Crazy

"Hey, Jane get me off this crazy thing!"

That is how I feel about the health roller coaster we've been on.
The tests for Rich's high blood pressure keep coming back negative or normal. So we still have no answers for why his blood pressure would be up so high overnight. It is still ranging from 128/88 to 146/99. I know that high BP can start any time, but it seems a little ridiculous to me that it would be normal, with his having lost 27 pounds in 14 months, walking and exercising regularly, eating a low fat diet, and then go in for surgery and his BP skyrockets. That does not seem like primary high blood pressure. I think when he sees the internal medicine doc on Jan. 9th we'll ask for a referral to a blood pressure specialist to confirm.

Meanwhile, I see the Neurologist again on Dec. 31st. I am weaning myself off of the meds I have been taking because they don't seem to be helping. My tremor is worse, more frequent. My neuropathy is unchanged. My headaches may be a little fewer, but the meds make me car sick and unable to think, so I think I would rather have the headaches. I think the next thing is a sleep study in January. I may also ask for a hormone panel and a vitamin panel to check those levels and make sure that those are where they need to be.

I have been trying to exercise on a more consistant basis. Mall walking if I have to in order to keep pounds from jumping on and sticking...I have done well to avoid the biggest side-effect of my current meds wich is weight gain. I have been slipping though, with the cold and not being able to get outside as much it is more difficult to exercise and resist the holiday food accumulating in my house!

I feel like we have reached a sustained level of crazy. It may not be where we want, but it is far from the disaster it could be.