In the past...my past; Doctors (GPs) did everything...home visits, tonsillectomies, appendectomies, sutures of small wounds and everyone seemed to survive....I did. These days, Technology reins. I had an ex-ray, then a CT Scan, then a referral to a Cardiologist who today suggested I needed an Angiogram which he will conduct on Friday. There seems to be a specialisation of services which has followed the technology of the computer age and I am quite happy that my treatment is more precise than that of my youth.
A scan showed that I had calcification of a vein into my heart which could be of concern. I doubt that that could have been accurately determined 50 years ago. The Angiogram will, I understand, run a test which will tell the man if the calcification is restricting blood flow to my heart and suggest that all is OK, or that I need a bypass op. Don’t care too much as I have had 73 years of a successful life and I am not enjoying being without my late wife Joan too much.
I am off to hospital on Friday at mid-day and should be discharged around 6pm. Not allowed to drive, so my friend Dennis is delivering me to hospital and bro Graham collecting me when I am able to call him around 6pm.
As Willy Wonker said....’Strike that, reverse it’, I am hoping for a good result.
3 comments:
Keeping you in my thoughts Kev, hope all will go well for you. I know it is hard without Joan, it's been 20 years since my Woody passed away and I still miss him very much. One day at a time my friend, xo
Kev, We all know how much you miss Joan, I miss Haddon very much, but life goes on and weren't we lucky to have had so many happy years with our partners. Hope all goes well today Kev. I mean I hope you survive the car journey with Den....Joking,,,Marg
Hi Kev,
Good luck with today's procedure and hope the results are AOK.
Cheers
Jim
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