It started off super. I checked my chart online and I was blown away with my blood profile. It was the best I had in many years. Fasting blood sugar was 99 right at normal. Cholesterol was 205 -borderline but down 20 points from a year ago. She told me she was impressed with my blood profile as well and to continue what I am doing because it is working for me. So all is looking great until she listened to my heart. She did not like what she was hearing. Having a heart murmur that did not surprise me but she said,"No, this is different." So we do an ekg as I have many times in the past but this time there is something out of whack. Good old A-Fib has reared its ugly head. Now I have known I had it for quite some time but this is the first time it has happened while they were paying attention. So now we have a T-4 to see if it is thyroid related and a chest x-ray and I am wearing a monitor for 24 hours and seeing a heart specialist today. In about a half hour in fact as I write this. I am also on Pradaxa and that was a bite in the budget. For the first time I will be using my deductible for prescription meds. Not only will I be meeting the deductible, I am very close with the first months prescription! Most likely I will be from here on out. So I am trying to see the positives of all this and so far I am fine with it.
After the appointment: After talking to the heart doctor it seems my path of treatment is taking the pradaxa and that will be it. I am having an echo-cardiogram in a couple weeks and if that is okay taking pradaxa will be the extent of it. So all is good.
Butch has an appointment next week for his carpal tunnel. Probably looking at surgery after that. His blood profile was fine on all counts so 'sugar boy' let up for a few days before his blood work but he is hitting it heavy again after once again getting a free ride.
I hate this part of the health business but I do want to continue having the quality of life we so enjoy. So these minor inconveniences will have to be endured.
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