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“I love to smile, even through pain.” <\/strong><\/p>\n

Victoria Arlen<\/strong><\/p>\n

I wish I could tell you I have an interesting topic to discuss, but I don’t I only have what happens in my life on a day-to-day basis. Some days are ok, some are not.<\/p>\n

I am 62 years old. I am disabled and seem to have a myriad of health problems. The latest is a problem breathing, I convinced a doctor to send me to a respiratory clinic to have my lungs tested, at first the preliminary report was I have Asthma, but a followup call, concluded I did not. I also have sudden pain in most of my joints, I have a real hard time lifting my arms, even to put a jacket on. The chainsaw will be a challenge. The axe even bigger one. I no choice but to fight through the pain or freeze.<\/p>\n

I still do have a problem breathing, fatigue and a lot of other symptoms. After some more reading, I read about DVT deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Caused by sitting in a chair for too long. I am guilty of that. Too fatigued to do much that is physical, and dying as a secondary result of that.<\/p>\n

I have a deep pain in my left carotid. Something I told another doctor about last week or the week before. He promised a carotid ultrasound. It never happened.<\/p>\n

Monday I will try to get that done, which aligns with the receipt of the final report from the respiratory clinic. The only problem is a free moving clot or loose plaques could kill me before then.<\/p>\n

Right now my house is cold, colder weather is coming in two days, I need to chainsaw and chop wood. Last time I tried a few days ago I hardly made it back to the house and when I did I slipped on the ice and had a wheelbarrow full of firewood fall on me. By the time I got the wheelbarrow loaded again and got it in the house, I had to collapse on the couch for a half-hour to recuperate.<\/p>\n

So now I have a little fear about doing it again especially knowing what I know now, about the cause. A blood clot in my lung that could dislodge and stop my heart or enter my brain and cause a massive stroke. Now I am not a doctor, I just read about my symptoms n the internet on those little clinic websites like the Mayo and others.<\/p>\n

My biggest job will be convincing a doctor of my findings. They really hate being told.<\/p>\n

For now, I will try to get out of my chair more often, get on the treadmill, and support my favorite mega-corp to hate. Bayer. I mean after the water stealing Nestle.<\/p>\n

It means I am taking a low dose of aspirin every day. If my posts suddenly end, I didn’t make it and the cats need food.<\/p>\n

Well I didn’t die but I sure didn’t do any hard work either, but i did do a little treadmill, just a quarter mile<\/p>\n

This time I had my new bp meter<\/p>\n

WHEN\u00a0 BP\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0BPM<\/p>\n

STARTING 138\/90 92<\/p>\n

DURING 131\/97 111<\/p>\n

AT END 132\/83 107<\/p>\n

AT REST\u00a0 129\/82\u00a0 72<\/p>\n

Crazy. Right, as good as a thirty-year-old the meter may be wrong but mostly the heart rate I am interested in right now. I ordered a fitness tracker watch, it is being sent over from China. I think someone is walking it over the plastic garbage sea. Might be here before Christmas.<\/p>\n

Take care, be safe and get out of that chair and walk around a bit. Don’t die from Chair death.<\/p>\n