My father actually has a clean bill of health, well... almost

cryptopie (81)Memberin WORLD OF XPILAR • 19 hours ago

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My parents went back to the doctor and with them was the results of the lab tests that was done a few days ago after their first appointment. It turns out that the laboratory tests had yielded normal results and even my father's cholesterol levels are low as well except the good cholesterol should get high to be excellent.

However my father's blood pressure is quite high but according to his doctor it is normal for his age but I find it weird because I don't know if the doctor is just basing it on statistics considering that most elderly people have a relative bad health condition because of course, illnesses are more prevalent in the geriatric category mainly because of their past lifestyle.

If only my father should watch is diet with regards to his sodium consumption, then his blood pressure would have been better. But even my mother cannot change it because my father would get angry if told not to use fish sauce as a dipping sauce. Sodium in salt is a big factor in elevation of blood pressure because as I had mentioned it in my previous post, I experimented on it and I experienced a very high elevation of my blood pressure.

That is why I have a relatively low blood pressure (normal blood pressure, 120/80) all the time for the reason that I am not eating high sodium foods and I try to control my fluid intake although I feel bloated which means that I have extra fluid in my body although it is always not going too overboard to drown me even though prior to my dialysis my lungs seems to be "drenched" in fluid because I can hear it if I would close my ears and breathe plus I can feel it because it makes me breathless.

Anyway, my father was just prescribed with sleep-aid, it is just a natural "Melatonin" "medicine" and some anti-allergy medication and nothing else. The hypertensive medication I guess is not changed because it was not in the prescription list. But my father will not be driving me to the dialysis clinic and I guess maybe for good, so I will have to find ways if options will soon run-out but for the rime being I am glad that Mother went to our Barrio Captain to have me scheduled for using our Barrio's ambulance service.

The ambulance will be my transport service for going to and from the clinic for I guess the foreseeable future. I am now thinking about renting an apartment close to the dialysis center so that I can just wheel myself to the dialysis clinic if things go more south because my siblings are working and it will get too obtrusive for them to mind me over this long-standing problem about having to go in and out to dialysis just for me to stay alive.

I am glad that I can still walk because otherwise it will be too much of a burden to carry me or even wheelchair me out to and from the dialysis center and to and from alighting from the vehicles that I will be using. So I thank God a million times for these developments or improvements in my mobility because it helps me a lot in many aspects in my unfortunate existence.