Health/Medical Update
Mar. 14th, 2014 05:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jeshyrHiya Folks,
So, I went back to the exercise-prescribing doc yesterday and showed her my graph of disappointing results showing that I'd done exactly what she'd asked and it hadn't worked. I took my flatmate along, despite her only having flown back to Australia less than 12 hours before she was happy to come and be moral support and hold my hand while I panicked because having to tell a doctor their pet theory doesn't work on you can be scary and dangerous.
To my IMMENSE relief, the doctor looked at the graph and asked me only a few questions and basically agreed that it wasn't working. I told her my plan, which was basically to drop the exercise down to a level where it wasn't impairing my quality of life (I'm guessing 1/3 to 1/2 of the existing level) but continue to try to do some of it, and she agreed that it seemed like the way to go and that there was pretty much no point in me seeing her again.
So yeah. That was both a huge relief and anti-climactic ... and also sort of disappointing, because no matter how much I know intellectually it's unrealistic and unlikely I always have a teeny sliver of hope that a medical person will have another new thing to try and it'll help.
r
So, I went back to the exercise-prescribing doc yesterday and showed her my graph of disappointing results showing that I'd done exactly what she'd asked and it hadn't worked. I took my flatmate along, despite her only having flown back to Australia less than 12 hours before she was happy to come and be moral support and hold my hand while I panicked because having to tell a doctor their pet theory doesn't work on you can be scary and dangerous.
To my IMMENSE relief, the doctor looked at the graph and asked me only a few questions and basically agreed that it wasn't working. I told her my plan, which was basically to drop the exercise down to a level where it wasn't impairing my quality of life (I'm guessing 1/3 to 1/2 of the existing level) but continue to try to do some of it, and she agreed that it seemed like the way to go and that there was pretty much no point in me seeing her again.
So yeah. That was both a huge relief and anti-climactic ... and also sort of disappointing, because no matter how much I know intellectually it's unrealistic and unlikely I always have a teeny sliver of hope that a medical person will have another new thing to try and it'll help.
r
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Date: 2014-03-14 11:18 am (UTC)So I'm back off to the old cardiologist for continuing maintenance. He's very good in his own right - I'd recommend him - it's just that it's generally accepted that this lady is the "top" in Melbourne for my specific blood pressure fuckery and so it seemed worth a go.
I'm glad I tried it, and I'm glad she believed me.