Day + 92, Two O'Clock

2:00pm. It's that time of the day, unfortunately. I make my way into my bedroom, looking for my bag of drugs. What I'm looking for is a bottle with the letter "L" on its cap. Having been given so many prescriptions these last few months, I've found it easier to mark each bottle with a letter of a symbol of the drug inside. Besides, it seems more exciting to say you're "snagging some L" as opposed to "where's the Lasix?"

I'm in the big leagues now; each one of these babies contain 40 milligrams a piece of the stuff. I'm reminded how as a result of my visit to nephrologist yesterday, I now take four instead of three. He's still uncomfortable managing my care, especially because I will be going back to BMC in two weeks for a three-month checkup. For now, I will just have to live with 160mg of Lasix daily, and hope that it will keep me until the 24th.

Lasix is an interesting diuretic. It's purpose is not to aggressively remove excess fluid in the body, but to maintain a certain level and keep it there. For people like me with bad edema, raising the dose does get a little extra out on the first day you take it. After that, it will keep you where it left off. The good thing is that it doesn't stay in your body and make you sick all day like some other water pills.

Lasix works best when you lie down right after ingesting it. It helps the medicine work by making it easier for it to pull fluid out of your body. I should stop blogging and start sleeping. More news tomorrow.