Friday, September 29, 2006
Health Update
This letter was sent out to family and friends today. It explains the situation pretty well so I'm just going to copy it to my blog and call it good.
Dear family and friends,
On Monday September 25 I went to Dr. Michael Kline. He is a lung specialist in St. George. He was very thourough and extremely knowledgeable. My diagnosis, Pulmonary Artery Hypertention (PAH) is pretty advanced. Tests showed that I had mild sleep apnea (which can cause PAH) but not enough to have caused the amount of damage to my arteries. He interviewed me and came to the conclusion that the 5 years I was on heavy narcotics for chronic abdominal pain would have been plenty of time to hide and enhance sleep apnea and cause the PAH. I took myself off the heavy meds 2 years ago which made the sleep apnea decrease.
I am being put on a medicine "Tracleer" it is supposed to relieve some of the presure the arteries are under. As of Wednesday September 27th, I am on liquid oxegen whenever I move about. Next week there will be another sleep study (in St George) and they will probably put me on a C-pap machine at night. If the St George Sleep Study shows a large amount of SIPH (Sleep Interruptions Per Hour) my diagnosis will likely change to SPAH (Secondary Pulmonary Artery Hypertention.) If not, my diagnosis will become PPAH (Primary Pulmonary Artery Hypertention.) A PPAH diagnosis may necessitate a move to a lower altitutde (Greeley was 4664 feet, Cedar City is 5844 feet) which probably means back to Bakersfield (408 feet.) We have time to see if the liquid oxygen and the Tracleer are effective enough without the need to move.
All of these things are to help relieve the pressure to my lungs and heart so that I can breath easier. I have quit my "Dwight" job and also the Fall season of the Utah Shakespearean Festival. Hoping to go back to "Dwight" if I can get more mobility back.
As always I feel and aprieciate your thoughts and prayers on my behalf. My attitude and outlook are possitive. I will try to keep you updated on my health.
With all my love, Nondus
Guess that says it all.
posted by Nonnie: 6:50 PM
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