Hello Ann, I have been using the Internet only occasionally since May and I dislike checking my emails on phone.
Anyway, I am really happy to read your complete 'story' . It is good to know you are doing quite well after all those traumas. Best wishes from this Covid-dodger to you - fingers crossed.. (And I hope these too hot days normalize soon). Bulent --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun ann sanfedele <[email protected]>, 7 Ağu 2022 Paz, 20:54 tarihinde şunu yazdı: > > 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.
