I went to have blood drawn yesterday and went to see the Doctor today. I found a Primary Doc who only charges $70/visit if you don't have insurance like me. He is from Poland and is a really nice guy and good Doctor. The numbers are not good. Kidney function is wack. Liver enzymes are up. Potassium levels too high, Uric acid is off the charts and on and on. I'm now on Uloric 40 mg. Due to my kidney disfuction he said to just take it every other day but I've got to get my Uric Acid levels down. He told me I need to reduce my protein intake (I know what your thinking and I wish.) I hardly eat any red meat but he said even the fish and foul are doing it too.
Also he said the skin abrasion/lesion on my leg is from lack of blood circulation. It feels/looks like a severe burn and it hurts like hell. I have to look that one up yet but I'm scared of what I'll find out. The gout still hurts now too and I walk with a cane mostly now. It even hurts to drive my car since it's a manual trans and have to use my left leg that hurts for the clutch. I also seem to have lost about 20 lbs but I don't feel or see it at all. I don't mind becoming a vegetarian but its somewhat of a hassle for me to get out and buy veggies every day. All in all I feel like crap. On top of it all it was in the 90's in here today. HOT as fucking hell. Also my Medicaid ends the end of this month. That's what's been paying for all my meds that I take. It seems since I get SSI now I'm no longer eligible for Medicaid. So now the cost of my meds will come out of my empty pockets. Nice! It's called living in America. If you get sick here your fucked! Haven't been too interested in blogging lately so if you don't see me around much this is why. I hope everyone has a nice holiday (Memorial Day) weekend.
