Archive for July 24th, 2008

I stood washing his eye glasses. Said mine needed cleaning, also. When I removed them, told him I could see the block letters on his T-shirt and see a sailboat under them but can’t see what’s under it. (Meaning the words.)

Saw his smile forming, “Probably water, eh?”

He loves his jokes and had to admit, he got me.

He is sleeping better – I’m sure it’s the new bed. The bed we replaced was 18 years old but he loved it. Fussed when I said we should get a new bed.

Sitting in his den this morn, opened a drawer and saw an envelope with his writing on it.

“Prescription for blood pressure pills”

Curious, I opened it and found a prescription for high blood pressure, dated June 2001. So glad I found it because for several years he had been (un)treated for HBP. The poor Md’s would try different meds and dosages to no avail – no wonder!

Until December 2003, he was still driving, so would go to his appointments during work hours. Naturally, I would have assumed he filled his prescription. Plus, I didn’t know that we had such a serious (AD) disease affecting him. If I had known, I’d have checked on the meds.

The reason I write this post is that I felt badly toward two different physicians who appeared not able to bring his BP under control. Felt even worse when I read articles HBP/AD and wondered if he’d have been OK if they had been able to find the correct medicine. (So sorry, Dr. E and Dr. P)

Once the disease was diagnosed and I took him to appointments, miraculously our third physician was able to “fix” his HBP.

So, for those of you who may have a family member in the foggy, no man’s land of prediagnosis, please check that prescriptions are being filled and further, that the medicine is being taken!