True to my body's hatred of me a new issue has come to light. Went to rheumatologist yesterday and my lupus markers continue to be a problem so my rheumatologist is making me go back on the lupus medication I used to take- hydroxychloroquine. I no longer have the choice of holding off without doing actual damage. She ordered it right then to be delivered to my house - almost like she doesn't trust me.. lol.
Blegh. That's the med that makes me puke almost daily.
But she is "very concerned" about my sodium levels. My blood sodium has been low for some time even with sodium supplements 4x a day, pickle juice daily (I buy it by the gallon off amazon now) and Gatorade and hydration drinks daily, plus a prescribed medication that's supposed to actually increase blood sodium.... My other drs have been kind of like "I don't know why it's doing that" and that was it, which yes was super annoying and I had already planned on talking to my primary care dr about it, but this rheumatologist noticed it and is worried, ordered more tests and is sending me to endocrinology for evaluation, my appt is thurs. The tests she ordered came back really high so it confirms her concern. The endocrinologist ordered more for me to have done before my appt.
So we'll see what endocrinology has to say... More on this later!
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