{"id":651,"date":"2014-04-14T23:21:14","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T23:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michelledevon.com\/?p=651"},"modified":"2021-01-03T23:23:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T23:23:27","slug":"i-need-a-tune-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michelledevon.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/14\/i-need-a-tune-up\/","title":{"rendered":"I Need a Tune-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know how we take our cars into the mechanic and we get an oil change, fluid check and top off, and a fluid flush and refill? Well, apparently, the other day, I had to do this, but I had to do it for my body. I was admitted to the hospital on Thursday, and while there, discovered I was pretty dehydrated\u2013they had to give me magnesium and potassium via IV\u2026 it\u2019s a good thing cars don\u2019t feel things, \u2019cause if oil changes burned like fire the way magnesium and potassium do in the veins, there would be a lot less pollution in the world. I also learned I was still anemic, only a lot worse than I was the last time we checked.<\/span>\u00a0My hemoglobin was around 9\u2013which isn\u2019t like emergency low or anything, but considering I have breathing conditions that have to do with oxygen saturation in the blood\u2026 well, less oxygen carrying blood is never a good thing to add to that. We\u2019re wondering why they didn\u2019t choose to do a transfusion\u2013but I\u2019ve got a feeling if the numbers don\u2019t go up soon (or worse, if they go down more), I\u2019ll have no choice but to get a transfusion. The good news on that is that I am supposed to feel better almost instantly when that happens. The bad news is that there are some risks with blood transfusions that concern me.<\/p>\n

I got to speak with the hematology team while I was in the hospital, and that was a great thing. I\u2019ve been wanting to talk to someone in hematology for nearly two years now, but my docs didn\u2019t want to give me the referral (and for insurance, you have to have the referral). It\u2019s strange to me how some of the specialties want to keep patients all to themselves, but sadly, that\u2019s not always the best way to handle things. I\u2019m seeking a referral to a cardiologist too\u2013I have congestive heart failure\u2013I realize it\u2019s caused by pulmonary conditions, but I still have heart failure\u2013and I should be seeing a cardiologist, not a pulmonologist, for this condition.<\/p>\n

And the fact I\u2019m still throwing clots after three years on therapeutic levels of coumadin\/warfarin\u2013well, it\u2019s time to find out why it\u2019s happening. Especially since I have an IVC filter in place and I am on a higher than normal level of coumadin\u2026 there\u2019s no reason for me to be throwing new clots. And I worry, a lot, because with each new clot, the more likely I am to throw another clot, and the more likely I am to drop dead from it. Or if I don\u2019t drop dead, then I have to live with the fear that I\u2019ll constantly damage my heart and lungs, over and over again, until eventually they can\u2019t hold out. None of these are good things.<\/p>\n

I go in for an MRI on Tuesday and then back to my primary care provider on Thursday and then to hematology next week and to the endo the week after that, and then to the pulmonologist after that and somewhere in there, the sleep specialist too. And then the neurologist, if we can find one\u2026 why is it so hard to find a neurologist? Are they rare or something?<\/p>\n

So I guess this last hospital stay was just a tune-up. I went in, let them kick the tires, fill up my fluids, and change the oil filter. I just wish they\u2019d put new oil in me so I could feel better. Anemia, real, severe anemia, makes you tired\u2026 I\u2019m tired of being tired.<\/p>\n

But I do have a nice collection of bruises on my arms from all the blood draws. Lovely. Just lovely.<\/p>\n

Love and stuff,<\/p>\n

Michy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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