Good morning all from a sunny Glasgow, where it is 16°C.
Very sensible to curtail your activities, Mick. Thank goodness, it is cooler up here.
GM , how on earth did you get the pattern to align? Y^ou are very skilled. Now I would wear a black top. 😉
DH had an unexpected GP appointment. After I nagged insisted, the phoned for his blood results, which were unexpectedly clear.
He advised the receptionist, that he was very unwell and to his utter astonishment, she offered him an appointment with the senior partner yesterday.
I was so relieved, because DH's mood swings are awful again.
DH was surprisingly acquiescent, when I said, I was typing up everything that had happened. The GP, actually took the sheet from him and read it.
The GP lived up to my expectations and told DH he had a fair idea of what was happening. He could not believe that the hospital discharged DH, without investigating further.
Apparently he has secondary hypertension, caused by something else going on in his body, which is driving his BP up.
Thanks to the NHS App, the GP could view how high, erratic and inconsistent, DH's BP is, despite large doses of BP meds. It is not controlled at all..
All DH's symptoms including his BP issues, point to a problem with his adrenal gland.
He now has an urgent referral to see an endicronologist.
Who knows, what would have happened, if I hadn't dragged him kicking and screaming to A&E?
He now acknowledges I did the right thing, but in an hour, he will probably have changed his mind and tell me, that I am overreacting. 😉
My own revised appointment letter for the RA consultant arrived yesterday.
It is the same date and time as the original one, but at the hospital instead, so that I can have the full works done.
This means a four week wait, to be seen. There are absolutely no available appointments. They have pulled out all the stops to support me.
I don't know how I will cope until them, I am struggling.
I have been immunosupressed and clinically vulnerable for a good part of my adult life and just got on with things, but this time has scared me. I do not want to have to shield again.
Warnings of a simple cold, becoming potentially, pneumonia, sepsis, meningitis, etc have literally put the fear of death into me.
DH of course is oblivious as to how serious things are. 😪 It is not his fault, his illness is making him like this.
Perversely, I look very well, which makes things even more difficult.
We were having a fund raiser for the Restoration fund on Friday, ^ A Night at the Movies^ with the Burgh (brass) Band.
Normally, I would be there in the middle of it all, but it is a no, no.
I know some people think I just don't want to do the work and this is an excuse. 😪
This morning first thing, I will need to go and get new meds for DH, while the pharmacy is quiet and few people are about.
It will then be a day in the garden.
Have a good day folks and my very best wishes to all, who are struggling.
