Termyn8or
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I ask this here because I want some alternative opinions.
The olman seems to be sinking, he turns seventy within a month and has abused himself badly. He would almost be considered morbidly obese by some, but he is not because he has carried the weight around for quite some time, he is used to it.
Years ago he had a stoke, and he waited a couple of days to go in. The stroke was not massive, he mainly reported a numbness in one side chiefly in the arm. In a way he didn't want to get everybody shook up over a pinched nerve or something, plus the fact that we are not really fond of doctors and hospitals and all that.
So he goes in and the scan determines he did indeed have a stroke and not only that, he had another one previously. Luckily his cognitive capabilities are pretty much well preserved. He is an ornery, sometimes even nasty old Man, but I do not attribute that to the stroke(s). He was a sociopath most of his life and sees no reason to change now except for a few things, like now he has car insurance and stuff like that. (plus he voted for Obama)
After the stroke, once he went, they admitted him. When he first walked in the BP cuff literally blew right off of his arm and an alarm sounded, as if the place was on fire or something. So then it was the usual, I sat there as they rolled him wherever. I did my time.
So I get the page, call, whatever you call it to come up and there he lays in a bed. The discussion ensued of course, with me mentioning that sometimes he would salt every fork or spoonful of food. Well those days are over.
They tried many BP lowering drugs on him and the only thing that would work was Zestril. (sp) That is actually a generic form of another, name brand drug and really we are not name brand people so it kinda figures. It is a vasodilator, which in my view is not the best thing to give stroke patients, but it seems to work. He takes his BP every day and has adjusted his dosage accordingly at times. He also discusses any drug with his doctor.
His doctors have been taken slightly aback at times, like when he says "I am not taking that, it is a calcium blocker" or "I am not taking that because it is an mao inhibitor", or when they tried to put him on cholesterol drugs, and he asks "What are the numbers" That time his reguylar doctor was on vacation or something and he seems to have pulled a pill pusher out of the lottery. He put it in perspective, that is his cholesterol was only about 12% above marginal, and he told them straight out "For that 12% I am not taking a drug that can damage my liver".
Sometime in the last couple of months they changed a medication or two, one might be an inhaler. Since then his voice is going, and as much as the rest of the world might enjoy not hearing him, it is interfering with his ability to cough productively.
With him now stating that he is lower on energy than ever before, even though he has O2, this leads me to believe that he is developing pneumonia, at least partially. After years of smoking and all that, his oxygen conversion rate is not very good. They tested him and on a treadmill even WITH O2 they told him to stop. The docs put the order in for the O2 tanks and convertor immediately.
And this was a few years ago. While I might not go to a doctor I might go with him. I don't trust anyone.
To trust someone it is not enough to just trust their intent, you must also trust their intellect and judgement.
When this Man wants to die I will gladly put a bullet in his head, but until that day, as long as he wants his life I think he is entitled to every last minute of it. He worked all his life, and whatever advantages he gets in life now are his to enjoy for as long as he sees fit.
On the nineteenth we will know more. This is out of my realm, it could be a drug interaction or side effect, to which I would ask, why wasn't it being watched for and noticed ?
You don't want my answer. At any rate, I meant what I said, get in your armchair and think. I walk in here giving advice that some consider off the wall, and yes this is something important. We will have our data from the professionals come the ninteenth or shortly thereafter, I am looking for other opinions. I don't mean drink vinrgar, I think he already does that.
The problem is in identifying the problem as it came on sort of slowly. There were a few changes made preceedng this problem.
He is on a vasodilator, a diuretic, a daily inhaler and O2 at night for apnea. If he gets winded he will take the O2 during the day, but not usually. However that is getting worse.
When he coughs I can tell it isn't doing what it should, the developing pneumonia theory seem pretty valid to me and I am not so sure I think it should wait until the ninteenth, but I can't decide. The nineteenth is is.
So anything you got, I am going to hear the "party line" within two weeks, I am looking for something else. We, yes I mean we, would be receptive as well to anything that could replace these drugs with a natural substance. Any of them. My family are not trustees of modern chemistry.
Be well, I really mean that believe it or not.
T
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