yes, I take 5 mg of oxybutynin a day and 10 mg on bowel care days. On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 2:38 PM, e m treston <[email protected]> wrote:
> do you take ditropan or something similar? > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Quadius [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, June 19, 2009 2:30 PM > *To:* quad-list > *Subject:* [QUAD-L] BP > > I was experiencing some severe fatigue problems over the last three or four > weeks and I now believe it's because my blood pressure has been spiking up > and I wasn't aware of it. Earlier this week I got a slight headache, so I > decided to have my PCA checked the BP and it was 140/94, but it ended up > going out to 160/103. > > The problem is I knew my bladder was okay and my bowels had just been > indeed the night before, so we checked the skin, look for any possible > infection sites, made sure I had no ingrown toenails or any other thing that > causes autonomic dysreflexia (AD). After being totally flummoxed, I had the > PCA but the nitrogen gel on me to lower the BP and then we irrigated the > bladder. The blood pressure stayed up for a while and then eventually > dropped. The main problem is my BP continues to spike every morning and I > have gotten to the point where I don't even have a headache any longer when > my BP is pretty high. > > I went in to see the doctor and explained what was going on. He was > thinking that this might be the same thing I thought, bladder stones. I > have had a history of bladder stones, so I had called in earlier trying to > get a sonogram schedule. Well, the sonogram was today and it showed no > stones in the bladder, gallbladder and a very small calcification in the > left kidney, but it's not obstructing anything. I probably forgot to > mention that I am having bladder discomfort, but is not associated with a > UTI (they discounted this during the Tuesday clinic visit) or bladder > stones. I have a suprapubic and normally have no problem with it, however, > lately I have been having a lot more discharge around the stoma and even a > little bit of blood every other day or so. > > My bowels do cause me discomfort, but I don't think it's enough to actually > put me into AD. They have in the past caused AD, but I have pretty good > sensation in the bowels and the bladder. Anyway, I would like to hear any > of your thoughts about what might be causing my BP to spike every morning. > I have occasionally had problems in the wheelchair, but thankfully it's not > producing AD. > > Thanks for your feedback, > Quadius >
