So Much Drama, So Little Time in Everyday Ramblings

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It is Saint Joe’s 30th birthday and he took the day off to go on an adventure in Southern Oregon. Whatever his family has planned he needs to avoid injury. Those were my rules. He thought they might be renting ATV’s. Eek. Think safe thoughts his way…

Sunday is Miss E’s 18th birthday. She is at college and starting to settle in a bit but those of you nearby know it is hot and buggy in Maryland. Bleh.

I feel a bit like I am treading water in a rapidly moving stream.

A noisy stream full of lots of drama.

Not in my personal life but in the ever present crazy news and in the aging thing.

I enjoy teaching so much. It grounds and centers me and keeps me fully engaged. I watched a webinar last night with a lot of fabulous detail about how the way we breathe and move our lower bodies affects our shoulders and necks. A new teacher to me, but wonderful and an anatomy geek like me.

Speaking of anatomy I find myself faced with learning about a whole new area, the heart.

I had my heart CT scan on Tuesday. Wow, talk about high tech, and I was dreading the IV as I do. The nurse (I love nurses, I think they should rule the world) was so great. She stayed with me from the IV and taking me upstairs to the room where the machine was and all through the test to give me the contrast and the other drugs. We gossiped and shared stories about the institution we work for.

The good news is that I was able to keep my heart rate at just barely below the 60 beats per minute required for the test and so I didn’t need the extra drugs they have to give most people that have the test.

I did need to keep my arms over my head for the test, and I asked about that, she and the tech said that was problematic for many people. It is interesting because I teach arms in that position in almost every class.

They read the scan like two hours afterwards and yes Virginia I do have Coronary Artery Disease. The cardiologist wants me to take statins as well as the blood pressure medicine they now have me on as well as the low dose aspirin.

That is the problem with tests. They find things.

I have a note out to my primary care physician and next week I am scheduled to have the sports performance test again. I have narrowing of my arteries but very little plaque and no one is telling me what this means in terms of exercise. I am not frustrated, no…

Tomorrow I am going to the gym. I haven’t been in weeks and I can feel like I am getting weaker. Then meeting Frida and Mrs. Sherlock for a relatively short local walk and then I am having a massage.

She is leaving Sunday for a week to a retreat center in Eastern Oregon with her Prime Timers group. A lot of the women that went hiking with us last week are in that group too. I am a little worried about her. She seems tired to me and is having a lot of trouble remembering and getting people’s names right. I think her husband’s cancer took more of a toll on her than she is willing to admit.

Anyway this festival of testing has been all consuming with work and teaching and I feel like I am not making any forward progress with the rest of my life, marketing my classes, poetry, social activism, church and a regular aerobic fitness routine and social interactions!

Oh not to mention going through my stuff and getting rid of things. I have many many things to get rid of even though I am pretty good about not over consuming…

That’s enough for now. Black Panther is available to stream on Netflix. I am going to see if I can sneak it into my weekend.

Last updated September 07, 2018