Just wanted to let you know that my lack of journal entries has not been due to any Prince Charming sweeping me off my feet, my winning the lottery and going on an around-the-world cruise, or even a sudden onset of of amnesia making me forget I ever HAD a journal. Unfortunately, I've been in the hospital.
What started out as a simple angioplasty to unclog an artery in my leg turned into bypass surgery a week later. Seems the arteries in my legs are too narrow for a stent to remain open, so they had to use a synthetic graph and replace the blocked artery. I had the angioplasty done the Monday before Thanksgiving and by Friday after Thanksgiving I was is so much pain that I went into the emergency room. (Yes, I DID get turkey and dressing… some things are just too important to miss). They did the bypass surgery this past Monday, and I finally got to come home yesterday (Thursday). I'm recuperating well, just dealing with a bit of surgical site pain and stiffness; thank you, darvoset.
It's been a rough month for me, healthwise. I had been to the emergency room a week before Thanksgiving with heart palpitations. Fortunately, nothing is wrong with my heart. I had a severe case of strep throat and my magnesium had dropped so low that it and the infection were causing my heart to race. It's just really weird for me since I am not one to rush off to the doctor, much less the emergency room, for any little thing. So finding myself there twice and in the hospital in three weeks' time is very unusual and a bit unsettling.
But, I'll be fine. The leg is already beginning to feel better and I hope that in a couple of weeks I can get back to work in time for the Christmas parties! To those of you prone to doing so, please keep me in your prayers. For everyone else, sorry… I'm not done here yet!
Bueno bye.
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