Glad October is done

I have never been more glad to see a month come and go as I was to see October end. I started the month off with kidney failure and a hospital stay and ended the month with me saying good by to my maternal grandmother. She was in her 80's and her health was deteriating. She pretty much willed herself to die. We drove up Sunday to see her one last time in the Hospice and then passed away Tuesday.

Update on me
Last week the dialysis clinic drew blood and ran some tests. Finally got the results back yesterday. Literally, they handed the results to me with no explanation. They also drew some more blood for more tests. Most of the things they look for are in the normal range and the few things that are not in the normal range are barely outside what is considered normal. I called my nephrologist to have the results translated into english and to confirm what I think they say. She returned my call but had not seen the results yet. She said that she would be at my dialysis clinic either Monday or Wednesday of next week and would discuss these results and the tests they ran yesterday with me then.

Why I am leary of Doctors right now
First of all to be on a prescription that the Physicians Desk Reference says in big bold type that if you prescribe it you need to check the patient frequently to make sure their kidneys are functioning properly and then not check the patient for the 5 to 6 years that they are on it doesn't really instill faith in the medical profession with me. And then I have a Nephrologist that doesnt seem focused on trying to get me better. When I checked out of the Hospital, the Doctor told me that I should make an appointment to see her the following week and they would run tests and see if my kidneys are working. I make an appointment, go see her, wait for 30 minutes and then was told by the nurse that I was wasting my time there, whatever tests they need to run will be done at the dialysis clinic and for me to go home. The next day at the clinic I relay what I had been told and they schedule the tests to be done . 2 days after the blood is drawn for the tests, my nephrologist is at the clinic and tells me that I need to schedule an appointment to see her or someone else in her doctors office as an outpatient. I laughed at her and told her that I had but was told that I was wasting my time. She then said that she needed to schedule some tests to be ran on me. I laughed again and questioned her competency since they had already ran tests and she doesnt seem to know about it. I'm sure that when she shows up at the clinic next week I will have some words with her...

A word of warning
Most of you know that I am not someone you want to have peturbed at you. I have been known to do things of a devious nature (some have even nicknamed me the devil). Consider yourself warned.