Re: HELLO EVERYONE
Jo Ellen Finkelstein (ghellen(AT)ninenet.com)
Thu, 04 Feb 1999 20:43:29 -0600
ALICE ROGERS wrote:
>
> Good Morning,
> My sincerest thanks to all of you for your concern. I saw my doctor
> yesterday afternoon. He wasn't too concerned about the chest pain,
> I've had that for more years than I czre to think about and have taken
> daily medication for at least 15 years. He was concerned about the
> passing out and the seizure, which I didn't know about until he told
> me. My son-in-law conveniently forgot to mention that part! (<: The
> doctor is running a multitude of blood tests (didn't they stop bleeding
> people decades ago??). He seems to think that some of my medication
> in conjunction with the nitro caused my blood pressure to drop suddenly
> causing me to pass out. The seizure could have been a TIA (or mini-
> stroke) or possibly a blood clot. The other possibility is that nothing
> will show up on the tests and we'll never know exactly what happened.
> As long as it doesn't happen again, I can live with that. (<: In the
> meantime he has discontinued some of my meds temporarily and lessened
> others. Generally he said that I'm in excellent health and that my
> meds have worked well for me for a lot of years but it may be time for
> a few changes.
> He asked how I felt and I told him I felt like a piece of play doh that
> someone threw against the wall!! He always fusses at me for making
> jokes about my health but I think he really likes it! As long as he
> keeps telling me about things I have to live with----well that's ok---
> if he ever says I have something I have to learn to die with, well
> maybe then I won't make jokes. Yeah, I'll still joke about it, what
> the heck, we only go around once, why not enjoy the ride. (<:
> I do have to work on the stress. Most days I feel like a cat with
> every hair standing on end. So, ok, I'll work on that, maybe fabric
> softener?? No, wet cats aren't nice!! (<:
> I hope all of you have a great day because you're great people. Keep
> some laughter in your life, it really is the best medicine.
> Love to all
> AliceHi Alice, Joellen here. Hope things go alright for you. when I was in
nursing school some of us had t-shirts made that had Garfield on the
front calmly curled up on the front Labeled before clinicals, and Bill
the cat (all frizzed out) labeled after clinicals. Yes I understand
about cats! Joellen