STENT BY ME PART 2

STENT BY ME PART 2

Almost two months have passed by since the Feb procedure date and soon I will be seeing my cardiologist again for a review. I have been on the meds for  many weeks now and dun feel any none teh worse for waer. The initial discomfort of the bruising on my groin area where the cathether was inserted has cleared; and teh imagined feeling it the two stents valiantly propping up two of my LAD arteries have all but dissipated. I feel as tho nothing has happened. But somethgs  did!

I knocked myself into a side of some obstacle or furniture - cant quite remember - and I got a HUGE royal bruise the size of a coffee cup saucer! That made me painfully  and MOST VISUALLY aware that I am going to bruise easily! Must be careful - haematomas like this are scary!

I had a bit of a piles prob whilst on holiday and sitting in the coach for extended hours and the blood letting  due to the aspirin meds was scary as well. I am ever now so conscious about knocks, cuts, what have u...and need to be very mindful about how I conduct my life - no more rough and tumble; no more cheonging to get the heartbeat up beyond zone 2 or whatever the gd doctors advise to be wary of.  I must also defiitely learn how to handle stress. Amazingly my blood pressure isnt letetg up...its still hypertensively high. Ebven higher sometimes then pre-stents - and I am not talking about readings taken after exercise. It's readings at rest taken in office; or even in bed at home! What gives?

I attribute some of that to trying times I am experiencing at work, in my personal life for sure, and the natural predisposition to have elevated pressure readings from any extraneous stimuli like work deadlines, conflict management, my ever active mind that thinks too much, the worry about whr I can still make it to CEBU 70.3 Ironman, my continued but lower key training - just thinking and experiencing all these has prob led to still elevated BP readings!

More later. weekend beckons!!