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One week later
Jul. 1st, 2018 08:46 pmWell, it's been quite a week.
Follow-up appointments with the cardiologist, my new PCP, and the cardiac recovery nurse. At least five new medications, and adjustments to the four I was already taking. Multiple side-effects, some known, some new. The struggle to get my fasting blood glucose down below 100 mg/dL, which finally bore fruit yesterday. My pancreas has not yet packed it in so badly that I need injected insulin, but it was a near thing.
A lot of my usual support system is out of town this weekend, so doing all of the meds-pickup and follow-up appointments as well as getting the car smogged and re-registered has had me dashing around quite a bit.
The folks at work have been fabulous -- I got hugs and enthusiasm when I went into the office on Friday. Folks in my boss's staff meeting this past Monday (the day after I was released from the hospital) were admonishing me to take it easy, but since I was telecommuting the rest of the week, it was much better for my state of mind if I just did what I could and then let the rest go. Besides, my boss is going on parental leave for six weeks, so this was my last chance to confer with him for a while.
I am in much better shape than I was last week, and hope to make moderate progress at increasing my daily exercise so I can reduce some of the meds I'm taking.
Many people are not lucky enough to get a wake-up call like this. I will do my very best not to waste it.
Follow-up appointments with the cardiologist, my new PCP, and the cardiac recovery nurse. At least five new medications, and adjustments to the four I was already taking. Multiple side-effects, some known, some new. The struggle to get my fasting blood glucose down below 100 mg/dL, which finally bore fruit yesterday. My pancreas has not yet packed it in so badly that I need injected insulin, but it was a near thing.
A lot of my usual support system is out of town this weekend, so doing all of the meds-pickup and follow-up appointments as well as getting the car smogged and re-registered has had me dashing around quite a bit.
The folks at work have been fabulous -- I got hugs and enthusiasm when I went into the office on Friday. Folks in my boss's staff meeting this past Monday (the day after I was released from the hospital) were admonishing me to take it easy, but since I was telecommuting the rest of the week, it was much better for my state of mind if I just did what I could and then let the rest go. Besides, my boss is going on parental leave for six weeks, so this was my last chance to confer with him for a while.
I am in much better shape than I was last week, and hope to make moderate progress at increasing my daily exercise so I can reduce some of the meds I'm taking.
Many people are not lucky enough to get a wake-up call like this. I will do my very best not to waste it.
