Postby Harriet » Sat Mar 16, 2019 12:23 pm
cats, thank you for mentioning that blood sugar meds can cause weight gain. It dawns on me this was yet another thing that was never discussed with HRH regarding these 6 months in which he's to take a lot of meds for treatment of an auto-immune condition. He has to take the steroid prednisone, which he was warned would cause both weight gain and the side effect of high blood sugar, so also had to start bs meds along with it. He's been very discouraged by weight gain, water-weight surprises, etc. since then. The prednisone even caused the surprise of a jump in his usually ideal cholesterol.
The omissions of information have been very pronounced at this doctor's office. There are just more and more things that HRH has to learn on his own, being surprised by side-effects and asking what caused them. If I hear that nurse say one more time, "Well, of course we knew this was going to happen", I'll scream. Lousy communication, or, worse, a "for your own good" mentality of withholding info may send us looking for another doctor/opinion after this series of meds is over.
hula-hooping has been a fun exercise outlet for me lately. Better than peering out the window at the rain! I'm thinking of getting out my old book on it, although I don't think I've forgotten much I learned, and all the musical playlist info would be out of date, since methods of music accessibility are changing all the time. We already have the weighted hoop that was recommended, which seems to be so durable we may still have it years from now.
Seasonally it's an excellent time for walking here, but saturated, puddled ground gets in the way, as do the continuing threats of even more precip. That was the topic of conversation with some neighbors I ran into this a.m. They've been wanting to walk their new-ish puppy more consistently, but have gotten few chances, so he's still balking at the leash when they'd hoping to have him used to it by now.