Health Stuff

[nekosensei]

doomsey and I went back to the doctor today because I needed to have more blood drawn and doomsey needed to get the results back for his MRI. doomsey's results were normal. The doctor did mention that he did have a cyst in his sinuses, and that people who have pissed off sinuses tend to have them. She seems to think that he might be getting migraines because he's stressed out.

I also ended up talking to my doctor because my funky heart palpitations started showing up again on Saturday after doomsey and I went for a three and a half mile walk and then went out to dinner with friends. It's weird. They disappeared about a month or two ago, and then randomly showed up again. I've had problems with them Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday evening. The doctor told me that it was either from taking Claritin / Sudafed last week (it increases heart rate) or an acidity problem (she mentioned something about blood thinners contributing to that). She gave me a sample of Prevacid, and I'm supposed to take it for two weeks. If it goes away in a few days, it was probably caused by an acidity problem. She also told me that, the next time I get stuffed up, I should try taking Claritin to see if that is what's causing the problem. If the palpitations come back, I know to avoid Claritin in the future.

I asked her if exercise was still okay, and she said yes. That's good. Overall, the weather has been better, and I really enjoy taking the ipod out and listening to music while walking. As an added bonus, I'm losing weight because exercise seems to make me want to snack less. I also feel like I have more energy.

Comments

[nick-101.livejournal.com]

I hope Doomsey gets better, too. My dad had a cyst recently.

Glad that the weather's improving.

[tambreet.livejournal.com]

Doomsey should take aikido! It's fun, can be learned by uncoordinated klutzes (as evidenced by me almost being a brown belt), and is a decent way to learn how to relax/calm the mind in times of stress.

[nekosensei.livejournal.com]

I wish I could take aikido. I was even thinking about taking classes this summer. Unfortunately, I don't think anybody would let me do that this year being on the blood thinners and all....

[tambreet.livejournal.com]

P.S. I am quite excited to now know one of the kanji in your header (the last one).

[nekosensei.livejournal.com]

Those three characters spell out my LJ handle...

[tambreet.livejournal.com]

I just knew it was "life", but I didn't realize sei meant life. Interesting since sensei is teacher.

Personally, I think it should be one of the ones that looks kind of like a cat, like 来 or 半.

[tambreet.livejournal.com]

Signed,

鴨の嘴先生

Blogga, please!

[jlindquist.livejournal.com]

doomsey stressed out? Never. He is always the coolest, baddest motherfucker in the room.

(Oh GOD, isn't THAT a wild image?)

[lucy-burb.livejournal.com]

Prevacid works well, my husband says. Aikido would be so good for you! You two get better, hey? How's your car doing? No sickness there?