Hi Gang!

Thanks for continued prayer on our behalf.

This week I met with my cardiology department for the first time following my heart attack.

Generally, that went well-- I gave up some more blood, was connected to the electrocardiogram again and given a thorough once over by a cardiac NP (my cardiologist Beth is on vacation).

They re-regulated my medications to move me closer to a max BP of 120/80.

Hospitals are generally really good these days at giving you the "worst case scenario" when they list the possibilities of outcomes. They are way over on the "glass half-empty" scale.

In my situation the worst case is preparing for the contingency of heart bypass surgery if my blood pressures don't come much lower. They going to give me 2-3 months to work it all out.

The NP also contradicted what I thought I heard my surgeon say about "Plavix", one of the current popular heart meds that I'm on. Originally I thought they said they had hopes the drug regemin would actually start opening up my secondary arteries. The NP says "no" on that-- I'll have to do more research.

My walks have been a bit more difficult in the cold weather we're having. That's normal I guess-- your body and heart work harder to maintain body temps adding stress to the circulatory system.

I've also been noticing myself trying to slip into my old eating habits in terms of food quantities. I need to nip that in the bud now. Now I'm attempting to stock the mini fridge in our bedroom (kinda like a studio suite) with carrots and other good things to nibble on. It's really critical for me to continue losing weight.