I had a Telehealth appointment with a cardiologist!  I actually saw a real live cardiologist, well, through the phone!!  LOL. He said that I’m doing great from the surgery.  He did say that I have what they consider long Covid, he said that my heart is functioning 100% normally now, although it is smaller than it was before the heart attack and surgery.  I am at a higher risk of another heart attack during this first year of recovery, but my heart has healed beautifully, and is functioning properly.    It is scary, though, thinking that I am at risk of another heart attack.  

My heart rate covers a wide range during a day, with the low going into the low 40s, he is going to have me wear a heart monitor for 5 days to try to determine what is causing such a swing, and then decide what to do about that.  He is having the monitor mailed to me so that I don’t have to go into to the office to have it put on.  He said that a lot of their staff is out with Covid and that Covid is just rampant right now.  That’s why they changed my appointment yesterday to a Telehealth appointment.  

I knew without him telling me that I have no muscle mass left.  I have sat on my rear for most of the last year and not been able to lift anything, so I had started gently, every other day, getting on my bike trainer for a few minutes.  The doctor wants me to use the trainer and hand weights 4-5 days a week now. I'm up to 10 minutes at a time on the trainer and I will be adding 5 exercises with 3 lb weights to start with.  I was a bit surprised that he was going to increase it right now by adding the weight session immediately after getting off the bike.  But, okay.  That's what I will do.  He is putting in an order for me to start Cardio therapy at the Heart Center once Covid lifts some, just in case I feel like I need a professional to guide me.  

I think those are the highlights of what he told me.  I really like him, and I was right—he actually said it——no doctor knows now what to  tell me about what happened to me or what to expect from here on out.  He said that any data on this was pre-2000 (the year) and pre-Google because every one dies before they can get help.  So strange.  Oh and I had a TeleHealth appointment with the GP, and she said that I have Hashimoto’s Thyroid Disease, and that there is nothing to be done about that.  My thyroid levels are stable and she won’t change the medication.  That just means that my hair will continue to come out and that my skin will continue to wrinkle and dry out excessively.  Lucky me, right? LOL

2024---Happy New Year---May It Be So