Health Update
Okay, so I realized I have not posted an update to all the Memorial Day going's on's. So I am going to break it down here quick and dirty like - heh!
1) Stress test results were okay, no real heart damnage, however that does not help them understand why the Nitro helped me per hospital.
2) Per primary care Dr. The hosital staff scared me TOO much! She did not like that they told me not to walk or do anything strenous (I hate spelling) until I saw her (which took over a week and they knew that and I gained a few pounds along the way because all I was doing was sitting around the house).
3) Nutra-system is over. WAY too much SALT in everything (funny, I was adding salt because it has no flavor). Per Dr. I need to control my food intake on regular food because even if I lose the weight on Nutra-system when I get off it, it's going to come back. They don't teach healthy eating for a lifetime. Which is true.
4) I need to walk (which I have been doing) SMALL amounts per day until I build up my muscles and such. When asked if I should walk even if my chest gets tight (what the hospital told me not to do) she said YES! "You're out of shape if you stop the minute you get out of breath your not pushing your endorance. You will know when to stop and it's before you colapse. Doing nothing will not change anything.
5) My face / Jaw pain. I need to see an oral surgen. They think it's TMJ but are not positve and she can not treat that as effectively as an oral surgen could. Mainly because it effects my ear, jaw and cheek bones. So I go to see him on the 28th. It took some time to get in to see him, but it's the one she really wanted me to see and they take my insurance for both medical and dental. While I am there I am going to ask about the wisdom tooth that needs to be removed that a regular dentist wont touch. The other good thing about him, he does hostial grade IV sedation. So if I choose the option it's not the pills that got me so sick last time that didn't work.
6) She was still getting all the files from the hospital which included ALL the friggen lab work (she wanted blood and I told her they took over 11 bottles couldn't she check with the hospital first - she agreed). But I go back to see her July 9th for another BP check up and to see how I am progressing over all.
The intersting thing was that she does not want me on Nitro at all. While she understands that it worked and the hospital did the right thing giving it to me - I shouldn't have needed it. Sometime's bodies do odd things and she told me to start accepting that I might not understand WHY this happened, but that every test that should show something major had been done and I was checking out okay. She did tell me several times to remember "You're young for this stuff, loose the weight, you should loose most of these problems, if not we do the tests again and see if we see something different."
It's not the best answer in the world, I'm not thrilled with it. But I am at least happy the test results were good enough that no one is sticking me in a hospital again. And I am walking 10 minutes a day at a minimum 4 to 5 times a week. Cutting back on food intake (but eating what I like).
Now if my Jaw would just stop hurting!!!
1) Stress test results were okay, no real heart damnage, however that does not help them understand why the Nitro helped me per hospital.
2) Per primary care Dr. The hosital staff scared me TOO much! She did not like that they told me not to walk or do anything strenous (I hate spelling) until I saw her (which took over a week and they knew that and I gained a few pounds along the way because all I was doing was sitting around the house).
3) Nutra-system is over. WAY too much SALT in everything (funny, I was adding salt because it has no flavor). Per Dr. I need to control my food intake on regular food because even if I lose the weight on Nutra-system when I get off it, it's going to come back. They don't teach healthy eating for a lifetime. Which is true.
4) I need to walk (which I have been doing) SMALL amounts per day until I build up my muscles and such. When asked if I should walk even if my chest gets tight (what the hospital told me not to do) she said YES! "You're out of shape if you stop the minute you get out of breath your not pushing your endorance. You will know when to stop and it's before you colapse. Doing nothing will not change anything.
5) My face / Jaw pain. I need to see an oral surgen. They think it's TMJ but are not positve and she can not treat that as effectively as an oral surgen could. Mainly because it effects my ear, jaw and cheek bones. So I go to see him on the 28th. It took some time to get in to see him, but it's the one she really wanted me to see and they take my insurance for both medical and dental. While I am there I am going to ask about the wisdom tooth that needs to be removed that a regular dentist wont touch. The other good thing about him, he does hostial grade IV sedation. So if I choose the option it's not the pills that got me so sick last time that didn't work.
6) She was still getting all the files from the hospital which included ALL the friggen lab work (she wanted blood and I told her they took over 11 bottles couldn't she check with the hospital first - she agreed). But I go back to see her July 9th for another BP check up and to see how I am progressing over all.
The intersting thing was that she does not want me on Nitro at all. While she understands that it worked and the hospital did the right thing giving it to me - I shouldn't have needed it. Sometime's bodies do odd things and she told me to start accepting that I might not understand WHY this happened, but that every test that should show something major had been done and I was checking out okay. She did tell me several times to remember "You're young for this stuff, loose the weight, you should loose most of these problems, if not we do the tests again and see if we see something different."
It's not the best answer in the world, I'm not thrilled with it. But I am at least happy the test results were good enough that no one is sticking me in a hospital again. And I am walking 10 minutes a day at a minimum 4 to 5 times a week. Cutting back on food intake (but eating what I like).
Now if my Jaw would just stop hurting!!!