WRONG MEDICINE

Ohhh boy, what Tom has been though, after been given the wrong medicine.  We are still  not 100% sure what is the problem for his groin pain, however after seeing the Urologist yesterday, she thinks it’s a infection and prescribed strong antibiotics, and to also stay on the 2 prescriptions given to us by our GP a couple of weeks ago.

Tom’s blood pressure has been shooting threw the roof the past two days. We had seen the cardiologist this past week and he was very concerned about his very swollen feet, and his extreme tiredness. He switched around his medication that the cardiologist at the hospital had given him which happened to override the original ones and gave him a EKG. Then told to come back next week to see how he was feeling.

Tom has been feeling absolutely horrible this past couple of weeks, however the pain in his groin wasn’t quite as bad as it was. He ran out of the pills our GP gave him and he prescribed more and Tom continued to feel like he’d been hit by a ton of bricks with the feet getting very puffed up, he was sweating, weak, and just an over all feeling of malaise, and couldn’t keep his eye’s open.

I started looking up the side effects of these pills from the GP and sure enough, the side effects happened to be everything he had in the one prescribed medicine. So, when his BP soared to a scary high this morning, and continued up, I thought he should stop taking that pill for a day or two.

I ended up calling the cardiologist and he told me to come right in, so loaded down with all his BP readings, all his medications, his medications that where changed and the new ones, along with our BP machine to have it calibrated with the doctor’s, away we went….AGAIN!

As soon as I told him about this one bottle of pills that I suspected was the problem, he was amazed that he had been prescribed that at all by our GP, not only to a heart patient, but to a man of his age. he said that medication had a mess of horrible side affects and that was what the culprit was! (Gosh, I should have become a doctor, or at least a nurse!)

He said in 24 hours, he will feel like a new man after being off that, so in the garbage they went! His BP, by that time, had started to come down, and he was beginning to feel somewhat better as that drug wore off.

Just one of those things but, I’m a firm believer in taking charge of and re-checking what is prescribed and also asking for copies of every test taken. What a great plus it’s been to have those records with us to hand any new physician we have to see.

So, we’ll just carry on and hopefully the antibiotics will be the answer to the groin pain!

Some medical humour I chuckled at!!!

CHANGES FOR THE BETTER?

 

Yesterday was another beautiful day in West Vancouver, and we are in awe of the long stretch of warm, sunny weather from May until now, and the forecast is more of the same.

Tom and I took a walk down toward what was called Doggie Park, which has been changed drastically, from a  very wide and worn down dirt path through the woods with a wonderful canopy of  tall trees that made you feel as if you may be walking through a large tunnel. I always felt such peace walking through this part of the woods, until you reached the water, which also has been all changed since Spring, when it’s been “cultivated”. We now have a paved path, not as wide as before, and the trees have been thinned out, a new fence in place and the cement and wires for lighting to be put in. All very nice, but to me, it seems a step backward  in beauty. Any one seeing it for the first time would think it beautiful and it is yet, but not as beautiful as before!

If I wasn’t so lazy, I’d go back and find the before pictures on my blog. But, I’ve other things to do this morning.

As I post these pictures, I’m thinking to myself “Good Lord, how picky, it’s still beautiful”, but to me it was just so UNTAMED before and I liked that!

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This is the river that kayaker’s would go down last year, and look at the low water this year. I think we need some rain before it dries up completely!

Oh my gosh, I don’t remember seeing this!! It’s been opened up more as we reach the water and oh boy, what low tide!! I don’t remember seeing it so low before.

 

The duck’s love it! The dog’s and fishermen love it!

It’s still Doggie Park and the dogs do love it down here with the freedom to roam.

Everyone, may think I take picture’s of weird things, but I love nature and love the way these trees wind around each other and to me, I see beauty and can’t resist taking a shot.

Below, is what I see and call the Dinosaur Tree. Don’t you think the bottom looks like feet and then the tree the long neck. I’m glad they didn’t bull doze over this landmark.!

   

More twisted and turned trees and roots and beautiful ferns.

Beautiful berries. There once were many bushes with wild blackberries, but didn’t see many on this trip.

WEll, what can I say…after looking at these pictures, I have to admit, it’s still beautiful through this lovely walk.

To change the tone of this and give those interested an update on Tom and our visit with the much waited Urologist appointment yesterday. He does NOT have kidney stones!

The doctor is still not quite sure what it is yet, as all his medical tests are clear. She is treating him for a possible chronic type of infection and has been put on antibiotics for a wait and see it it clears up. We have our fingers crossed and the poor pharmacist….well, I think we are driving her nuts with all the switch and changes of medication, as she does them up in 3 weeks of bubble packs. I think she must shudder when she see’s me with another script in hand!

Better days ahead, we hope!!

BRUNCHING WITH FRIENDS

This morning we drove to Port Coquitlam to have brunch with our friends at this lovely place beside the Fraser River.

We love getting together and without a doubt there is sure to be much laughter, some kidding and just good fun.

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Tom, Bill, Dianne, Linda, Audrey and Doug

 

Two boats going by, with one flying a pirate flag! Off in the distance a air show was going on but too far for my camera to catch it.

 

TRADITION!!

We gal’s ALWAYS end our lunch’s when we go out, with a B52!!

Coffee with a shot of Baileys, Kailua, and Grand Marinia

It makes us feel a little sinful, but happy!!

Yesterday, Martin and Joan, left on an Alaska cruise. We took a picture of them going out. We had balloons blown up, which I huffed and puffed in a hurry to blow up, so we could wave them off in style. Remember in the olden day’s when heading out on a cruise ship was an enormous event and all the family would gather on the pier to wave the ship off and the people on board would throw confetti and balloons? It’s not like that now, but we did our best to give them a Bon Voyage! Forgot to take a picture of that!!!

The are suppose to be a little left of center of the ship on the second floor down and waving a white towel.

Do you see them???

Could that white thing be them??

Bye for now, enjoy the rest of your weekend, wherever you may be!