Elder-caregivers

in the hospital one month ago. As I suspected, her BP meds had been jacked up too high by her cardiologist, and that had caused some orthostatic hypotension, but nothing worse. She takes Namenda bid and Aricept hs. Her Aricept dose was doubled a year ago, and it helped.

She sees her regular internist within a month.

(The hospital stay messed her up due to a protocol for all admits: Miralax to prevent constipation. I told the nurses when she was admitted to the floor that she takes Metamucil 2-3x a day to bulk up her stools. She didn't get her Metamucil and they gave her Miralax. She was up all night, dizzy, crapping to the point where they had to give her IV fluids. And so much for Fall Precautions.)

Any way, she is starting to need more of our attention, and bless her heart, she hates being dependent.