Hi Mary,
Here is some good news to put in the blog. I got a little scare this last Saturday when I went to give platelets at the blood center. They wouldn't take my blood. My pulse rate was too high. So I came home and checked it with Frank's oximiter ( a machine that he measures his oxygen level and pulse rate. Yep it stayed up all afternoon. Being the doctor that I am I used his spirometer and ran a pulmonary test. Only problem is I didn't have anything to compare it with so it was useless. At that point I called the First Call for help and they said I was OK to wait until Monday if it didn't get up to 150. I was waltzing around 115 to 125.
Long story short They ran me through the ringer and i don't have heart problems, I don't have blood clots, I don't have retina problems, I have a fast heart beat and they are going to do one more test a pulmonary test and double check my findings and probably change one of my hypertension medications. This is good news to me because with the heart problems in the Gendreau family I am encouraged that it wasn't serious. A Wake-up call to continue my diet I have been on and exercise program.
More Good news Frank has been doing great. Feeling a little different being on the other end and being a caregiver. Judy
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Judy -- so glad to hear everything worked out ok. Joe had one of those scares earlier this year -- went in for a physical and his EKG indicated he was having heart trouble -- admitted him, ran lots of tests and found nothing. Told him his heart was fine and to stop taking the meds that had been prescribed -- took a lot of worry off of both of us. Everything for a reason -- have a great turkey day.
hey judy, glad to hear you are on the get-healthy-bus! you continue to be in my thoughts from your loving sister jeanie
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