Dialysis Update
Dialysis is going smoothly, but for some reason my blood pressure is below 100/50, then they have to stop the machine from pulling anymore fluid but clean blood only. Then the nurse taking care of the patients in my pod #5 gives me a pill to raise my blood pressure and wait for a half an hour to see what my BP reads on the machine, and goes according to what my BP reads before either turning the machine back on or not. When fluid is not being pulled, my blood is only being cleaned.
My BP has been running low for the past several treatments and I saw Dr. Anjum on Monday, I forgot to ask about when I should take my BP meds if my BP runs below 100/50 during treatment. I have asked the nurse about sending him a message and the nurse said I will have to wait until Monday to talk to Dr. Anjum. When it comes to my BP, I thought that a nurse could send a message back to Dr. Anjum, so he can address it more quickly that way. I don’t mess with low or high BP period. Sure, give me a pill when it may not be the right thing to do. Yes, my BP has been running low lately, but the new machines are more sensitive than the older machines before we moved to the new clinic at the hospital. I will be talking to Jackie about this over the weekend. It’s not right to wait until Monday when my BP has been running low for the past week during treatment. I have a tendency to forget what I need to talk to Dr. Anjum about by next clinic visit on Mondays unless there is 5 Mondays in one month. Insurance does not pay for doctors seeing patients in the clinic. I find that kind of dumb. Dang insurance!
Now, with Friday on its way, I will have to wait until Monday. I’m not Jackie who writes notes for everything. I have a good memory, but when anxiety is high, and I have memory lapses that drive me crazy, and those lapses are anxiety-driven. I will be out of dialysis shortly.
