Where have I been? (health problems)

[Boomstick]

So a lot of you may notice I have been around, but less active than usual. Well for the past year and a half or so, I had been really tired, struggling to make it throughout the day and be productive at work, let alone around the house. I mentioned this to my doctor who is like that's probably because your vitamin D is low. Now I can take as much vitamin D as I want, and it will still be low, seems to be something I inherited from my dad but it's never been this bad.

 

Well back in June, my foot blew up with a severe gout attack - the first since I quit drinking beer. It got better when I was on vacation at the end of the month, but got worse again in July. So there went a month and a half of fishing. Come August, I had some back pain that never went away. Eventually it got worse and I started getting the chills and the sweats. I happened to have an appointment with the kidney doctor, so I held off going to the emergency room and the kidney doctor immediately noticed a huge drop in kidney function, took a urine test and decided to do a biopsy. Turns out I have an autoimmune disease attacking my kidneys.

 

The good news is with a long term of high dose prednisone, further damage to my kidneys should be prevented and he is hopeful that my kidney function will return back to its prior baseline over time. After one dose of prednisone, the back pain was manageable again and I was able to make it out fishing again. Even though I can only sleep about three hours a night, I feel like my old self again for more than a few minutes a day.

I am just glad it's a warm fall and I can still get some fishing in. Got a few good ones at Lake St Catherine a couple weeks ago, and it's supposed to be beautiful on Saturday so I'm going to try again.

 

 

 

 

 

[TnRiver46]

Here’s to continued healing and fishing! Glad to hear from ya 

[12poundbass]

Glad to hear from you. Hopefully things continue to head in the right direction. 

[T-Billy]

Praying for ya. Hope you feel better soon.

[GreenPig]

Glad you're feeling better. Fishing in the Sun helps with vitamin D, in case your need an excuse to go daily. 

[Mike L]

So glad you’re feeling better!

I hope that stuff continues to work for you and you’re healthy again. 
 

 

 

 

Mike

[Glenn]

Man that's some scary stuff. Glad you got it diagnosed and you have a great outlook.

 

Now you don't have an excuse not to be here more often! LOL (Yes, I noticed)

[Boomstick]

12 minutes ago, Glenn said:

Now you don't have an excuse not to be here more often! LOL (Yes, I noticed)

Yeah, no I don't. I've literally been so tired that I make it through my day and can't focus on much of anything at all.

 

Now I'm just waiting for Saturday to go fishing (71 and a full moon? Sign me up!) and playing guitar again and so forth.

[Dwight Hottle]

Sounds like your on the road to recovery. Best of luck Dean. 

[Jigfishn10]

Oh wow, Boom. Had no idea. Glad things have turned for you. 

 

Haven't been on a lot myself, it's been stress city this year for me. Work, family, mom & dad, but nothing like the health issues you've been through. I probably shouldn't have mentioned it in hindsight, now that I think of it. You've been through a lot.

 

Hope for continued health and hope to one day to make that 2-3 hour trip for a day to fish with you. 

 

Good health my friend.

 

John

[Boomstick]

4 hours ago, Jigfishn10 said:

Oh wow, Boom. Had no idea. Glad things have turned for you. 

 

Haven't been on a lot myself, it's been stress city this year for me. Work, family, mom & dad, but nothing like the health issues you've been through. I probably shouldn't have mentioned it in hindsight, now that I think of it. You've been through a lot.

 

Hope for continued health and hope to one day to make that 2-3 hour trip for a day to fish with you. 

 

Good health my friend.

 

John

Next year we will have to plan something for sure. This year was a **** show.

 

I will have new pedal kayaks for next year!

[The one that got away]

Hope the road back to good health continues, and hope you get into a few good ones Saturday!