Thanks for your encouragement, honeybunny! Sorry for the momentary downer.
Starting a new week. Welcome to all.
My weight at the cardiologist's office this morning was 4 pounds less than what they had listed six months ago, but that is not real progress because I weigh waaaaay too much.
Good news is that echo showed my piggy valve continues to work well.
Pretty good news also is that my area of concern, left atrial enlargement, was stable over the past 6 months. No further alarming increasing.
I was going to ask her about getting into Phase III "maintenance" cardiac rehab for a monitored program of reducing weight and hence shrinking the LA, but the terrible news is that bottom-line managers at the hospital have just this week eliminated it -- forcing several CR nurses into early retirement and leaving several of my Mended Hearts buddies without support. My cardio and I agree that cutting back on preventive medicine doesn't save money -- quite the opposite.
I will look into getting some help with an exercise program. My cardiologist is the best I've had since the one I had in Virginia pre-surgery a decade ago.
I hope all is going well with others as they Stay the Course during the holidays.
Cheers,
SUPERBOB
Starting a new week. Welcome to all.
My weight at the cardiologist's office this morning was 4 pounds less than what they had listed six months ago, but that is not real progress because I weigh waaaaay too much.
Good news is that echo showed my piggy valve continues to work well.
Pretty good news also is that my area of concern, left atrial enlargement, was stable over the past 6 months. No further alarming increasing.
I was going to ask her about getting into Phase III "maintenance" cardiac rehab for a monitored program of reducing weight and hence shrinking the LA, but the terrible news is that bottom-line managers at the hospital have just this week eliminated it -- forcing several CR nurses into early retirement and leaving several of my Mended Hearts buddies without support. My cardio and I agree that cutting back on preventive medicine doesn't save money -- quite the opposite.
I will look into getting some help with an exercise program. My cardiologist is the best I've had since the one I had in Virginia pre-surgery a decade ago.
I hope all is going well with others as they Stay the Course during the holidays.
Cheers,
SUPERBOB