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So AH had a heat stroke yesterday and had to be taken to the ER. While there they did blood tests and found out that it seems like he has "renal insuffency". They highly recommended that he see a doctor immediately. So he says he wants to go next week, let's see. I guess it was a blessing that he had to go to the ER otherwise he would never find out about this. I secretly mentioned to the MD that he has issues with alcohol and they told me that the excessive alcohol prob brought this on.
Any thoughts? Anyone have experience with kidney issues?
Not to sound weird, but I WISH that my Diabetic hubby would have that health scare. But it won't happen. He thinks that he is on top of the world right now. Even that our son does not like him when he has been drinking doesn't do anything for him. Pretty sad right????
Hi ((((NLOH))))) Sorry, but I don't know anything about kidney issues. I DO know about the pain involved with living with an AH, though. Hopefully your AH will go in for the needed tests and you will be getting a lot of info from his MD about his condition. Please remember through it all that YOU need to take of yourself, too. Sorry I'm not much help.I just wanted you to know i was thinking of you.
love from Denise _______
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Alcohol takes a terrible toll on the body of the alcoholic. My AH did not suffer kidney problems, but certainly liver problems, blood clotting problems, blood pressure problems....The list goes on and on.
I like you came to see that having my AH involved in medical care, having good doctors, nurses and case workers give him the lowdown on what his drinking was doing, and might do to him, might actually be a way that HP expresses the will for a sober life to my AH.
One thing that I learned to do was to step out of the way of them giving their information to him. I used to sit between them and my AH, after a time, I got out of the way so my AH could deal with it directly.
I know my father in law sufferred kidney failure and liver disease for a very long time before his death. I can't tell you how many times he passed out in front of the liquor store or the bar and each time when he gave his information he never told the doctors he was an alcholic nor did his wife as she was an A too. We lived far away so were unaware his doctors were never informed of his drinking problem. Frankly how they missed it is beyond my comprehension as it was so obvious. They actullay would many times prescribe him cough medicine with alchol or codiene. My husband was the only one who kept in contact with his father... the other 2 kids let go of thier dad many years before. But he was a wonderful man drinking or not, never said an unkind word about anybody. So the last time he was taken to the hospital he was dying, his daughter was his emergency contact so they called her. She went to the hospital and immediatly told the doctors he was an alcholic. Seems he just went to different doctors all the time so none of them would catch on. This disease is very sly and will do anything to protect itself. So your telling the Doctor your husband is an A was the best thing you could have done and was probably the most important piece of the puzzle...kudos to you for telling. I will pray your husband sees this as a wake up call and his will to live superseeds his addiction Blessings to you
