Thank God
what a wonderful post, Lee
"Pintlar" wrote in message
...
Between last April 15 and Oct I lost 100 lbs. (now holding 175lbs., 72 yrs
old) Just had a check up with a new Dr. last Wed.
He was a welcome change. He had done his homework and was throughly
conversant with all my past records and charts, before he even met me. (it
took 16 days to get an appointment).
. . . .My b/p was 100/60 last Aug and 3 weeks ago it was 139/78. So I
went to see him. I was not happy with this reading. I had been using salt
wrecklessly since the Aug reading so I considered it the villian. New Dr.
was not upset about the 139 reading and happy with the 78 reading. He
informed me that an EKG from Mar 1, 2009, showed somewhere in the past
that I had a slight heart attack (m/I). Date unk.
New Dr. said my losing the weight was a great bonus for me. The 100 pound
loss meant (he claimed) 430 fewer miles of blood vessels to carry the
blood, and make the heart overwork.
I sort of lucked out in a most unexpected way. New wardrobe and probably
saved my life.
Thank God. . .charlie. . . . .
|