[SeptemberMorn]

Got a call from my dr last week. She told me to get off a couple of medications I'm on because my kidneys aren't functioning properly. And here all this time, I thought I was fighting Depression because of being sleepy and tired all the time.

I'm scheduled for an ultra sound on the 24th of this month. The clincher is that two of my friends' mother just died last week from kidney failure. I don't know whether to panic or not. Maybe right now I'm in denial... I don't know. Just wish this sleepiness would go away.

Don't know if I should start a kidney cleanse now before the ultra sound or not... or even if it would do any good.

So where's the "golden" in these supposed "golden years"??

[Christina86]

((((((((((((Tomi))))))))))))))

I'm sorry. Sounds kinda scary. Kidney functionning is a finicky thing for me for other reasons - not fun at all. Good luck at the ultrasound. What kind of kidney cleansing are you referring to?

I hope everything goes well.

[(JD)]

Septie, if you've done the cleansing before, with doctor approval, why not again? But that your doctor didn't suggest it...ehhhh I would call and ask first at this point.

Yes, scary. The Toridol that the one doctor gave me in tablet form(after going into ER for shots a few times) also shuts down the kidneys...if you take it 5 days in a row! You can take it the 5 days but then skip at least one day... wow you KNOW how that affected me. So much so, that my T had to tell me when to take a toridol while I was out in NM! Especially with the leg smashing (which is still a problem! PT today really is impressed with how much tissue damage I did! )

Anyway... lots and lots of water gal! I'm glad your doctor caught it, and hope nothing permanent has happened.

((((hugs)))



Sky

[(JD)]

Oh btw... IMO the "golden" is in the wisdom we have gained... so we don't upset ourselves over the "small stuff."

(Health issues will come and go... and hopefully so will your urine!) my bad

[SeptemberMorn]

Canders, there are some pre-prepared herbs that can be bought from a homeopathic doctor. You make a nasty tasting tea out of them. YUCK! But hey, if it works, why not, right?

[SeptemberMorn]

You mean I was supposed to ask for doctor approval? NOW ya tell me! LOL I didn't ask the first time, but thinking maybe I should this time. The first doctor that found it, never addressed it except to tell me that my kidneys weren't up to par. He was the kind that you tell, "I want a pill for this or that" and he'd write a script. The way he told me, I was falling apart pretty quick... yet I'm still here. Go figure!

I'm trying my hardest to drink lots of water but it's not working real good. LOL I like it ice cold but I've got two teeth that scream at me whenever I put something in my mouth that isn't at THEIR temperature. OUCHIES!! Yeah... maybe I AM falling apart.

I'm trying to stay out of bed but I'm not sure I'm going to make it through the day without a nap.

[SeptemberMorn]

You ARE bad! So far, I haven't noticed any difference in ... the volume, anyway.

[SeptemberMorn]

UGH! The 27th can't come soon enough! I'm really beginning to feel like crap most of the time... today being one of my worst days so far. OUCH!!

[okiedokie]

Hi Tomi,
I'm sorry you are suffering. Does it hurt to pee?

I don't know if I'd do the cleanse before your ultrasound. I would do lots of water and add cranberry juice to the menu. You might try squeezing fresh lemons into your water.

I think if you have a kidney infection you can expect to feel sleepy and not "just right."

I agree with Sky that the golden part of the golden years is in how we think differently about stuff. I'm not quite golden myself, but am looking forward to when I am!

Keep us posted, will ya?
Take care,
Okie

[SeptemberMorn]

No, it doesn't hurt to pee. It's not an infection, it's renal failure. I'm sleepy all the time, my stomach gets upset no matter what I eat, sometimes I get the runs and the amount of urine has gone way down. It's obvious that the kidneys are hanging on to all the poison because it's almost clear.

Don't know how the nodule in my thyroid is affecting me. That could very well be why I'm always tired and sleepy, although renal failure causes that, too.

I've already gone through a gallon of cranberry juice and getting ready to start the second. Found some Hansen's cherry vanilla creme in the storage shed left over from the 4th of July picnic. I might try mixing them. LOL

I'm so hungry but I know that if I eat anything, my stomach is going to hurt.

[(JD)]

The 27th???!!! No way I'd wait that long!

Did they give you a long list of things to eat and drink and what not to? I mean, do you have to change your salt intake one way or the other? What are their solutions to the problems they are conjuring up for you??? HUH HUH HUH??

[MyBestKids2]

((((((((((Tomi))))))))))

Hope everything turns out ok, sending good healing vibes right now!!!!!!!!!!


Dee

[SeptemberMorn]

No.

Obviously, you don't think this is serious, do you?

[SeptemberMorn]

Thanks, Hon! I appreciate your caring more than you know.

Been up for an hour and I'm going back to bed. This isn't fun at all!

[(JD)]

Of course I think it's serious. (((Tomi)))) But helping you worry isn't good either.

