Gloria's On The Edge

I met with doctor Francis a few days ago and he gave me a fairly good exam for dehydration.  My eyes have tears, have plenty of saliva, heart not racing, skin not unusual for a 73 year old, urine not too yellow etc.  He took BP and heart rate lying down, sitting up and standing up and #'s were all different as they usually are.  He said I was borderline dehydrated and he would order an IV for me to try out.  We talked about adding nutrients and he said that was not a good idea as he works with lots of experienced adults who get infections easily with this added commodity.  When I left to do several errands, my inside door handle broke and I had to crawl over and get out of the passenger door.  Since I was there on 14th north I drove on out to Chrysler for a repair.  Part had to be ordered from SLC of course.  I returned the next day and the mechanics found it wasn't the handle but the cable had broken which had to be ordered from Denver.  What a pain that has been to not be able to get out when I wanted.  But then I remembered all the people who wouldn't be able to crawl over the seat so it's a good thing I'm thin.

I had the liter bolus yesterday morning which was nice just sitting relaxing and reading.  Nurse took my BP and heart rate afterwards and all three position #'s were different and I couldn't tell if it made much difference then, other than going to the bathroom more than usual.  But today I've felt pretty good all day taking the car in to be repaired, yea!, and have been in and out of the 94 degree heat and at no time did I feel faint.  My blood work from last week looks good, especially my kidney function which was down 15%  a few years ago is much improved.

I have my mamo and dxa (bones) scans scheduled in two weeks so then I'll know how I'm doing in those areas.