Latest Immunologist visit - 13 September
No disasters to report. A fairly standard appointment. Creatinine down to 117 - cool! Blood pressure slightly high at 164/86 - still cool for me! Small traces of protein in urine - ho-hum :-) Doc said that he might put me on an additional med to combat the gout. Also might swap out one of my BP meds to remove one of the diuretics that are contributing to the problem. We'll see how the gout affects me over the next few months.
I've also changed my diet fairly drastically which seems (at this point) to be helping as well. The main thing is that I've compeltely eliminated caffeine from my diet - no more coffee - nada - zilch - bugger all. It REALLY hurt for the first few days but otherwise plain sailing after that. I'm not suggesting that coffee has anything to do with gout but ditching it has everything to do with making me feel better! I've also swapped white meat for red meat and am eating more legumes and vegies than I ever thought was possible :-) Seems to be helping for me so I'll see what happens in the long run.
Next appointment is in December - the day before my Doc's 60th birthday. Hmmmm....methinks Gorillagram!
posted by Andrew MacLean @ 9:40 AM
1 Comments:
Hey there Andrew
Just checking in as I havn't spoken to you since you helped me with POH.
Just wabted to say though I don't understand your illness a great deal it certainly sounds nasty, I'm glad your improving, thats a big change in your creatinine levels!
Cheers
Sherrie
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