Same old, same old

Lets see...had another Doctor appointment yesterday.

The infected cut on the back of my thigh is a lot worse, so she prescribed an antibiotic ointment to put on it three times a day.  If it isn't better by next week, then she is going to refer me back to the surgeon, so he can cut it open and clean it out...not looking forward to that, so hopefully this works.  Just an FYI, you really need to be careful shaving your legs!

She changed the antibiotics again for the kidney infection and edema.  Since the Keflec was making me so sick and it appears not really working (she's using it to clear up my leg too), she switched me to Bactrum.  She checked my urine and is convinced the kidney infection is almost gone, although I am having a lot of trouble with just going to the bathroom.  It feels like I need to go really bad, but sometimes nothing happens...I just can't go.  Although she thinks some of this may be caused from the Lasix pills (diuretics).  Other problems still going on and not sure if related to the water pills, infection or what, but  I'm really thirsty and my mouth gets really dry, to the point, I'm still having trouble swallowing.  The infection on my tongue, which she says is not thrush, is still there, although it has let up a bit and has stopped bleeding, but its still there.
I can truly say, I had absolutely no idea how much water my body was holding.  Between the last appointment and this one, they weighed me in the office, and I actually lost 15 pounds that was all water.  Can you believe that?  No wonder my weight has been fluctuating so much over the last couple of months.  Even my calves look thinner than they ever have, so I'm guessing I've been retaining water for a while. I have to keep taking the water pills for a while, even though she isn't quite sure what caused the edema, it is finally starting to clear up, but its not all gone yet and the muscle cramps, charlie horses, or whatever you want to call them, that are occurring as the water goes away is really painful.  My feet still feel and look like they are bruised making it extremely painful to walk...not sure how long that will last.  With the water loss, I'm at risk of losing potassium, so I have to eat a banana every day and if needed, she will give me supplements for that too, when she checks my blood again next week. Plus I have to take 400IU of magnesium every day.

The blood results from last week, according to her looked pretty good, except for my Vitamin D.  Even though my previous family practice doctor had me take 50,000IU once a week for 8 weeks because it was registering at a 7 then (anything below 20 is a deficiency), it registered as a 0 this time, meaning I have none in my system. The doctors will have to figure out why my body is not storing it, but in the mean time, she is having me take 2000IU 3 times a day to see if it registers next week. Currently, I am risk for Ricketts, plus having a deficiency in Vitamin D causes all kinds of problems, such as depression, muscle cramps, dental problems,  nausea, etc. which are all symptoms I have now.  Not sure how this is all related....so, as usual, more questions, no answers.

Anyways, Next week will be busy.  I see the pain specialist again on Monday, on Tuesday my gastroenterologist is doing an EGD scope on me,  and then on Thursday I see the family practice/internal medicine doctor again.  Guess we go from there. I'll update again soon.