Irony

If you love irony (and who does?), then you have to appreciate the selection of my current meds.

In January 2010, I was given an anti-cholesterol pill and a couple of others for the blood pressure. Then, my MD noted my A1C was going up so he added Januvia and Actos. That didn't seem to help much so it is looking like I'll have to escalate to injectables in August. I also have had trouble losing weight and feel it a victory that my weight hasn't inexplicably gone up!

My wife and I looked up the side effects of all my meds the other day. Can you imagine my shock to find that two of the "new" drugs (prescribed by the VA Heart Doc, not my Family MD) include the side effects of:

• increased blood sugar and
• weight gain

So, here I am trying to drop the A1C and lose weight and two of my meds are actively conspiring against me!

I am going to be seeing an MD the end of May so I'll bring in my current list of drugs and see what he recommends. Then, I'll have to get my Family MD to "correct" the current list of prescriptions...