Now that I totally confused
you, I thought I would try harder than ever before to explain myself, ha, but
here I go… i.e. in what that title meant.
Hubby and I have been
together now for, Gosh, since August of 1967 when we first met, but only have been married since
February of 1971.
And in many marriages of long
endurance you ebb and flow into similar patterns and similar ills…
Although, Hubby’s is more
genetic, his high blood pressure that is, his mom and brother both have it and
mine is more weight gain related, we are both on medication for it.
His was found out the hard
way, with a visit, back in 2009, to the hospital with concern he was having a
heart attack, fortunately, that was not the case, but his blood pressure was
extremely high. The next day he went to the doctor’s office to get put on
proper medications and to set up all the tests needed to rule out other
problems. His medication was much like mine, in fact a couple were identical,
but since his problem was more severe he had two additional ones that are different
and his dosage is four times a day, compared to my two times a day for that
particular problem. We are both on the same cholesterol medication and dosage.
Today, Hubby almost forgot to
take his one dose at 12:15 P.M., which he has been diligent in taking all these
years, and asked me why he felt no different without it.
There is something you gotta
know about Hubby, he like many men if he hadn’t had to go by ambulance that May
day in 2009 to the hospital we would still not know what was going on, since he
hated doctors and never ever wanted to go to one for any reason what’s so ever.
And the last time before that one was when he was injured on the job way back
in 2005, also a hospital issue.
He thought, since he felt
fine that maybe he could ask to lower his dose or not take it as often or
anymore… well, I said it takes a while to get out of your system and in fact it
was still in it.
He did take it, but in
reality with his blood pressure so good now and in check, he shouldn’t, in my
opinion, change things. I subscribe to the adage “if its not broke don’t fix
it”.
But if he does go to the
doctor he should discuss it with him and perhaps they could wean him to a lower
dose? It took quite a while to find what worked for him, months.
Now the problem is to get him
to go back to the doctor… He knows it has to be soon though, since his
medication is going to need refills soon. And Humana sent him his new card a
couple of weeks ago, yep already! Remember he was with Universal Health Care
that went under?
In the interim Medicare sent
him all their information, but nothing as good as the insurance companies’
coverage, even the deductibles with them on office visits surgeries and
medication etc; and all for only $104 a month.
I am so looking forward to my
days of coverage like that!
Happy that our income has
nothing to do with those future increases for the higher income brackets, but
still even for them forty or fifty bucks a month more is not too bad when your
income is 20K to 40K higher on up than ours.
As a wife, I will be happier
when he makes his appointment, and no, he doesn’t make mine and I don’t make
his. It’s not like I would mind, but he would and so I respect him and trust
that he will. What else have I got?
Nagging never works with
Hubbys or kids.
And so trust and hoping and
praying that they do what they are supposed to do when at that certain age of accountability
is all any woman has…
On that note of it is what it
is… allow me to be the very first to wish all of you a very happy good night
and ask you to kindly count all your blessings and share all those overages
with whomever you know needs them and we will too!
And next time please be here
or be square, ya hear?!