I know. I know...
Far too much time has passed since my previous entry--21 days, to be exact.
Aside from the Thanksgiving holiday...there goes nearly and entire week!...working on the business, extensive headaches and now with my L foot healing up, I really don't have any excuse.
Let's start with my November infusion. Though I won't go over my labs from that day [because they are similar to the latest numbers], the infusion went really well. A trauma nurse put in the cannulation, and made my very difficult L arm veins look easy. As always, the infusion went without a hitch, followed by zero tangible side effects.
The headaches have, despite twice each week acupuncture, been consistently worse. I actually think that the acupuncture is keeping my TMD headaches from being completely uncontrolled! Plus, there are now at least 25% of the headaches that seem to be non-TMD-related; meaning, my deteriorating body chemistry is causing more and more headaches.
On average, my daily headache index sits at about 7 of 10. Since my last post, I have had numerous headaches in the 8-9 range, and three that went up past 10. This is, again, despite the acupuncture, use of the NTI devices and trying to relax as much as possible.
My energy continues to rise and fall with no apparent pattern from day to day. This makes getting my workouts done difficult, to say the least.
Next, my latest labs...
08 Dec 20 Labs
*Creat: 4.18 (+0.39) That was a temporary dip the last time.
*HCT: 33.9 (+0.1) Low
*Hemo: 10.3 (-0.1) IR
*Lymph: 6.7 (+1.7) Extremely Low
*Lymph ABS: 0.5 (+0.1) Extremely Low
*RBC: 3.67 (-0.01) Extremely Low
*WBC: 7.2 (-0.8) IR
*Ketones: Negative
*BUN: 59 (+1) Extremely High
*CA: 9.7 (NC) IR
*GFR: 15 (-2) Extremely Low
*Gluc: 107
*K+: 4.3 (NC) IR
*NA+: 139 (+2) IR
*MG: 2.2 (-0.1) IR
*Phos: 4.4 (-0.3) IR
*Prot: 7.2 (NC) IR
NC= No Change IR= In Range
I am not going to discuss any of the lab results this time, but instead talk about why I have been hobbling around the house for the past five days.
I went back for the follow-up with the Podiatrist regarding my L big toe. After talking with me about my progress over the last two months, he examined the toe and stated that I am still having some pain on the R side because the toe nail curved downward despite that ointment I was applying every day. He then asked if I wanted it out, to which I assented. Besides removing the nail, he would also remove about 1/4 inch of the nail bed in order to prevent any further issues.
I had this same thing done with the big toe on my R foot about a year after I was first Dx'd (diagnosed) with PCKD back in 2009. Luckily, the L toe was not nearly as infected as that R toe had been, so getting the lidocaine injection in the toe was not painful at all. The procedure was quick and easy, and ever since, I have been keeping my L foot elevated as much as possible, soak it in a luke-warm bath with Epsom Salts twice each day, then place an antibiotic ointment on the affected area with a band aid on top. As each day passes, the pain in the toe lessens, and I get more and more comfortable.
Because of the toe healing, I am unable to get any workouts in because of the pressure it would place on the toe. So, that means that by the time I actually get another exercise session in, I will have done all of one workout over the past three weeks. :o(
There really isn't anything further of significance to relay, at this time. As always, I will try to get one more entry done before Christmas, so be looking for that.
Until then, Stay safe, stay healthy and I wish you all the Best of Holiday Cheer!
Good Health to All!
ScottW
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