Health

I had my EKG appointment this morning. Essentially they have you remove everything from the waist up, put on this paper garment, and stick a bunch of sticky monitoring things on you. Then he checks your blood pressure and breathing.

Everything was fine. He said I had some extra heart-beats that were so minimal they weren’t of any concern at all (that really does tell me nothing, though).

The appointment was a little awkward. The doctor was pretty awkward too, I mean he was nice and all, just awkward. The room I was in was right next to his office, and he was kinda……I guess nerdy.

When he asked what I did and I told him he was like “Oh so you’re a techie”, and started asking me about phone apps and talking about his new android phone. I saw all the thumb drives and weird little gadgets on this desk, so I knew he was one of “Those” doctors. He asked where I worked and I told him it was above Volt and he started talking about how hard it is to get a reservation there.

He did say that he strongly recommended I went ahead with the surgery. The problems I could develop later would far supersede any problems that might develop from surgery. I agree on this point, but that doesn’t mean I want the surgery.

I really need to exercise more. Dieting is working out okay (birthday aside), and is becoming easier. It’s the exercise I’m having trouble with.

I just got back from my upper endoscopy consultation, and even got to work on time. Mad skillz.

Again another doctor (or nurse rather) is amazed at how healthy I am despite my weight. Which I suppose is a compliment, and they were at least nice about it unlike my GP. They called me a “sweet lil thing”.

Essentially I will have to arrive at Frederick Memorial Hospital at 7am on my scheduled day, register for 2 hours, then they will put me under anesthesia, put a block in my mouth with a hole in it for the camera (so I don’t bite the camera), and take a look around. Any polyps in my throat or stomach they will remove for me. It will take me about 30 minutes to wake up from the surgery, and then I have to go home. No driving, no signing paperwork, no physical activity.

So it’s an outpatient surgery. I’ve requested the day off (a friday) so I just get a long weekend.

I’ve never been under anesthesia. I was under laughing gas when I had my wisdom teeth out, but never anesthesia. I’m sorta scared about the whole thing, even though this is a simple procedure. But I imagine the actual surgery will be even more scary.

I’ve set up my EKG echocardiogram appointment for the day after my birthday where they hook me up to some wires to test my heart.

I’ve also set up my sleep study in May where I sleep in Frederick Memorial Hospital and they determine whether I have sleep apnea or not (I’m like 90% sure I don’t, I sleep pretty quietly).

I’m about to set up my Gastroenterology Consult where they do an upper endoscopy (basically stick a camera down my throat….I think I’m knocked out for this).

Still many more appointments to set up *sigh*. I hate all these appointments As if I wasn’t paranoid before, now I am paranoid something will be found wrong with me.