BigPapaDean Posted March 3, 2018 Member ID: 1128 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1188 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6490 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 4396 Achievement Points: 63167 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 19 Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Share Posted March 3, 2018 It's kind of eerie how many times we follow in our parent's footsteps in ways we are sometimes unaware of. About five or so years ago I had kidney failure and was unaware of it. It just so happened that I hadn't been able to see my Dr for several yrs and when I finally did he took urine samples and a blood withdrawal. To my dismay, my kidneys were in failure stage and he said we needed to see if we could restart them. I was relieved that at least there was a chance that they weren't totally gone. I didn't savor the idea of dialysis and was really upset by this whole thing. Let me digress here for a moment to give you an idea how all this happened. For 30 plus yrs my blood pressure was 185/90 plus and they just couldn't get it to come down. I was sitting in my NP's office and she kept looking at me with a very concerned face. Finally, she told me my bp was 225/whatever and I should go to the emergency ward in Everett 15 miles away for observation. Mind you that was at about 2 pm and my friend drove me over and stayed with me until they booked me in. Well at midnight that night I was back to normal(185/90). They released me and I had no way to get home so I waited for my ride to return at 4:00 am. This episode is what caused me to be changed from an NP to a Dr who immediately began to try different things to get a much better result. My bp is now averaging about 120/80 to 135/84. I have lost about 50 - 60 pounds just eating a regular diet but much smaller portions. Last week I went to my kidney Dr and he reduced a medicine and told me my kidney function went from 40% when I last saw him to 58% and he was very happy with those results. The normal standard appointment time of every 3 months is now every 6 months. With everything that has happened this last ten yrs, I feel very fortunate to be alive. As I said at the beginning that it's eerie how we follow our parents in odd ways, you see my Dad died of kidney failure simply because he would not get treatment of any kind! Thank God for all the good things in my life! YACCster, AyaqGuyaq, Wild Fire and 12 others 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TBB Posted March 3, 2018 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 261 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 17977 Content Per Day: 3.46 Reputation: 19909 Achievement Points: 131729 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 251 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 10 hours ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: Windows Share Posted March 3, 2018 Hang in there BPD - just remember there is no cure for bring an >IDIOT< - trust me - I've tried them all BigPapaDean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
AyaqGuyaq Posted March 3, 2018 Member ID: 3773 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 39 Topic Count: 30 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3138 Content Per Day: 0.75 Reputation: 2983 Achievement Points: 24456 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 10 Joined: 10/06/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 29, 2022 Birthday: 11/03/1966 Share Posted March 3, 2018 3 hours ago, TBB said: Hang in there BPD - just remember there is no cure for bring an >IDIOT< - trust me - I've tried them all "Being," perchance? Lol, Big Papa Joe, he just proved sumptin' or udder. Hang in there, buddy (not you, TTB, him!!!). Lol, again. Ayaq BigPapaDean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Streetcleaner Posted March 3, 2018 Member ID: 20996 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 12 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1744 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 1519 Achievement Points: 15647 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 03/27/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: Tuesday at 12:50 AM Device: Windows Share Posted March 3, 2018 Alright Biggie !! great news !! just stay with your program buddy and stay the course...oh yeah,and get yer ass in cod 5 DM or Cod4 Ace so I can kill you while you slice away.....on guard !! BigPapaDean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrtrash Posted March 3, 2018 Member ID: 367 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 36 Topic Count: 22 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1177 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 1265 Achievement Points: 10097 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 09/13/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 26 Birthday: 07/20/1964 Device: Windows Share Posted March 3, 2018 I´m proud of you. BigPapaDean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Wild Fire Posted March 4, 2018 Member ID: 5468 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 36 Topic Count: 19 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 674 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 655 Achievement Points: 6445 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 02:54 AM Birthday: 06/22/1965 Device: Android Share Posted March 4, 2018 Well done BPD. Glad to hear you are seeing improvement in the numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
GUMP61 Posted March 4, 2018 Member ID: 1793 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 33 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 139 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 125 Achievement Points: 1193 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 25 Birthday: 03/21/1961 Device: Android Share Posted March 4, 2018 That's Great Bud!! I have to do those appointments also....stage 3 failure here. Gotta keep an eye on it. Glad you caught it in time. Have a Blessed day! BigPapaDean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Evil-Monkey Posted March 5, 2018 Member ID: 221 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 85 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1864 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 745 Achievement Points: 12302 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 17, 2023 Birthday: 06/10/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted March 5, 2018 Good to hear that your health is moving in the right direction. keep it up . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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