Heart Doctor Appointment today...

Monday, March 21, 2016

Happy Birthday to my Ron!
Happy first full day of Spring!

I woke this morning actually feeling kinda refreshed, which is a rather new feeling for me.  Usually it's more like (damn, I woke up) okay, another day is here.  Blah...and the tableting and reading start.  Today, I did tablet for a bit, but no reading.  I got up, got a shower, got dressed and left.  I had an appointment at the heart doctor today - a follow-up after 8 months - it had been only 6 months and this was the first time it was stretched out longer.  I was a little apprehensive even though I've not been having any problems.  This is where I first noticed my LOW blood pressure problem - when it was 100/50 - and I started paying attention to it.

So, off I go.  It was way earlier than I needed to go down the road, so I had plenty of time to stop for lunch and return a T-Shirt that Ron got for his birthday for the correct size before my appointment.  But, you know me!  Lunch took way too long, so I had to hold off on the shopping.  I totally enjoyed my lunch, though, and I splurged and went to Red Lobster.  I controlled myself, though, and only had a soup and salad lunch.  I had the potato bacon soup with a shrimp salad, so it was still very Red Lobster-ish.  Of course, it came with those won-der-ful biscuits, too, so I overloaded on carbs, even though I didn't order a big meal.  It was great!!  I thoroughly savored every single bite!
But, eventually, it was over and I got back on the road, and then sat in the parking lot and played on my tablet until time to go in.

I had to fill out all the paperwork (again...), which is always so much fun (NOT).
When I got called back, the visit went fine.  First, of course, was the weigh-in.  I weighed too much because I just ate lunch, but it was still well within the realm of reality.  My reality, anyway.  My blood pressure was 90/50, but I told myself not to freak.  Let them bring it up first.  (Jeepers creepers, though!! And I just had lunch, and I put plenty of salt on my salad, too!)
The doctor came in and did all his listening and then had me lay back and was listening at all my pulse points (ankles, sides, etc.) and he saw the bruises on my lower legs and belly and asked me why I had bruises everywhere.  I told him that I didn't know, they just show up and showed him the newest bruise on my arm.  I made a remark about how happy I am when I whack myself - I actually KNOW where that bruise comes from and all three of us (me, the doctor, and the nurse) laughed about that.  He kinda looked over my belly and my sides, then talked with the nurse about my meds, and he asked about my blood pressure, too, and we talked about that.  He finally decided that he would rather I stayed on the Plavix (Clopidogrel) and stop taking the baby aspirin every day.  I didn't need that much blood thinner every day.  Yay!
He went on to say that because of the blood pressure being like it is, I could stop taking the Coreg (Carvedilol), too, since it was a preventative because of the diabetes and evidently, my body is doing a good job of preventing high blood pressure!  Double yay!
He also said that I should be able to do just about anything I put my mind to.  I told him that I was a little bit of a chickenshit and didn't push myself and he said, "Do things.  Do whatever you want."  He did order a CBC (complete blood count) just to make sure there isn't something weird going on with that bruising, but he was okay with Dr. Ward keeping an eye on my A1c.  Then he said that he didn't think I needed to come back for a whole year!!  How about that!!

It may have looked like I walked out to my car, but I was really doing a happy dance!

I did stop at Target and do the little bit of return and shopping that I had planned, and then I headed for home.  Ron called me as I was leaving, and he was being sent home already today - how weird is that? - because the dipshit dispatcher has everything messed up and he can't find anything else for the guys to do.  On a Monday!  That means he'll be out there til forever tomorrow, but - oh, well.  So, as a surprise for him, I drive through KFC and bring some supper home with me.  He was delighted!!

Since it's Holy Week, we went uptown to the town's services.  Tonight was at the Faith Chapel, and they put on a play called 'It Is Finished' and it was very well done.  I'm glad we went, although I did not see anyone else from St. Mary's there.  No one.  I guess we were the representatives tonight.  A little disappointing, but - it is what it is.

It didn't take Ron long to crash after we got back home, while I watched dead guys.  And that was our big exciting evening.  Much like all the others.
Tomorrow gets to be the Happy Homemaker Day of the week - yippee skippy.