It's not been a great couple of weeks. Saturday before Labor Day, I woke up with heart palpitations and my handy dandy pulse monitor on my exercise bike said 110 bpm. What?! I felt like crap, just totally beat. We don't have insurance until the 1st of October, so I didn't do anything for a few days. But, by Tuesday, I was REALLY feeling crappy, so I ponied up the cash and went to the doctor. She said, "yep, it's fast!", found that my blood pressure was high, did an EKG, said "hmmm...mostly looks OK", and then told me that I couldn't wait until October 1st, I needed to see a cardiologist. She then sent me for bloodtests ($$$), got me an appointment for the cardiologist on Thursday ($$$$$$$),and a prescription for beta blockers (fortunately pretty cheap).
So, last Thursday I went to the cardiologist (did I mention $$$$$?) and my blood pressure was even HIGHER (no surprise there, considering that I have to pay for all this!). He listened to my lungs and heart, listened to my sob story about no insurance, informed me that my heart sounded OK but my blood pressure was too high. He upped the meds, and gave me a bunch of free samples. If I'm not significantly better when I go back in mid-October, then we'll do the really expensive tests. I'm supposed to avoid stress (yeah, right!), limit my sodium (yuck), moderate exercise daily, and lose weight. (No surprise there).
So, this week, I'm feeling much better. I've exercised 30 mins every day on my exercise bike, ate saltless meals, kept my calories to 1600/day or lower. This morning I get on the scale AND I'VE GAINED ONE POUND! Argh! But, I'm not supposed to be stressed. Hmmm.... Someone told me that beta blockers slow your metabolism. I hardly have a metabolism to slow, so I'm not sure how I'm supposed to lose weight while I'm on them.
Well, off to the Santa Cruz County Fair to get my Navajo Taco. The only place in CA where I know I can get one. And I don't care if it's salty or too many calories. I'll starve tomorrow. :0)
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insurance is for woosies, I haven't had any in 6 years! You might want to look into dealing crack... it's supposed to be good money ($$$$$) and it's supposed to speed up your metabolism helping you to loose more weight (also good)... a win win... let me know... i know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who might now this guy.
LOL, I never thought of that being the solution to all my probs, including the financial ones. :0)
Maybe you should have moved to Canada for the month. Of course, you would have to wait till November to see a doctor. That's how the "free" stuff works. Try laying on your left side. They made me do that when I was pregnant and my blood pressure was too high. It also helps with gas. A win, win.
Andy's comment is really cracking me up.
Well your sob story totally sucks. So don't get stressed, just let yourself feel sorry for yourself. You get my permission.
That's kinda scary! Doesn't it stink that in order to stay alive we have to fork over outrageous amounts of money. I hope you are taking care of yourself! Good luck trying to stay de-stressed!
I've got no insurance either. So NO ONE is allowed to ride bikes, jump down stairs, go roller skating, working with power tools, or do anything dangerous and everyone must wash hands constantly so we don't get sick. It doesn't really work though.
^^ or go roller skating.
I'm sad to hear you aren't feeling well, and can you please not get stressed out anymore because you are making us all nervous. That sucks big time about all the ($$$$$$$) you had to spend at the cardiologist. I hate my cardiologist. She's a shameless thief. I have good insurance and I still had to fork over $400 out of pocket for a few simple-looking tests they had to run on Homer that took about 10 minutes tops. Never again. I'm shopping around next time.
Sorry to hear your about your BP and no insurance..it's kind of a mixed blessing that you had the palpatations, becuase you might not have known you had high BP, and high BP is no joke...
What BB are you on?...proponolol is the only BB that typically causes wt changes.
Hang in there on the exercising, and diet...MR D has high BP, and him losing 10 lbs has dropped his BP significantly..plus the exercise will help you feel better about the medical bill..
Money will come and go, but good health is priceless...:)
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