{"id":546,"date":"2010-06-23T18:12:25","date_gmt":"2010-06-24T01:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/hultquist\/?p=546"},"modified":"2010-06-23T18:12:25","modified_gmt":"2010-06-24T01:12:25","slug":"wednesday-routine-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=546","title":{"rendered":"WEDNESDAY — Routine stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

John tells me I need to update this from the June 21st<\/sup> visit to my cardiologist.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m still tired from yesterday and not feeling up to much updating, but I will try.<\/p>\n

Good news today is that the puppies got moved tonight to their new digs, and they are happy, but Mama Annie is not yet sure she wants to go in the different place.\u00a0 She got sort of attached to that back computer room pen.\u00a0 I did manage to do their toenails (cut them) today before the move.<\/p>\n

Best news of the day is that our house roof is finished.\u00a0 It is beautiful.<\/p>\n

Okay– back to yesterday.\u00a0 I drove myself to Yakima Heart Center for a 10:55 (I originally was planning for 10:15) so I was up way too early and with a lousy night\u2019s sleep Sunday night.\u00a0 I got there 20 minutes early and then had a 25 minute wait to get in to see the nurse, and then the doctor.\u00a0 However, once there, he spent a full hour with me, so I felt good about that.\u00a0 First words out of his mouth; \u201cWhere\u2019s your hubby?\u201d\u00a0 John had always been with me since our first visit last July 2009.\u00a0 I explained that John was working on the roof, and that I could drive now, so I had driven myself down.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t tell him I used John\u2019s car and I think the seat is not set for my back, so the driving an hour down and back was actually painful.<\/p>\n

The cardiologist had briefly seen me when I was in the hospital June 1 for the defibrillator implant and he just happened to see my name on the ICU floor.\u00a0 He dropped in to say hi.\u00a0 That was very cool.\u00a0 Previously, he hadn\u2019t seen me since April 14th<\/sup> and we both agreed that seemed like ages ago.<\/p>\n

We debriefed and he looked at all my recent lab blood draws.\u00a0 He determined that I need to be back on a statin type drug, which I had gone off of over a month ago, because of joint pain when I exercised.\u00a0 He wanted me to go on Lipitor, but I told him I doubted my insurance would pay for it, and they wouldn\u2019t (well they wanted me to pay a co-pay of $60\/month.\u00a0 Yikes.\u00a0 I had asked him if that happened, could I go back on Simvastatin, which I was on last fall.\u00a0 He said yes.\u00a0 So, I requested a refill on that, and thankfully, it is only 9.99\/month.\u00a0 A lot better for the pocketbook, eh?<\/p>\n

He also looked at some test which made him decide to change me to a medication to help my kidneys balance the sodium\/potassium components.\u00a0 The new pill (Spironolact) is meant to help remove sodium and some water while keeping some of the potassium. Thus I can cut back on the intake of potassium. \u00a0I should be able to start that tonight.\u00a0 I was taken off the huge dose \/ week of Vitamin D, and just have to have 1000 mg (or mE) each day.<\/p>\n

Then he asked a bunch of questions about what I was doing, and what, if any symptoms I was having.\u00a0 He examined me with a stethoscope and pronounced me in pretty good shape.\u00a0 He also mentioned again that I was fortunate to be alive and what a challenge I was to the medical community.\u00a0 Not news – that.<\/p>\n

He wanted to know what would tire me and cause my heart rate to increase.\u00a0 I said, \u201cWell, if I ran up the driveway, which I have not tried to do.\u201d\u00a0 He says that later this summer he will fit me with a heart monitor for a week to see how my heart is responding to the various things I\u2019m doing.<\/p>\n

He also went over the meds and the lab tests he wants me to have before I go to my family physician and to do that in about 3 weeks.\u00a0 Then come back and see him.\u00a0 I wish it were not so far to visit Yakima but it does have a Costco store and we do buy things there. \u00a0I will have to go every 3 months for checking up on my ICD.\u00a0 My family physician is only 30 miles away, but the driving time can be similar in the winter (bad roads).\u00a0 Now it is fine and a pretty drive up the Yakima River Canyon to Cle Elum.<\/p>\n

His report will be transcribed and I will get that transcription within a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n

Then about 1:00 I was out of the office, and needing to eat lunch.\u00a0 There was not time to make it up for my exercise class that starts at 1:30, and I also wanted to visit Costco for dog food and such.<\/p>\n

I picked up a nice grilled chicken salad and ate it before going to shop.\u00a0 Yum, and I was hungry.\u00a0 Off to Costco, where I got a motorized cart and asked for help lifting the heavy dog food.\u00a0 They were happy to help.\u00a0 I then motored around to get the rest of my needed things, and then got help to put them into my car.\u00a0 I filled John\u2019s car with gas (his takes Regular, where mine doesn\u2019t recommend it), and got it there at Costco for 2.85.\u00a0 Sweet.\u00a0 Then home.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t make it back home until 3:30 and I was VERY tired.\u00a0 I might have slept for 1.5 hours– don\u2019t really remember.<\/p>\n

But, that\u2019s the best I can do on updating you to my latest.\u00a0 Nancy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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