I have been on a medical roller coaster since May 11th when a kidney doctor I was referred to started me on four new prescription drugs all at once.
In almost constant pain of one sort or another since then, the latest has been gout! I had it so I went off the offending drug and it went away. The doctor wanted me to retry the drug, but only take it three days a week. I did that and two weeks later came down with the worst case of gout in my big toe I could imagine. It's still there! It won't go away!
Now I have an appointment with my regular medical doctor next Tuesday. I am hoping to clear a lot of things up. I am only on one of the four new drugs the kidney doctor prescribed, but my blood pressure isn't any better and, theoretically that is why I was sent to him.
It's hard to know how accurate any of this is right now since I have lost over twenty pounds, had to go off the diabetic medicine I was on (But I am within pre-diabetic numbers) and someone requested that my 401K be dissolved in September! It wasn't me, so they are trying to figure out what is going on there.
So many issues in the air.
So many unknowns.
Diabetes. Gout. Blood pressure. Financial security.
The pressure is almost unbearable.
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