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Archive for the 'Health Info' Category

Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Tomorrow I have an appointment with my Cardiologist. I have Mitral Valve Prolapse and because of the multiple autoimmune diseases that I have I’m at risk for heart problems. I also had some high blood pressure readings that are in the prehypertension range. I also have had an irregular heartbeat when I had major surgery [...]

Medical Records

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

At this point in time (it could change at any moment) I have eleven doctors that I keep busy. They run the range from a family physician to an Opthamologist to a Neurologist to a Rheumatologist. It’s pretty much an impossibility for all of these doctors to keep up with what the other doctors have [...]

Spreading The Word

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

I help run a Chronic Illness Support Group at my church. My Pastor helps me out with it as it can get to be quite a lot of work. Not the group itself but organizing things, choosing a topic to discuss, being sure that the members are informed of the meeting (a lot of us [...]

Out of My Shell

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Life can be full of embarrassing moments especially for someone like me who can’t remember things most of the time due to brain fog. One thing I do remember fondly though is eating and enjoying raw oysters. Now that I’m on Immune Suppressant medication I was told that I can’t eat raw oysters any [...]