Doc called yesterday regarding DH. SHe was hesitant to talk to me at first, but I told her that I already knew about the cysts on his kidneys and we needed to know what the next step was to be. Once i told her that, she spoke more freely with me regarding options and such. Made an appotinment for today at 230. let DH know when he got home. Last night, he was unable to sleep due to pain, so called and rescheduled for earlier today.
OKay..DS is in school, DH, DD and I head over to docs office. She kept going back to polycystic kidney disease, but also kept stating that it was almost always genetic, and that if nobody in his family has had it, she is unsure if that would be an accurate diagnosis. However, taking into account the high blood pressue and the cysts, she goes back to that diagnosis. SHe is supposed to be getting him an appointment with a nephrologist, has him scheduled already for a followup with her in a month, and is trying (supposedly) to get his most recent lab results that were done on the same day as his ultrasound.
In the meantime, he is supposed to go on a high-blood pressure diet - lower sodium, higher veggies and fruits, quit smoking, decrease caffeiene, and exercise more. OKay, not a problem....as he said, "Congratulations on your new job, honey....dietician." Whatever, I can do this....my response was, "Just call me June (as in Cleaver)."
We are supposed to be getting our garage floor poured next week, and once it is cured, the garage will be a combination exercise area (treadmill from MOther - never opened, karate target for DS - as soon as his school has another one to sell, probably a mini trampoline as well) and food storage area. DH wants me to start making my own spaghetti sauce because we have yet to find one in the stores that the entire family likes (either too salty or too sweet), and we are going to start buying meats in bulk so we will also have a chest freezer out there. Looks like I really have gotten back to my roots...lol....mother and I used to can our own vegetables, make our own jelly, and always had a half cow in the freezer, courtesy of our neighbors across the street. Sadly, I think red meat will be a once or twice a month thing, so I have to start coming up with vegetarian whole meals (have a GREAT vegetarian cookbook) or meals that have very little meat in them.
Now, add all of this on top of the diet that we have to go on for DS: high protein, moderate fat, low carbs, dark green leafy veggies, no artificial colorings or flavorings, and life gets interesting. We are also eliminating cows milk as DS had an allergy as a child and all of his doctors think this could actually be at the root of the "ADHD" behavior.
Okay, so that is where we are today. I suppose I will let everyone know when we have more information. On an unrelated topic, DH picked out a costume for me to make for myself....lol...he chose one that I was going to make, but thought that he would issues with....Simplicity 4902, the red/black outfit...now to figure out what to do about shoes....probably my Black converse high-tops...lol
Larisa, really tired of all this happening at once
P.S. Dad has pictures of the house that we supposedly trashed....all they showed was the sump pump (which we acknowledge) and said that there was foam coming out from under the kitchen sink.....we have no idea what they are talking about and told Dad that we never had a problem with foam under the sink. Only thing we could think of was that they are talking about the silicone sealer we used and are too incompetent to figure out that it is sealer.