Friday August 7, 2009: Platelet count results

Yesterday I forgot to post that I got the results of Monday's platelet count at my regular doctor's office. It was 95,000, low for normal people, fine for me. Not horribly low but within my usual range. My potassium level was also normal. The calf really hurt last night and this morning, feeling like the muscle was stuck in a contracture (or whatever the noun actually is). But this morning, I took a hot bath which loosened things enough to be able to go to Costco and Stop and Shop and get things in preparation for our trip on Monday. And when I was home, I spent that night, for the most part, with my leg propped up, elevated. The picture posted is from yesterday. Today it looks slightly better but I didn't take a picture of it today. Maybe tomorrow!

Monday Aug. 3, 2009: The bruise

I called the regular doctor's office this morning and got myself an appointment for the afternoon. PT people were shocked at the bruise! I remembered to tell them I have my appointment on Wednesday with the ortho.. Meanwhile, this afternoon, primary doctor was surprised at the size of the bruise. Agreed stopping Mobic was a good idea (for now at least). Blood was drawn for a platelet count and a potassium check (because of the tightening muscle). BP was really high there-higher than I ever have seen it, 162 over something. So she said before prescribing medicine for that (it had been high usually for the last 1.5 years), I should get a home BP monitor and take readings 3 a day for 3 weeks and then bring it to look at. I thought we already had one but when I got home, Henry said it was not working so I had to get another. I've taken my BP now twice, once at 4:30: 121/76 and then at 8PM after running down 5-6 stairs from up here in my office to downstairs in the living room, and it was 123/78. That's a whole lot lower than at the doctor's! I go back on August 24 with the monitor.