cleavers
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OK sounds a bit different as I'm sure it was sodium in her case and almost at zero, but it is quite scary really, and a warning that everyone should keep on top of their older relatives if they're having trouble, the outcome could have been the same, it's also a testimony to how quick the body can recover once the problem is diagnosed, most of us have no idea how much of these chemicals we have or need, and it's very hard to get tests at the moment, we shouldn't have to get difficult, no matter the pandemic situation.Well when we had the conversation with a different GP today, the doctor went through her tablets and said something similar to “oh right, when we prescribe XXXXX we always stop YYYYYY” but no one has ever said that, so she’s been taking both for a while.
Her potassium was high when her bloods were done but not to a worrying level.
We’re now taking her BP twice a day and have another chat with the same GP a week on Monday. Very scary how things missed such as these can cause so much damage. She was halfway down the stairs when she felt unwell, thank Yaya she was able to make it down
I pushed my dad to start getting a bit more stroppy with the surgery, I wasn't concerned that much with her condition, just how long it had been going on, and them refusing to actually see her, and each week it seemed a little worse (chest and cough) than the last, but it was really getting her down as well.
Anyway glad your mum was also less serious in the end, I'm 150 miles away from mine and haven't seen them since July, but we all need to keep in touch, and on top of any health issues they get, my Mum is 78, and Dad 82 (had both his vaccine jabs now, she neither).