Hi I joined this site yesterday.
After reading a few post I've realized I'm pretty clueless as to what is going on with me.
I'm 45, married, no children and living in Cornwall, UK.
I was taken in to hospital 4 years ago with high blood pressure (220/140 if I remember correctly). This was brought down with a multitude of drugs and is now fairly stable, 2 years ago my renal consultant changed a couple of drugs around to try and get round the problem of tiredness, 2 days later I started to have heart attacks, I was admitted to hospital for 5 weeks and ended up having a couple of stents., needless to say the drugs that were changed were changed back.
I haven't had an actual diagnosis other then I have kidneys working at 25-30 %, and no one knows why this is so. I've had to stop work because I get so tired my eyes hurt after working for an hour or so , this has been attributed in the main to the drugs I'm taking to control my blood pressure.
A year ago I started to have joint pain so I was put on some anti-gout pills which seems to have done the trick other then my left index finger which was operated on in April and is now much better, my right knee seems to be hurting the same as my finger did, so I'm seeing a surgeon Monday to see what he thinks.
Like Dawnrob above me I don't seem to get much info from the people I see, hospital visits consist of a few minutes while the Dr takes my blood pressure asks me how I'm feeling (same as i felt the last time I you asked me) and I'm given another appointment in 3 or 4 months time. My Gp is a much better source of information and support to me, but tobviously he's limited in what he knows and a little reluctant to get to invlolved because of the heart scare.
Sorry my intro turned in to a bit of a moan
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