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Jun. 21st, 2018 02:38 pmI'm still feeling a lot better, mentally, than I was. I sent three medical emails (all complicated), received three medical phone calls, made six medical phone calls, had my gynecology appointment, took about an hour long walk, and had lunch out. Those last three happened before any of the others and would normally have meant that I was really and truly done in and not able to cope, mentally, with doing more.
I have neurology appointment set for next May for the tremor. They said I'm on their cancellation list, so I might see someone sooner. I'm not going to hold my breath. Also, I've had the tremor for decades. It's just much worse now. I don't know if it's due to me being older and tiring out faster or due to me more often being in stressful situations.
I have a couple of cardiology appointments this fall. My father had a quadruple bypass at 50. His father had a massive coronary when I was about 8 which means my father wouldn't have been 30 yet. I'm not sure Grandpa was even 50 at that point, but he certainly wasn't over 55. Apparently, that family history means that I should have had a baseline establishing appointment with a cardiologist already. My sister was urging me to do this over the weekend because when she had a cardiac pet scan, they told her that, at some point, she had already had a minor heart attack, just not one that did anything that she noticed as wrong.
I am going to hope desperately for good weather for the fall appointments because they're at Domino Farms at awkward times. The first is at 7:50 a.m. Scott can drop me off around 7:00 a.m., but the building won't be open until 7:30 a.m. I'm going to see if he can get permission to arrive a bit late to work that day and drop me off closer to 7:30. It's about 10 minutes out of his way, so I think it would be doable if he has half an hour of leeway. It being cider season makes it harder, though.
I have neurology appointment set for next May for the tremor. They said I'm on their cancellation list, so I might see someone sooner. I'm not going to hold my breath. Also, I've had the tremor for decades. It's just much worse now. I don't know if it's due to me being older and tiring out faster or due to me more often being in stressful situations.
I have a couple of cardiology appointments this fall. My father had a quadruple bypass at 50. His father had a massive coronary when I was about 8 which means my father wouldn't have been 30 yet. I'm not sure Grandpa was even 50 at that point, but he certainly wasn't over 55. Apparently, that family history means that I should have had a baseline establishing appointment with a cardiologist already. My sister was urging me to do this over the weekend because when she had a cardiac pet scan, they told her that, at some point, she had already had a minor heart attack, just not one that did anything that she noticed as wrong.
I am going to hope desperately for good weather for the fall appointments because they're at Domino Farms at awkward times. The first is at 7:50 a.m. Scott can drop me off around 7:00 a.m., but the building won't be open until 7:30 a.m. I'm going to see if he can get permission to arrive a bit late to work that day and drop me off closer to 7:30. It's about 10 minutes out of his way, so I think it would be doable if he has half an hour of leeway. It being cider season makes it harder, though.
