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7189. arkymalarky - 12/8/2007 2:12:59 AM And my blood sugar was 79, but it's always been on the low side of normal. 7190. arkymalarky - 12/8/2007 2:15:39 AM One more factor: Dramatic reduction in stress. 7191. judithathome - 12/9/2007 3:42:06 PM What artery thing? If you don't want to say anything publicly, write or call...I've been meaning to ask in email since you mentioned de-stressing in the Cafe last week. 7192. arkymalarky - 12/9/2007 5:31:24 PM Nonono, no problem. I had a stress test that indicated blockage at the bottom of my heart and they suggested an angiogram and I wanted the less invasive CTA (CT scan inside the artery). My angry insurance story is in politics. I'm getting the CTA and paying for it myself tomorrow, and if I need a stent I'll have to have the angiogram to put it in. But if I don't, I've had a much less invasive and stressful procedure. I had a hope the company turned down the procedure because they didn't think I needed it, but NOOOO. They call it "experimental" which is idiotic for a procedure that looks at images. Images are images. This procedure takes about 20 minutes and I leave. An angiogram is an out-patient procedure that will require an iv of pain medication and sedative and four hours of bedrest.
So I will repeat what I said in Politics: Insurance companies are EVIL. 7193. arkymalarky - 12/9/2007 5:42:47 PM And it occurs to me, everyone makes money with the angiogram--the hospital, an anesthesiologist, etc. So they want me to have a more expensive, more invasive procedure--it's not a money-saving issue with them. They will be out an extra $650 if I have to have both, they would be out much more if I chose only the angiogram and didn't need a stent. 7194. wonkers2 - 12/9/2007 6:07:22 PM Arky, your suggestion that hospitals and doctors are motivated by money is most unkind. Corporate Leeches 7195. arkymalarky - 12/9/2007 6:13:34 PM Haha! Don't quote me until after they're through poking on me.
I'm still mad about the clinic not bothering to make sure I knew I wasn't supposed to go Friday. So I've expended two sick days and a lot of grief over a 20 minute procedure. But most of us choose to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous medical systems than fly to others we know not of. 7196. wonkers2 - 12/9/2007 6:21:55 PM My doctor tends to order CT scans at the slightest provocation. And, until recently, whenever I was in his waiting room around lunch time, the drug reps arrived with box lunches for all. I've gigged him about being bribed by Big Pharm and when I saw him last week he said he'd put a stop to it. He said the huge Christmas goody basket was from a patient. 7197. arkymalarky - 12/9/2007 7:52:28 PM Who happens to be a drug rep? ;->
That's one thing I really like about my GP and the one before her who died in Sept. Wish I could say the same about my gynecologist, but he made himself obsolete after giving me a full hysterectomy, and then I just wouldn't cooperate on the high doses of hormones he was trying to force on me. Wonder how he's doing these days. 7198. judithathome - 12/10/2007 1:08:32 AM Last time I went to the doctor, two weeks ago, I was kept waiting for 45 minutes while FOUR drug reps swanned in and out like they were at a luxurious retreat. 7199. judithathome - 12/10/2007 1:09:21 AM Glad you're doing the less invasive procedure, Arky. Keep us posted! 7200. arkymalarky - 12/10/2007 3:09:40 AM Oh that would really make me mad.
I'll let y'all know as soon as I find out! 7201. judithathome - 12/19/2007 6:56:02 PM My Name Is Lisa 7202. wonkers2 - 12/19/2007 7:48:00 PM I watched the entire video hoping I'd get the point. Precocious pre-teen girl whose mother is drugged out? Alcoholic? Early Alzheimers? Mentally ill? All the above? 7203. judithathome - 12/19/2007 9:46:17 PM Not an alky...my guess is, Azheimers.
It's something to think about. Lots of older women having babies these days...certainly lots of older men are doing so with younger women. A grown child of parents afflicted with that disease is somewhat prepared for it but a kid? Say that woman had that girl at age 43...the girl looked about 13. How can a 13 year old cope with early onset of Alzheimers in a mother of 56? That aged woman ought to be closer to her grandmother than her mother in age. And she looked like a single mother, too.
I just posted it because it was thought-provoking and the people on the forum from whence I cadged it were impressed with it. 7204. wonkers2 - 12/20/2007 12:32:02 AM Well, it held my attention to the end. 7205. wonkers2 - 12/20/2007 12:58:53 AM It's frightening to think of a woman that young having Alzheimer's. I know it does happen, but I've been under the impression that onset is more often in the 70s and 80s. My mother died at 87 having had increasing dementia or Alzheimers for about three years. Pretty much the same for my wife's mother who died at 89 as I recall. They both became difficult to deal with toward the end. 7206. judithathome - 12/20/2007 4:30:55 PM Have you seen "Away From Her"?
7207. arkymalarky - 12/23/2007 2:50:19 AM The hardest part of everything I'm doing is exercising. I hate it. I walked two miles on the treadmill today and I'm determined to do it every day, then add stuff I like to do but don't have the built up energy for right now, like aerobics. 7208. arkymalarky - 12/23/2007 2:52:50 AM I don't know if I told about this before, but we now have an exercise room. We have a very nice weight machine with a stepper, an exercise bicycle, a treadmill, a mini-tramp, and a tv with a dvd player for exercise videos. We have less than $100 in the whole thing.
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