Today will be the 6th dose. No real marked change in outlook or demeanor. The over-riding desire to cry at my desk at work has been blunted/stunted, but I'm still miserable here.
Bad News:
Been suffering from some, to put it politely, "gastric distress." At first I thought it might be the Wellbutrin as diarrhea is one of a myriad of side effects one might encounter while on the Rx. Then I thought it was the shrimp I ate the other day. This then became the prevailing theory, given my husband is somewhat affected too. And we are now well beyond 24 hours of "distress," and we both are still affected, despite taking Imodium, and now we think it's some sort of bug. And of course, I'm at work to spread my own brand of joy, and hopefully a few pathogens, too. Given how many times people have come to work sick, or brought their SICK KIDS to the office, I'd say I'm just doing my part in the petri dish that is our office.
We're giving it one
more day w/Imodium, and if it doesn't turn things around in the next 24
hours, we're heading to the doc on Saturday. Which, of course, puts a
total crimp in everything I needed/wanted/expected to accomplish on
Saturday.
On an upnote, I'm hoping this distress will help me break this weight loss plateau I've been on for longer than I care to admit!
Good News:
Got an email from my nephrologist with the results of my urinalysis and blood work from Tuesday. I guess 2013 will NOT be the year of "ZOMG BIOPSY ALL THE THINGS!" There has been some improvement in the proteinuria. He thinks the previous tests might have been "a variant," however, I've had proteinuria for too long, and the only thing that's been done different in the near 2 months since bumping the Quinipril to 80 mg 1x daily is the fact that I took it upon myself to bump my Alpha Lipoic Acid supplement from 250 mg to 500 mg daily. It's the only thing I can think of that's out of the ordinary. Regardless of its genesis, I'm glad for the news, for a multitude of reasons.
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