That was not fun.
Mar. 23rd, 2011 10:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gridloreWe've got a late winter/early spring Pacific storm hitting the region. Cold wet, air everywhere. In the last three days, my breathing has regressed to mid-January levels. Back to gasping, being clogging up, and O2 readings that were not pretty. Yesterday, when things got really bad, we turned my oxygen up to 3 liters/hour. That helped a great deal. I also email my doctor. Back on 20mg of Prednisone for the next two days, then 10mg until the weather warms back up.
Sadly, I think this may well be a pattern for a long time to come. I just cannot tolerate cold, wet weather anymore.
In other health news, we've just completed another stress-inducing epic. Back on February 25th, we ordered a MedicAlert wristband for me. Being on blood-thinners is something emergency responders need to know, as there are a whole pile of standard procedures done by EMTs and and ER staff that could kill someone with a deliberately induced case of hemophilia. We were told that the bracelet would take 7-10 days to arrive. Two weeks later, Kirsten contacts the MA people. They'll reship it. It'll arrive in a week. Nothing. I call them. Originally we had ordered the shipment to go to Kirsten's office, since there was still a good possibility that I'd be back in the hospital. But since I'm home, I made it clear that I wanted the bracelet shipped to my home address.
Today, the bracelet showed up. At Kirsten's work. This shouldn't have been so difficult and shouldn't have required multiple phone calls. We also never got any sort of "we've shipped your bracelet, here's the tracking info." message. I order a Tool album from Amazon, and I can follow it from warehouse to my doorstep. You'd think that something as important as a medical alert product would get the same treatment, yes? I appreciate the services these folks provide, but they fall down on the execution, at least in my experience.
Sadly, I think this may well be a pattern for a long time to come. I just cannot tolerate cold, wet weather anymore.
In other health news, we've just completed another stress-inducing epic. Back on February 25th, we ordered a MedicAlert wristband for me. Being on blood-thinners is something emergency responders need to know, as there are a whole pile of standard procedures done by EMTs and and ER staff that could kill someone with a deliberately induced case of hemophilia. We were told that the bracelet would take 7-10 days to arrive. Two weeks later, Kirsten contacts the MA people. They'll reship it. It'll arrive in a week. Nothing. I call them. Originally we had ordered the shipment to go to Kirsten's office, since there was still a good possibility that I'd be back in the hospital. But since I'm home, I made it clear that I wanted the bracelet shipped to my home address.
Today, the bracelet showed up. At Kirsten's work. This shouldn't have been so difficult and shouldn't have required multiple phone calls. We also never got any sort of "we've shipped your bracelet, here's the tracking info." message. I order a Tool album from Amazon, and I can follow it from warehouse to my doorstep. You'd think that something as important as a medical alert product would get the same treatment, yes? I appreciate the services these folks provide, but they fall down on the execution, at least in my experience.
