Simple Inquiry- The AS Life

I advocated. I kept stating that my blood pressure was higher than normal. And eventually, I asked for anti hypertensive medication and was given a prescription.

Was it on time? Did I get it soon enough?

This morning, I went for my usual blood tests that I have before I see the rheumatologist. My friend asked something simple. She merely asked if it will take days to get my results back. Thanks to her question, I went into my app and realised I’d forgotten something key,

Besides my lungs, Ankylosing spondylitis has also taken some of my kidney function away. And then I went down a rabbit hole. After re-reading all my results and seeing again how I’ve had constantly mildly dysfunctional kidneys, I looked to the ramifications thereof and found as tidbit I hadn’t known.

High blood pressure impacts your kidneys negatively. Antibiotics (I have a bad infection) also do. But that I knew. It’s the hypertension that shook me. Will my treatment for the hypertension have come soon enough to stop further kidney damage?

We need stable. You can’t ever improve your function (so they say) by you can try keep it stable. So that will be my prayer for this week’s appointment. For the abscess pain to get LOST, for me to be able to resume treatment, for the treatment to work well, and for my kidneys to be stable.

Thanks, friend! I will definitely keep drinking lots of water (for the kidneys) , and praying even more,