampires at the lab.
Through this process is was determined that I have adult onset diabetes (type 2) and that is what spiked my blood pressure and made it hard to control.
Sooooooo now after years of being on the wagon, I am now on drugs again. lol
Still having some side effects from the meds, but I am feeling a little better everyday.
Kinda weird having to take pills every morning. Soon I will have one of those little plastic boxes, with seperates compartments for everyday of the week.
BTW WTF is up with all the wierd avatar swapping? Did you guys have some kinda strip poker game, that got busted and everyone grabbed the wrong avatar to escape? lmao
Thanks to all who pmed me and called, I appreciate that you care.
Did anyone besides toggy miss me?
