Wow! Sorry you’ve had such a trying summer. But it sounds like you’re managing your recovery well. Keep doing what you’re doing! Hugs, Paul
> On Aug 7, 2022, at 1:55 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > > OK so here's the story... > I had a mild stroke in the middle of June.. an over night in the emergency > room at NYU LAngone and a bunch of tests before and during the stay there. > some placque build-up in carotid artery , the one where stuff goes to your > face, not your brain... and it resulted in a speech impediment but nothing > more > serious. the slurry comes and goes.. mostly gone, but if I'm really tired it > shows up. I'm on the generic version of Plavix and Crestor now.. and a tiny > aspirin a day. My blood pressure has been steady-on for years on a small > amount of amlodipine though they saw my white coat readings in hospital and > tried to foist a double dose on me.. that didn't happen. On a follow up visit > a week after hospital adventure I showed date and time stamped photos of the > readings I had gotten at home since out of hospital and nurse-practitioner > agreed that someone who had readings around 120/65 at my age should not be > increasing Bp lowering drugs. > > I have lost 12 lbs (on purpose) since early June.. don't eat anything that > once had 4 legs, and as I love to cook it isn't difficult for me to make > tasty stuff > that is healthy. I'm doing some kind of combination of Mediterranian and > DASH I guess, my own design but it is working. I get a CT scan in Sept . > and I have to get a cardio doc but won't be doing anything about that yet. > > about a week after being released from the hospital I got out on a relative > cool day for a bit but then got caught in the heat and was a mess - heat > exhaustion. .. a week later I had another outing being more cautious, > minimum amount of walking to get two chores done and earl in am so the > weather was ok.. a few steps from my doorway I took a header .. not a balace > issue - I was side stepping to avoid some kids unloading a truck and caught my > toe on the curb.. nothing broke, but bruised left boob and ribcage, scraped > knee , and broke glass frames - that thankfully broke in jus the right place > that I was able to do a temp repair - one lens fell out but didnt break and > was recovered quickly. I frightened the teens because my eyebrow ridge was > bleeding profusely - didn't hurt at all.. one of them brought lots of paper > napkins from a deli on the corner and helped me to my front door. Got home > safely to wait for my groceries to get delivered... I have not been out of > the apartment since then (7/26) .. > > I'm all but completely recovered from the fall but I will not be leaving my > apartment until the temperture is no higher than 75 f in the morning and > lowered humidity... even then I won't venture beyond one or two blocks > without getting on an air conditioned bus. > > Hoping that the CT scan in September and my good diet will allow me to drop > the Plavix (clopidogrel) I guess I'll be taking statins for my choleterol for > quite a while.. > > I really did this to myself... eating poorly since I turned 85...being rather > cavelier (I got this far.. so..) and allowed myself too much wicked stuff on > my plate.. > I weigh 132 now and am aiming for 130.. > > THe really good news is that I appear to be a Covid -dodger- haven't had it > at all (knock wood) and I was testing myself every day after being in the > hospital emergency room .. > > anyway - here I am > ann > > -- > ann sanfedele photography > https://annsan.smugmug.com > https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan > https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
