Thursday, April 16, 2009

A journey to become informed is a short trip

Yes, I went to what I thought was going to be a free educational cardiac care seminar and to my disappointment it was just a nurse checking your blood pressure and pulse, handing out literature about heart disease. I must admit though that she was there to answer any questions anyone might have, and to my calculations she did a fairly good job.

It was also interesting to watch her calm take over when a gentleman who had recently had a stint put into his heart and was currently on high blood pressure medicine which he had taken, but when she took his pressure the result she had gotten was skyrocketing, twice taken to be sure, once in each arm. I felt for the young woman nurse who did keep her cool when the man’s female counterpart acted extremely concerned, the nurse did seem baffled, but carefully noted it on a card for the man to take with him, and said yes it is high and that was that.

I had a few questions, but knew most of the answers, which always surprises me, not really, I read a lot; especially about ills of our family.

They will be having another free screening for strokes next month and it was suggested with my personal history and genetics that I go to that one, so I called and signed up, but requested that they clue me in on what exactly it will be about… a quickie listen with a stethoscope to those carotids or an actual seminar of new practices in the field with medications and therapies and all discussed? Personally, I believe my susceptibility to stroke is rather high so having any new knowledge about how it is treated or ideas to counteract it would be just what the doctor ordered, ha, prevention!
So many theories and medical practices change daily, as we all know.

Anyone who has a TV can relate to this next item: one week red wine will keep that heart pumping for years longer and then the next week it will cause cancer. I know not fair the way I stated it, yes too much of anything is no good for you, ha, and this is news to us?
It still doesn’t change my way of thinking that it sometimes can get terribly confusing to anyone listening, and anyone not that savvy who might have a problem understanding simple concepts like the extreme elderly or disabled shut-ins. It could even become very frightening.

Our President Obama is in Mexico negotiating with their President Calderon to show support for his war on drugs and to have that minds meeting on border issues as well as a discussion on diplomatic ideas for dealing with Cuba; which might have the Mexican president become the go between or at the very least engage in some insight.

John Madden, former NFL coach with the Oakland Raiders announced his retirement today at the age of 73, married to his wife of fifty years he has decided that he wanted to spend more time with those grandkids. He was placed in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006; he’s been a color commentator since the early 1980’s. Good next journey to you sir, you deserve it; you have paid your dues!

On that cheery note I will bid you all a good night and to all count those blessings and I will too!

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