Heart doc visit 1
Oct. 25th, 2005 08:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
billeylerMy appointment for doing my new doc visit at Presbyterian Hospital was scheduled for 4pm today, but there I was last night and this morning flinging paperwork this way and that at home trying to find my EKG and ER visit results from my 9/18 a-fib...nada.
Danny had the presence of mind this morning when we were IMing to suggest that I contact the hospital there to get the visit notes there (what DO you call them,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fuzzygruf)? I was envisioning weeks of red tape.
Nope! Although I had to call Ralph in Denver to find the name and number of the hospital I had been taken to, within 10 minutes, I had gotten a waiver faxed to me, faxed it back, and the 12 pages of the report were in my hands at work! Amazing!
The visit went well. I'm 207 with my clothes on, 5'10 3/8", 29 BMI, flawless EKG, BP a bit high at 136/84, resting pulse between 60 and 64. The same sets of tests were scheduled over the next month as I had in '99 during my last a-fib and followup. Cholesterol, thyroid, etc blood work, and an echo cardiogram with another visit with the doc. I just seem to know so much more about this syndrome now than I did 6 years ago...mostly because of nagging from friends and searching the web. The slushy feeling in my chest that persevered for about 3 weeks after the a-fib wasn't reassuring...that's not happened before, but I'm over that now.
This doc (Jerry Watzkowitz) is very soft-spoken and my gaydar quietly went off. This in spite of his being married with two kids and an affinity for pretzels. (I know that because of his profile on the Presbyterian Hospital website.) My prior doc (no appts available until November) was sitting chatting at reception when we came by.
I have my sleep center visit on November 9; Dr Watzkowitz knows that doc there, and they'll be exchanging notes.
Since my father and his father both died at 59, that's always in the back of my mind with this kind of thing. Crossing fingers that I'm much healthier. Actually, I know I must be!
Now to getabqdan back in good health!
Danny had the presence of mind this morning when we were IMing to suggest that I contact the hospital there to get the visit notes there (what DO you call them,
fuzzygruf)? I was envisioning weeks of red tape.Nope! Although I had to call Ralph in Denver to find the name and number of the hospital I had been taken to, within 10 minutes, I had gotten a waiver faxed to me, faxed it back, and the 12 pages of the report were in my hands at work! Amazing!
The visit went well. I'm 207 with my clothes on, 5'10 3/8", 29 BMI, flawless EKG, BP a bit high at 136/84, resting pulse between 60 and 64. The same sets of tests were scheduled over the next month as I had in '99 during my last a-fib and followup. Cholesterol, thyroid, etc blood work, and an echo cardiogram with another visit with the doc. I just seem to know so much more about this syndrome now than I did 6 years ago...mostly because of nagging from friends and searching the web. The slushy feeling in my chest that persevered for about 3 weeks after the a-fib wasn't reassuring...that's not happened before, but I'm over that now.
This doc (Jerry Watzkowitz) is very soft-spoken and my gaydar quietly went off. This in spite of his being married with two kids and an affinity for pretzels. (I know that because of his profile on the Presbyterian Hospital website.) My prior doc (no appts available until November) was sitting chatting at reception when we came by.
I have my sleep center visit on November 9; Dr Watzkowitz knows that doc there, and they'll be exchanging notes.
Since my father and his father both died at 59, that's always in the back of my mind with this kind of thing. Crossing fingers that I'm much healthier. Actually, I know I must be!
Now to get
abqdan back in good health!
