This will hopefully answer all medical questions if I am unable to communicate.
I am covered by a Medicare Advantage plan through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.
For Medicare I have both part A and part B
Copies of the Insurance Card is below
I have no known drug allergies
I receive monthy injections of Xolair to control my Asthma. These started in August 2022.
I also have routine allergy shots on a monthly basis.
My Daily pills are packed in orange containers. Both the morning and evening pills are packed together
Losartin 100 mg (E47) morning for blood pressure
Amlodipine 5 mg evening for blood pressure
Simvastatin 20 mg (S 5) evening for C reactive protein
Singular [Montelukast] 10 mg morning for Asthma
Symbicort Inhaler 160/4.5 two puffs morning and evening for Asthma
Spiriva 2.5 mcg one puff morning and evening for Asthma
Areds 2 morning and evening glaucoma preventive
Tamsulosin 0.4 mg morning for prostate
Melatonin 1 mg evening because Ev thinks it helps
Centrum morning just because
As needed:
Cialis 10mg and Viagra 100mg - If I'm with Sara Fitzgerald, you can be sure I will have taken one of these within the past 24 hours.
Nebulizer Inhaled Bromide/Albuterol 0.5 mg/3mg for Asthma Flare up 6 hour intervals
Nebulizer Inhaled Albuterol 2.5 mg for flare ups where the 6 hours is too long
Colchicine 0.6 mg for gout flare up - directions
Prednisone 10 mg for Asthma flare up - directions
Valtrex for cold sore flare up - direction
Erythromycin topical solution 2% for skin condition on head flare up.
Zolpidem 5mg for sleep very rarely - usually when traveling over seas or just having returned.
Trazadone for sleep rarely
In general I have been broadly vaccinated for International Travel
I had the Moderna vaccine for Covid 19 on February 16 and March 16, 2021.
I had Moderna boosters on 10/25/2021, 4/5/2022 and 10/17/2022
I get a flu shot every year, generally in October. The flu shot is received at Ann Arbor Allergy Associates
I had Typhoid Oral vaccine (5 years) in March 2019
My primary care physician is
Kurt C Kamper MD
Briarwood Medical Group (Michigan Medicine)
Briarwood Building 3
375 Briarwood Circle
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
734-998-2020
My long-time Asthma and Allergy Physician is
Harvey Leo MD
Ann Arbor Allergy Associates
Ann Arbor West Office
4350 Jackson Road Suite 260
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
734-434-3007
My Hearing Doctor is
Diane Carter
O'Conner Hearing
734-994-8300
My Vision provider is
Clarkson Vision
2623 Plymouth Rd
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
734-930-2373
Mail Order for non-urgent prescriptions
Birdi
43159 W. Nine Mile Rd
Novi, MI 48375
877-668-4987
Urgent and While Traveling
Walgreens
2355 Jackson Rd
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
734-794-0162
I have Asthma that manifests solely in a cough. I never struggle to get breath and I do not generally wheeze. The most frequent trigger for the asthma is intense exercise. The most difficult trigger is when I have a cold, which leads to coughing, which leads to more coughing.
When cough becomes present, I can use Bromide and Albuterol inhalers to get it under control. I generally use a nebulizer for these. If the cough becomes persistent I treat it with a burst of prednisone.
I now take a bioligic drug Xolair by monthly injection to prevent the need for extensive prednisone. This started in August 2022 and has been successful through November 2022. One probable episode after a cold was avoided.
I have a variety of allergies which are well controlled through routine allergy injections.
In addition to the Asthma, I have high blood pressure which is generally controlled by medication.
My cholesterol is absurdly low, a gift of DNA.
I take the simvastatin for C-reactive protein, but as much for an un-evidenced belief that statins are probably good for everyone.
I had a tonsillectomy as a child.
I had an adult circumcision in my mid 40's to deal with a troublesome foreskin.
The start of blood pressure medicine also brought on (or coincided with) erectile disfunction. Viagra and Cialis deal with this quite nicely.
FAMILY HISTORY
My brother has had both kidney cancer and prostate cancer.
My mother suffered from a malignant brain tumor, found only during autopsy. She died at 91.
My father had Alzheimers. He died at 91.
My maternal grandfather had type 2 diabetes. He had several strokes and died of a stroke at 76.
My fraternal grandmother had Alzheimers. She died in her early 80s.
My fraternal grandfather had heart issues and died of a heart attack at 80.
My maternal grandmother died at 98.
As of March 17, 2025 my glasses prescription is:
OD -1.00 -0.25x139 Add +2.50
OS -0.25 -0.75x090 Add +2.50