Cardiology Appointment

I had a six month follow up appointment with Dr Kadel today, the guy that got me started with heart disease. We even talked about that. It's been 22 years since my heart issues began.

When I arrived at the office, they informed me their computers were off line. It was a catastrophic system wide crash and I might not be able to see Dr Kadel. 

I thought that computers being down should not be a reason to not see a doctor. They explained that all their records are on computer...they are completely paperless.

Perhaps that is not a good idea!

I was re=scheduling my appointment when Dr Kadel came out, saw me and said he knew my history good enough to not need record.

Once they got me in a room and went through a little history, the computers came back.

When Dr. K made it in, we chatted, he poked and prodded and listened to my body, and declared no need for any changes at this time. I agreed!

We're done here!

Cold Wimp

After my last post where I ranted and complained about how cold it is and how I am really having a tough time adapting to the change, I decided to assess myself and see if there was something I could do to better improvise, adapt and overcome.

So I dressed warmer and that made a huge difference.

Arctic Whining

Baby it's cold outside.

It was 16 degrees when I got up this morning and it is still 16 here at Liberty Lake. The wind is blowing at a pretty good clip and that is not helping me feel any warmer. I am not adjusting well to these chilly temperatures. Everything feels cold.

I'm wimping out.

I need to go and get a cup of coffee...help wake me up.

Okay, those are my complaints for the morning.

Rx List

I was looking at all my medication bottles and decided I needed to get a good catalog of my prescriptions.

So, here it is!

1 Ipratropium .03% 30ml Nasal Spray
1 Clopidogrel 75mg
1 Spironolactone 25mg
1 Furosemide 20mg
1 Potassium 10meq
1 Rosuvastatin Calcium 40mg
1 Aspirin 81mg
2 Entresto 24-26mg     Morning and Evening
2 Carvedilol  12.5mg   Morning and Evening

Wow! What a load of drugs!

219.3

As the temperature drops, my weight increases! I am guessing it's a biological condition where the human body takes on weight in preparation for a long hard cold winter. 

You can't fight biology. I probably should lay off the cake though.

A sad note to add to today's post. Willy the Cat is dead. He has been on a steady decline since summer when we noticed he was losing weight. The Vet said he had a thyroid issue. We started giving him pills twice a day. It did not seem to stop the weight loss.

The last few days he has been very weak and lethargic. We were starting to think it was time to take him to the Vet for a sleeping pill. I was not surprised when I found him under the piano this morning. but I am sad!

It's a New Month

They keep threatening snow will be falling but so far, it has not happened. There is snow in them thar mountains.

Here is the picture from Mt Spokane this morning. I wish they had someone who could clean off the lens.

Here is their snow chart. Supposedly, they clean it off every day at 5PM. The problem is that at 5PM, it is dark. I'm not sure how well let this is.

Now, because this is my Health Blog, and you want to know health things about me (why else would you be here), here is my blood pressure record for the last month.

I'm trying to figure out how to get these monthly charts onto it's own page. If you can find that on here, you'll know I was successful.