Tomorrow Is a Big Day
When I get up tomorrow morning I have to head to the doc's office bright and early. First I will have a battery of blood tests and then I will get my yearly physical exam. We'll begin by yours truly proudly reviewing my list of medications and vitamins.
I am secretly looking forward to discussing the possibility of reducing my medication if my BP is low enough. I used to be on 6 different heart medications including: Coumadin, Spironolactone, Lisinopril, Losartan, hydrochlorothiazide and carvedilol.
Now I am on one!
The nurse will shake her head and look a little confused by my low pulse - I'm a runner and she might think I am dying. It's worth a smirk after she looks at her watch 2 or 3 times.
It's 46 to 48 these days. It used to be 72. In ICU it was 112.
Then we get on the scale. I'll be completely dressed so it will be over 200. But I am down 7 pounds since past year. And I am going to leave my cell phone in the car!
Then it's strip down to my Calvin Kleins and wait for my doctor. He will check my joints and talk about arthritis. We've been doing that for years. He will look over my skin trying to find sores that haven't healed. I will take a few deep breaths while he listens to my heart and lungs. I usually get a smile when he reads over my chart and sees that I had congestive heart failure.
Then it's time for the guy stuff. You know rubber gloves and some coughing while your testicles are in a death grip. Then it's bend over and be #1.
I am going to have breakfast and take a long run after that.
I'll have my post skin surgical cancer check at one o'clock. Even though my regular doctor took a good look, I will be getting a very thorough exam at the dermatologist; also in my Calvin Kleins. I have a couple of nodules that seem to have appeared since I had surgery in August. Who knows, right?
At three I am off to a pre-op appointment for my yearly colonoscopy. I cancelled in August because I just couldn't handle it this summer along with everything else. It will be more of the same I am sure. We'll talk about the tumor they took out last time and what will happen if they find another one this time. I'll need to get a letter from my cardiologist. They will do my BP and tell me what anesthesia they will give me. Then I will tell them that I got sick last time and they should listen to me.
I effing do this every year, plus I have a surgical biopsy two times a year. I know what works.
After all that I am going to wait for the doctor to call me with my PSA results from the morning blood tests. This is a prostate cancer screen and it was very elevated last time. If it doesn’t go down, they will schedule an MRI to see what they missed in the needle biopsy.
I am praying it's lower, much lower.
Then I am going to go out for Thai and have yellow curry followed by a trip to the shooting range with my buddy. All in all, it's going to be a good day.
10/5/2015 My PSA did come back lower. Yay, no trans-rectal MRI for me this time.
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