Sorry for being off line for so long. This therapy really knocked the socks off of me. To try to put it in perspective, I was battling the side effects from Saturday November 4th to Monday evening November 6th. It was quite ugly. I gained 30 lbs. of water weight and my kidneys were barely functioning. They gave me a dieretic to help shed some of the water but waited until Monday to do so. To this day I don’t know why they waited so long. I guess they were hoping that my kidneys would kick into gear.
I looked so fat, that I could have passed for being pregnant. I looked like Tim Allen when he gained weight to become Santa Claus. The only problem was, it was quite painful. My ankles were as wide as my thighs. My toes were smashed together and I formed water blisters on the instep of my left ankle. My belly was so bloated that it felt like someone was sitting on your chest and would not get off. I use to get that feeling when I would fight with my brother Chuck. He would pin me down and sit on my chest until I said "uncle". He would get me so angry.
Another side effect was a chronic head ache. You know the kind that won’t subside even while taking acetaminophen. They gave me morphine for the head ache and that did not take the edge off it.
Anyway, I hope this paints a vivid picture in your mind. And guess what!!!
I get to do this all over again in 21 days. Fun, Fun, Fun!!!!!!!!
So they released me at about 6:00 pm with two portable urinals in hand to deal with bathroom situation on the way home. Guess what, not even 500 feet from the hospital entrance, I had to go. There was no stopping me.
This went on for hours until we got back to Rochester at about 11:30 pm. Boy, it was nice to sleep in a comfortable bed and not being wakened every 2 hours. In the hospital, I felt like I was going through a Marriage Encounter Weekend. It was one of things Dee and went through to get married in the church. It was weekend from hell!!!!!!!! I think they did it just to try to split up couples before they tie the knot. See if you are fully committed to the marriage.
So the next 3 days we monitored my weight and vital signs.Monday at the height of my porky-ness, I weighed 242 lbs. The next day my weight had dropped to 230lbs. Today, I weigh 226.7 lbs and my ankle are about 4 inches in diameter. I need to loose another 15 lbs, to get to my pre-therapy weight. And the Doctors said that everything would be back to normal in two days. To that I say, Lets switch places with no bed pans.
My head aches are slowly starting to subside and based on my calculation, it will take another 5 days to reach some normalcy.
That is it for Now
Jimmy B.
P.S. Thanks for all your support
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