Oops.
Sorry folks, it seems the surprise commentary by The Lord God on Friday caused some unwarranted concern about the status of my health. As of the moment, I do not have "The Big C", I believe Jehova was simply pointing out that if he does decide to give it to me, all my whining won't matter one damn bit. I don't go for my exam until mid June (what's with that, BTW? You call the doctor with: "Um, my GP says I may have cancer!" and they're all: "Ok, well . . . we have an opening in three or four years.") Anyway, I apologize for any panic or confusion . . . but God's like that, ya' know? ;-)
Actually, I heard from my GP today. All my blood woek cme back fine, except for high cholesterol (a stunning score of 270!) which I imagine is not good. The Dr. office left a message on my voice mail that said essentially:
" . . . you should go on a low fat diet and lose some weight. Call us back in 6 months or so and let us know how that works out for you."
Gotta love that Hippocratic Oath, eh?
Oh, and in case you're wondering (like I was!) what the hell the number means, I hit the American Heart Association and found out that your risk for a heart attack is:
Desirable — Less than 200 mg/dL
Borderline high risk — 200–239 mg/dL
High risk — 240 mg/dL and over
So I'm 30 points into the "High Risk" range and my Dr. doesn't even want to see me for six months. So he either figures it's not a real risk or I'll just drop dead soon and he won't have to worry about it.
On other fronts: the weekend was crazed. Working on the house as always but to top things off, my ex-contractor put a screw or something through the wiring that runs my A/C!!!!! Oh dudes, you DO NOT want to be around a woman who has hot flashes when it's 89 degrees in the house and the A/C ain't workin'! The Wife was NOT a happy camper (which of course mean NOBODY was a happy camper in my house this weekend!) I had to stay home this morning to let an electrician in to fix the damn thing. Pissed me off too: I could easily have fixed this myself, but I just don't have the time. It would have meant no A/C until mid-July and that was never gonna fly with The Wife, so I had to cough up nearly $700. AAAARRRRRR!!!!!!!
Ah well, gotta bolt.
Later!
2 comments:
Glad to hear you're ok. I have the borderline cholesterol myself. The diet thing sucks so I'm looking for an herbal remedy. If I find one I'll be sure and share the info. Wanna trade houses? There's a sinkhole under mine. It opened up after my husband and I worked for seven years to fix the damned place up. This stuff sound familiar? Do you see why I love your blog??? Lynn
Hmmm . . . at this point, I think I'd be GLAD if a sinkhole swallowed my house!!!!
Seriously though, you have my sympathy. Working the house sucks . . . but losing that work to a random act of nature TRULY sucks!
Later!
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