I'm back from my appt.
Ok, my dr. feels this is because of all the extra walking (which caused edema) I've been doing compared to what I did daily before starting the job at the garden center (I am not a couch potato, but do tons more walking at this job than I normally did in a day before I started working.)
Plus, she (dr.) thinks there can be some other pieces to this too. The pharmacist took it upon him self to give me a generic for my blood pressure med last time I refilled it, she said
absolutely not. The guy didn't ask beforehand just told me what he had done when I went to pick it up. Dr. said sometimes generic BP meds can have different affects than the name brand so she said insist when I call in a refill that it be the name brand. Plus, as I said, my thyroid stopped functioning a couple years ago, she had a new set of bloodwork done while I was there. She said it may be that she needs to change the thyroid med since I've been on the same one for quite some time. So with all of these factored in she had the bloodwork done, gave me a water pill for a while, cut my BP med in half (because she said the water pill she gave me for now will lower my BP some also so she didn't want to have me on to much) and said rest my feet and legs when I can at home but enjoy working because walking will not harm anything. Yippee!!!!! I love this job plus, I get a discount on my flowers.
Well, now I'm feeling very decrepid (SP) I tell you....when your thyroid goes caput it certainly affects a lot of things. Who knew??!!! I certainly didn't.
And I also feel like an old lady who has so many ails. Never wanted to be there.
I'm actually not that old but I feel like it now.
Thanks to all of you for being so caring and insistant. You are the best!!!!
Cath