Snoredog still helping out

My pacemaker nurse noticed some weird stuff when checking my pacemaker a year and a half ago, but since I was a second class citizen without health insurance, it had to just slide.

After getting insurance this fall, the nurse set me up with the cardiologist for a long over due checkup. Earlier this month they did an echo cardiogram and had me wear a heart monitor for two days. My appointment to see the doc was set up for today.

I hate driving to the big city and was looking for ways to blow off the appointment and then the news of Snoredog's passing hit the forum. Figured I better get in there then, in that I'm a couple of months older than SD was.

Anyway, saw him today and it went well. He listened to my heart for several minutes and said, "well, pretty boring". Just the words I wanted to hear. He said the left side of my heart was a little enlarged and that it may give me trouble down the road, but he gave me a good bill of health.

Keep in mind that I'm really obese. I'm 5'9" and weighed 319 lbs. on his scales today. I really think what's keeping me in the shape I'm in is walking a little over three miles, six days a week. Can't say enough about that exercise.

Thanks Snoredog, I've got a little more peace of mind due to you.


JeffH

Thanks for sharing your story, Jeff. Even being boring has its place, eh? I'm so glad you got that good report. Keep up the good work!!


Marsha

Glad to hear that, Jeff.

Den

Jeff, yes keep up the exercise - it gets harder as we get older.

I am impressed that you are taking on that sort of distance with so much to take with you

Cheers

DSM

JeffH wrote:.........

After getting insurance this fall, .........

JeffH, I missed that news. How did you manage to get it? Sounds like a very good thing.

Regards,

rooster wrote:

JeffH wrote:.........

After getting insurance this fall, .........

JeffH, I missed that news. How did you manage to get it? Sounds like a very good thing.

Regards,

By not having insurance for most of my adult life (I got my first pacemaker at age 29 and therefore became uninsurable from that point on) and therefore not getting treated for lots of things over 30 years I ended up disabled and am now on Medicare. I know, that's a terrible thing from your point of view. Had we as a country decided long ago that people's health was worth saving, I might not be here.

JeffH

JeffH wrote:

rooster wrote:

JeffH wrote:.........

After getting insurance this fall, .........

JeffH, I missed that news. How did you manage to get it? Sounds like a very good thing.

Regards,

By not having insurance for most of my adult life (I got my first pacemaker at age 29 and therefore became uninsurable from that point on) and therefore not getting treated for lots of things over 30 years I ended up disabled and am now on Medicare. I know, that's a terrible thing from your point of view. Had we as a country decided long ago that people's health was worth saving, I might not be here.

JeffH

Why is that a terrible thing? If you are on Medicare you probably paid in to the fund at some point in your life.

sleepycarol wrote:

JeffH wrote:

rooster wrote:

JeffH wrote:.........

After getting insurance this fall, .........

JeffH, I missed that news. How did you manage to get it? Sounds like a very good thing.

Regards,

By not having insurance for most of my adult life (I got my first pacemaker at age 29 and therefore became uninsurable from that point on) and therefore not getting treated for lots of things over 30 years I ended up disabled and am now on Medicare. I know, that's a terrible thing from your point of view. Had we as a country decided long ago that people's health was worth saving, I might not be here.

JeffH

Why is that a terrible thing? If you are on Medicare you probably paid in to the fund at some point in your life.

SleepyCarol,

You have been tricked. JeffH has used a dishonest debating technique that is a favorite of right-wing talk radio hosts. You accuse someone of making a statement that they never made and then you begin to attack the statement and the person.

I have never expressed the view that JeffH attributes to me.

But I do think it is terrible that JeffH has all those health problems. I wish everyone perfect health.

Regards,

Good to hear JeffH!

Health care is like one of those issues like religion, politics, abortion, smoking etc etc. that can bait folks into a rip roaring debate...and don't get me wrong debate is good. As long as it doesn't get personal. Folks have strong passion and feeling about issues and sometimes we take things a bit too far and....

I think Rooster, you and I had a good long string of posts on health care and you certainly have some very good thoughts...the result, we didn't or couldn't solve the worlds problems and probably agree on some points and others not...but the one thing I learned from that is that to effectively debate, is that you need to remove your emotions from the debate. Not easy to do.

JeffH, you may or may not wanted to try to bait Rooster, but I certainly can see how it can be taken that way. I also can read it that you think you know how Rooster feels about an issue and you certainly can be wrong. I can certainly also understand that you maybe feeling rather concerned about your health because you were not able to get health insurance all these years, which may have negative consequences for you in the future. Again like you, I maybe assuming things?

I guess the only answer for all of us, no matter where you stand on the issue of public Health care who and how it is funded, is to continue to lobby your elected officials. Unfortunately, I think this is one issue that middle ground maximizing the best outcomes for both sides of the issue will be a difficult task!