mike4lorie
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- Brockville, Ontario, Canada
Driving up near where we used to live. Visit our daughter, the two grandchildren... Looking forward to seeing the kids...
what are you going to do now tho' Jujube ?.. you've got to find out what caused this , or you might worry yourself into a heart attackI got out of the hospital last night. I guess they had found someone else with a Medicare account that wasn't milked out yet....LOL. Of course, I still know about as much as I did going in. You can't get anyone to give you a straight answer in a hospital.....it's always "you'll need to talk to the doctor about that" and then the doctor plays the disappearing act. Apparently all they found was that my troponin levels were somewhat elevated, which is what it shows after a heart attack, but I didn't seem to have a heart attack. My heart rate went up for a while last night but settled back down again and blood pressure went up. I have some follow-up appointments with the cardiology group, so maybe one of these days we'll find out what happened.
Bottom line, I'm still alive and kicking.
Also JuJube:I'm hungry. I'm thirsty. Now I can sympathize with the old guy in the ER.
Your top priority is YOUR health. If there's anyway you can delegate those calls to family member--do it. Don't know what the calls are about but when i find myself reluctant to make calls (especially business or medical related) i make notes of what i want to say or ask. Often the calls turn out to go better than i expected.I went to radiation this morning. Thank goodness no side effects yet.
Came home, ate lunch, and ever since then I've been procrastinating by being on the computer. Now it's too late to make the phone calls I needed to make. I've been putting those calls off for a month now.
Please keep us updated JujubeI got out of the hospital last night. I guess they had found someone else with a Medicare account that wasn't milked out yet....LOL. Of course, I still know about as much as I did going in. You can't get anyone to give you a straight answer in a hospital.....it's always "you'll need to talk to the doctor about that" and then the doctor plays the disappearing act. Apparently all they found was that my troponin levels were somewhat elevated, which is what it shows after a heart attack, but I didn't seem to have a heart attack. My heart rate went up for a while last night but settled back down again and blood pressure went up. I have some follow-up appointments with the cardiology group, so maybe one of these days we'll find out what happened.
Bottom line, I'm still alive and kicking.
It's true! These poor medical people are literally putting their heads in the lion's mouth to take care of us, and it's wrong wrong wrong to make their lives harder. Everyone at the hospital (except one) was so nice and cheerful. It tells me that the hospital must be taking care of the emotional health of their employees. And even the one crab gave me his lunch instead of making me wait the half hour to get the food people to send me something. This was at his insistance; I was OK to wait......hell,Keeping your sense of humor is a good sign. It also sometimes motivates a little extra effort on part of medical staff and techs. They get so many complainers (often the ones with least to actually complain about), they appreciate a person in good spirits despite a potentially dangerous condition.
Hope you'll be better soon!
You inspired me to go make a chunky veg Cottage pie to freeze into portions for just me...( no chilli, stomach won't allow any spice)Just doing chores here and there. Have a lump of ground beef cooking in the pressure cooker because it was frozen; going to make some chili with black beans.
Will soon be taking my dog out for a walk. 84F and humid!
yes 'Mash' is what we call Mashed potato...Do you top that with mashed potato, @hollydolly ?
I am just curious.
It all sounds good, and scrumptious enough, for someone to make, with or without any meat.