Marguerite53
Premium Level User
Hello everyone. 
I was not scheduled to have a 6 month post-op. My cardio said she didn?t need to see me for a year. But then all you April guys started reporting about your 6 month check ups and I felt left out!!
SO. I tried just calling her to ask some questions. In 2 weeks, the office never responded. Undaunted, I fenagled my way into an appointment with the receptionist (calling innocently to set up a ?6 month post-op? 2 weeks late) and got in 2 days later, yesterday. Sneaky, eh??
Karmically, she kept me waiting an hour. As she (the cardio) entered the room, she just flumped smiling into the chair and apologized for being so long. They?d called her in 2 hours early for an angiogram and it had thrown her whole day off. I told her it was karma due to my sneaking in and we had a great laugh. The whole meeting was the BEST I?d ever had with her.
She is delighted with the sounds of my heart. ?so quiet now?. I asked for several things; lowering my Atenolol dose to 25mg (so that my dreams and other side effects might dissipate), an okay for Celebrex use (bad knee, MRI yesterday?.we?ll see what?s up) and an okay for knee replacement should that be in the offing (I don?t think it is, tho). It was yes, yes, yes. She laughed about being so agreeable. Since I have no PVC?s at this time (which is why the Atenolol was given originally) we can try the cutting back, or switch me to something else. No way I?ll ever be off the BP meds, she says. My age and the perimenopause stuff?..she just wants me on BP meds forever?.
So all in all a great visit. Echo in 6 months. (I?d had one at one month due to massive but benign arrythmias which went away on their own). Cholesterol check this week (ugh, my triglycerides were high pre-op) and BP check with her in 2 weeks to be sure the new dosage is okay.
Feeling great!! Hoping that all my April buddies are similarly jubilant.
Marguerite
I was not scheduled to have a 6 month post-op. My cardio said she didn?t need to see me for a year. But then all you April guys started reporting about your 6 month check ups and I felt left out!! SO. I tried just calling her to ask some questions. In 2 weeks, the office never responded.
Undaunted, I fenagled my way into an appointment with the receptionist (calling innocently to set up a ?6 month post-op? 2 weeks late) and got in 2 days later, yesterday. Sneaky, eh??Karmically, she kept me waiting an hour. As she (the cardio) entered the room, she just flumped smiling into the chair and apologized for being so long. They?d called her in 2 hours early for an angiogram and it had thrown her whole day off. I told her it was karma due to my sneaking in and we had a great laugh. The whole meeting was the BEST I?d ever had with her.
She is delighted with the sounds of my heart. ?so quiet now?. I asked for several things; lowering my Atenolol dose to 25mg (so that my dreams and other side effects might dissipate), an okay for Celebrex use (bad knee, MRI yesterday?.we?ll see what?s up) and an okay for knee replacement should that be in the offing (I don?t think it is, tho). It was yes, yes, yes. She laughed about being so agreeable. Since I have no PVC?s at this time (which is why the Atenolol was given originally) we can try the cutting back, or switch me to something else. No way I?ll ever be off the BP meds, she says. My age and the perimenopause stuff?..she just wants me on BP meds forever?.
So all in all a great visit. Echo in 6 months. (I?d had one at one month due to massive but benign arrythmias which went away on their own). Cholesterol check this week (ugh, my triglycerides were high pre-op) and BP check with her in 2 weeks to be sure the new dosage is okay.
Feeling great!! Hoping that all my April buddies are similarly jubilant.
Marguerite
