I just wanted to post this as a benefit for anyone else. We moved my FIL and MIL in with us back in Jan- moving them from Florida to OH. We started a series of drs appts to get everything up to speed. We notice my FIL (86) continued to decline, very weak, extreme fatigue, etc. He would basically take his meds in the a.m. and be back in bed an hour later. During this time, we also discovered he had a cancerous tumor in the lung so our fears were that this tumor was taking hold quickly. During an episode where he became unresponsive, he was taken to the hospital and we discovered he has been taking WAY too much blood pressure medicine. His drs in FL have never changed his dosage, looked at his symtoms, etc , despite the fact that he lost over 30 lbs. Over the next two weeks, he was slowly weaned off the BP meds and now he is alert, chipper, good color, great spirits, coming to the table to eat, etc.

Such a short time had passed when we discovered the tumor and this happening, we had not had a chance to discuss any med change. Thankfully we have found that the cancer has not spread to his lymph nodes and we are looking at treatment options now.

But it is scary to think, had we left them in FL and noone recognized his overdosing on this medication, he would have just died. This has been very scary for us. We (wrongly) assumed when we moved them that his renewed perscriptions were ok - he had a dr there , right? WRONG!!

The transformation of him withering away to the happy fellow he is now is unbelieveable.

Just wanted to alert anyone else on this.

Debbie