Happy Birthday Ron50

Happy Birthday, Ron!  Thank you for your fidelity to helping others even when life has been challenging for you.  We celebrate you!

 CM

Another year!!!!

(I knew I should have bought more candles!)

Congrats old man!

Be well,

John

Happy Birthday Ron!!! 

Happy Birthday Ron!!! 

ron50 said:

Thanks friends.

  I didn't have much of a birthday. I worked but was under duress. I saw my nephrologist on tuesday. He said my kidneys were good and the cyclosporine was doing its job . So I said how come I feel so bad. My oedema is bad and it is ramping up the peripheral neuropathy in my legs. Anything else ? Yes I breathe ok but I don't get enough oxygen. He checked my legs . The oedema was up past my knees,he checked my lungs and he said there was fluid in them. He also said that there was a heart murmur that could only be a leaky valve. So I have severe peripheral oedema ,pulmonary Oedema a leaky heart valve and almost certainly congestive heart failure. I have to limit my fluid intake to one litre a day(it has been 30c all this week and same for next week )I have to take my diruetics twice a day now and it is making me mighty unwell with the heat. I don't think it is safe without supervision considering the heat. He also thinks I may have pulmonary hypertension. I think I may have been lucky to get to my birthday. I have to stay on low fluid until I lose two kilos of fluid and see if it makes breathing easier. What a crock. I added up all of my chronic conditions the other day and i am up to 17. What's more none of my doctors are interested in my type two diabetes or high cholesterol. My neph is certain it will be heart or stroke that will get me, I guess with an enlarged heart , congestive heart failure a leaky valve and nearly 11,00 premature ectopic atrial and ventricular heart beats as well as several runs of tachycardia a day he might have a point. My blood pressure has not been under 140 on high and 96 on low for two months and thats on 5 bp meds a day. I don't know when it will come but i suspect it will be quick.. Such is life at least it won't be feaking cancer. Hugs to all Ron.

So sorry that I missed "the" day, and that it wasn't a good one for you. 

Know that you are thought of often and wished many blessings.

Hugs,

Marie who loves kitties

ron50 said:

Thanks friends.

  I didn't have much of a birthday. I worked but was under duress. I saw my nephrologist on tuesday. He said my kidneys were good and the cyclosporine was doing its job . So I said how come I feel so bad. My oedema is bad and it is ramping up the peripheral neuropathy in my legs. Anything else ? Yes I breathe ok but I don't get enough oxygen. He checked my legs . The oedema was up past my knees,he checked my lungs and he said there was fluid in them. He also said that there was a heart murmur that could only be a leaky valve. So I have severe peripheral oedema ,pulmonary Oedema a leaky heart valve and almost certainly congestive heart failure. I have to limit my fluid intake to one litre a day(it has been 30c all this week and same for next week )I have to take my diruetics twice a day now and it is making me mighty unwell with the heat. I don't think it is safe without supervision considering the heat. He also thinks I may have pulmonary hypertension. I think I may have been lucky to get to my birthday. I have to stay on low fluid until I lose two kilos of fluid and see if it makes breathing easier. What a crock. I added up all of my chronic conditions the other day and i am up to 17. What's more none of my doctors are interested in my type two diabetes or high cholesterol. My neph is certain it will be heart or stroke that will get me, I guess with an enlarged heart , congestive heart failure a leaky valve and nearly 11,00 premature ectopic atrial and ventricular heart beats as well as several runs of tachycardia a day he might have a point. My blood pressure has not been under 140 on high and 96 on low for two months and thats on 5 bp meds a day. I don't know when it will come but i suspect it will be quick.. Such is life at least it won't be feaking cancer. Hugs to all Ron.

Wow Ron, that's a lot on top of the cancer you had some time ago.  I hope they can get your heart under control.  There's a new way to replace a leaky valve without open heart surgery.  My 85 yr old aunt had it an it helped her immensely.  They go in like for placing a stent but instead a valve is placed and it opens like an umbrella pushing aside the old valve.  It's pretty cool.  good luck, Traci

PS Happy Birthday, a bit late!