Went to bed early last night hoping to get a decent amount of sleep before having to go to my doctor appointment this morning, but once again, I got very LITTLE sleep. The occasional "runny bowels" I get since the surgery in 2018 hit me again a little after 11pm, so I was having to get up every so often to make trips to the bathroom. Then, another ( Read more... )

Had to pay out of pocket for my most recent medicine refill. It's a reflux medicine I've been taking since the esophagus surgery in 2018. Last time I was at the doctor, I let him know I was still having bad reflux at times, so he upped the medication to two times a day, instead of once a day. Turns out Medicaid won't cover that particular medicine ( Read more... )

Just woke up from a long nap. Didn't sleep but around a couple hours last night due to the loud storms, and had to drive Andrew to Louisiana Accident and Injury Center this morning, where he's seeing a doctor set up by his attorney. After that, he needed to go by the grocery store ( Read more... )

Why is it, that every time I have a doctor appointment to go to, something happens which causes me to get very little sleep the night before? Last night was another night I spent more time on the toilet than in bed ( Read more... )

Things just keep piling up. Apart with the situation with mom, I really haven't been feeling well for a few days. Feeling tired, occasional lightheadedness, coughing, occasional headaches, soreness under the eyes, runny nose ( Read more... )

Made a wasted trip earlier this afternoon. Son had an appointment for a back procedure at the St. Francis medical building at 12:30pm. We get there, he gets signed in, then later taken to the back. A few minutes later, he returns to the waiting area where I am ( Read more... )

Mom had her surgery today. Doctor said she did fine. Her blood pressure stayed stable during the surgery. She's in the ICU recovering currently, but still sedated. I came home after I knew she was going to be okay, since it was nearly 3:00pm and I hadn't eaten yet (due to the getting dizzy and faint most of the time after eating and have to lay ( Read more... )

Going to be a busy week. Mom has her pre-op appointment at the hospital this morning. Tomorrow she has an appointment with her eye doctor. Then Thursday, she goes in for surgery.

Mom had an appointment at Ochsner early this morning to consult about a colonoscopy. It had been put off for some time until her heart doctor gave the "okay" for it, which he did a couple weeks ago. The past few days, she's been seeing more blood in her stool than usual, so the surgery doctor she saw today scheduled the colonoscopy for this coming ( Read more... )

Sigh. Ochsner just called with an appointment time for my next doctor visit, but I almost missed the call, because they called the cellphone instead of the home phone. Almost didn't hear the cell ringing since it's in the next room on a charger ( Read more... )