My Health

OK, it has been a while, again, so I will break this up into a few entries. First my health. I went to the doctor about my blood pressure. I had been getting pretty high readings for about a month or so, so they put me on blood pressure meds. That stuff works great!!! My blood pressure is now lower than it has ever been. So, now that this is taken care of I can go ahead and get my root canals.

Now, during all of this my doctor said he would go ahead and run a full blood panel. He mainly wanted to check for diabetes, since I am overweight and have had two deep tissue staph infections in the last year. Evidently a cellulitis staph infection is mainly seen in diabetics. So, if you have never had this done, it is truly a fun process (feel the sarcasm). I go to the lab and they take my blood. First you wait in line with maily elderly people, not so bad. Then you are led back, after they finally call you, and the vampires in the back take a ton of blood. They then store it for future use I guess. No, really, they then test it for various medical issues and what not. They send the results to your doctor, and they call you to give you a stroke.

So, we picture me. I have just been given blood pressure meds and am anxiously awaiting the results of blood work. They call me at work and tell me they need me to follow up (already had that scheduled of course) because they found some issues with my blood panel. I tell them my follow up is scheduled and ask what the issues are. Wouldn't you guess, they cannot discuss it over the phone, it would be best if the doctor went over that in the office. So, I get to spend the next two weeks trying to keep my blood pressure under control until I find out what the issues are.

Of course, in the meantime I begin online research ofr anything that could possibly be wrong...diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, etc, etc etc. The day finally comes, I get to the doctor's office, they take my blood pressure, which is of course elevated, and then the doctor comes in. He is joking around, and then commented on my blood pressure reading. I remind him that there were issues with my blood work and I was anxiously awaiting the results and find out what to do next. I also let him know my blood pressure readings over the previous days had been very good, so just move along!!! He then tells me the only issue wa my cholesterol, it was about 10 points too high-------WHAT!!! I let him know I have been having a heart attack for more than a week, and he said his staff has done this before. Seriously. I am thinking they are trying to have fun any way they can.