I don't know why you read into my post that I don't care.

But since that's where we're at, let's look at this more?

Yes, it's possible that mangled care is letting you drop through the cracks, but since they have taken care of you in the past, I would think not.

IF it were an emergency, they would have done things differently. That they scheduled it for the future, yes, does mean it's not an emergency to them, and perhaps if it is something very serious, it's a slow progressing entity.

I would keep in touch with the MD's office (or whomever scripted these ultrasounds) and keep them abreast of any problems, esp if you hadn't really shared how things were in the first place.

[SeptemberMorn]

I'm not asking anyone to help me worry, but anyone making light of how I feel just puts me back to when I was a child. No one ever believed me that something was wrong, and my mom thought she was making me "tough" by making light of any situation. Maybe you could call it a trigger.

Those of us who come across Tough, most of the time, have a fragile part, too. Knowing that I have a nodule on my thyroid and my kidneys aren't working makes me feel frighteningly fragile. Not a welcome feeling for someone who has usually been the mover and shaker. There's no one in 3D right now that really cares about ME and what's wrong. My boys don't know yet. Jerry cares, yes, but he cares more about how it's going to impact HIM... not me.

[January]

((((((((( Tomi )))))))))

Can you call the Dr's office and explain you are feeling really unwell and you need to be seen sooner? Ask to be put on the cancellation list.

I don't know what to tell you about the cleanse, but if you don't have the Doc's permission, I don't think you should try it.

I know you are scared and I'm scared right along with you, but you just hold on to all of us here. Ok?

Hugs,

Jan

[SeptemberMorn]

{{{{{{{{{{{{{Jan}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Yep, I'm going to call Monday. Wanting to stay in bed all day and sleep isn't right.

Not going to do any more than drown myself in cranberry juice until I see the doc.

I feel like calling one of my friends whose mom passed last week from kidney failure but I don't want to upset her anymore than she is already and I'm not sure I want to know any of the details, either. I'll just stick to what my dr tells me.

[January]

((((((((( Tomi )))))))))))

I think it's much better to just get the info from your Dr. Your friends may be so upset that they accidentally trigger you badly.

Hugs,

Jan

[wickedwings]

(((((((((((septembermom)))))))))))) we're here for you. i know how you feel. i was a medical mystery for many months after i had my stroke over a year and a half ago due to birth control pills. at first, since they didn't find anything besides the brain lesion, an inflammation) that would have caused it, they thought that it may have been an autoimmune disease, like ms or lupus. then, i got my regular neurologist who's a professor in neurology after months of waiting. while going through more tests, especially mri scans. for a while there, it got stranger than fiction, like i possibly had a brain infection or some wickedly rare brain disease. i wasn't even sure if i was going to live. it wasn't until october, after the 5th mri scan that confirmed that i had had a stroke. it got so weird it felt like i had one foot in this life and the other foot in the afterlife. my pdoc had to put me on klonapin because docs were absolutely freaking me out at the time. klonapin really helped me. gosh, i'm so glad it's over with. but, i know where you are because i've been there. don't be afraid to ask for help in coping with this, even if this is a temporary health issue and that you'll recover fully. i still get triggered by the word "holes" because i have brain damage from the stroke which put microscopic holes in the myelin tissue in my brain where the lesion had been (stroke-related lesions shrink over time). i hope my situation doesn't increase your anxiety about your situation. i just wanted you to know that i know where you are at, since i was there. we're here to listen. i wish the best for you. hang in there, and yes, keep up with your doc. you have a right to know and be treated for any problems you have. it's not right to be a medical mystery for long. i was one for way too long, and it ended up messing me up good. fortunately, there's help for that as well.

[SeptemberMorn]

Or I could trigger THEM! They don't need that right now, either.

[SeptemberMorn]

Thanks {{{{{{{{{{{{{{Wings}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}!! It's the not knowing that always gets to me. I'm sure you know how that feels, having been a medical mystery!

Only heaven knows why the medical wheels turn so slowly. I've got an elderly friend who's been diagnosed with breast cancer; two different tumors. Yet, she's been waiting for three weeks for her surgery! Why are they so slow?? Why are they giving those tumors so much time to spread?? Why are they giving my kidneys so much time for more damage or whatever it is and my thyroid to grow that nodule or even more!?!?

For sure, I'm calling my dr in the morning and gonna light a fire under her!

Thanks for your understanding, Wings.

[bebop]

((((tomi)))) thinking of you hon.

[SeptemberMorn]

{{{{{{{{{{{{Be}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Send me some "wake up!" vibes, would ya? Sleeping so much is really getting old! Even when I'm awake, I can't think straight or concentrate.

[bebop]

((((tomi)))) NOW WAKE UPPPPPPPPPPPP lol did that work? I wish I could go thru a little spell of sleeping! I am so worn out from not sleeping! when do you see the dr again?