The Phone Rings .....

 I was supposed to have a bone density and mammogram next week. Well, guess what? The equipment for the bone density is kaput, and they had to order a new machine. I am beginning to think I am a jinx for medical equipment! You might recall that the stress test took 3 appointments to finally achieve the test.

Phone rang while I was still abed. I was awake, just enjoying those moments before I have to venture out with my dogs. My valves are still functioning enough to avoid surgical intervention, and my heart muscle looks good in general. The stress test did not reveal any more problems than I already have, so that was good news. 

I finally had a full night's sleep and looking forward to the day. The sun was shining, and I got started on chores that have been mostly neglected. The chauffeur took the trash to the dump and I mopped floors. I love the feel of a clean floor under my cold bare feet. I took a short walk, then put my slippers and socks back on. I changed the sheets on the bed and started the laundry.

Phone rang again. Another call from the cardiologist. She read the report from the Holter Moniter that left that dried out bumpy patch on my chest. That report did not please her. It showed too many runs of tachycardia and now I have to go see an Electrophysiologist. Well crap.

The next time the phone rang I thought about tossing it out the window. I didn't, of course. I sat too long in the Verizon store to want to do it again for a new phone! Anyway, the appointment will be in February, so I don't have to think about it for a while. I sat down to eat lunch and take the extra beta blocker that was called in to the pharmacy. 

The rang again and I prayed it was a telemarketer I could annoy. Nope, it was the hospital telling me about the bone density test being postponed. If that phone rings again, I will not answer!

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  1. Kathy GDecember 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM

    That's what phone voice mails are for!

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  2. ellen abbottDecember 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM

    Electrophysiologist, a specialist in heart rhythms. Yep, I go to an EP. I had two conditions when I went to him after being referred by the cardiologist when she was unsuccessful in treating my afib. I had flutter in the right atria and afib in the left atria. He did an ablation right away for the flutter which put an end to that and then put me on meds to control the aifb which worked more or less until last summer when they didn't. So I had the ablation for afib in the left atria which is a longer and more complex procedure but my afib is almost completely controlled now coupled with that and still on the meds. I get a little blib now and then or sometimes a more sustained episode. He also did the watchman procedure later so that I could get off the blood thinner.

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  3. ValDecember 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM

    Most of your results were good. And maybe the electrophysiologist can get to the bottom of your heart.

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