Chemotherapy, infertility, Ramipril, Doctor's visits and other stuff
G'day...Sorry for being away so long. Life has been rather busy and lets face it, I can be a tad lazy with updates too :-)
I have seen both the Immunologist and the Renal Specialist a couple of times since my last post. Both of them seem to be really happy with how I'm going. My blood test results are getting better all the time but my Creatinine levels are staying in about the same abnormal place as ever. This will probably be the 'normal' range for me in the future.
I had a couple of months or more with a horrible dry cough that wouldn't go away. At first it was thought that it could have been whooping cough but it didn't really sound or act that way and, after I finally got blood tests done, it was proven that it wasn't. My GP, God bless him, knew that the blood pressure medication called Ramipril can cause this cough. It can happen at any time while taking the drug, not necessarily when the patient first takes it. Lo and behold, when I stopped taking Ramipril, the cough stopped! Yeehah! Best of all, my blood pressure continues to be fine even though I'm off one of my blood pressure meds.
Just before I was admitted to hospital a few years ago, I had a Renal Ultrasound. Among other things, this turned up an enlarged Prostate. I'm finally getting my act together and having this checked - with ALOT of prodding from my loving wife too! Ohh...that reminds me, Valentines day is coming!!
Sadly, a couple of days ago, we found out that I'm definately, shall we say, "shooting blanks" and we won't be having any children. The Chemotherapy that I had to go through is the cause of this. While I'm happy to be alive and am thankful for all that I have been blessed with, it would have been really good to see someone that is half me, grow up. Oh well, it's up to God now I guess.
My hobby is designing websites. I very don't get paid and actually get more benefit out of doing work for free. It means that I can set my own schedule and it's easier to fit in to my life which is getting busier every day. I'm currently re-working one website which I hope to have finished by the end of Feb. '06. After that, it's directly on to another. This next one came via a referral from someone I have never heard of to an email address that they shouldn't have known about. Perhaps Gods hand at work? Combined with the other websites that I am mucking with just for myself, I have work coming out my ears. Complaining? Me? Nah - I wouldn't have it any other way - seriously!
I'll be back later - hopefully not TOO much later!
Andrew
posted by Andrew MacLean @ 2:16 PM
6 comments
