New Doctor

Half my blogs seem to be about health...

I saw a new doctor today.  Dr. S--- replaces Dr. J---, who gave me a prescription that creates kidney stones in people prone to them.  Dr. S--- and his staff gave me a thorough going over that included an extensive back-and-forth interview in his office.  Unlike my previous doctor, Dr. S---'s communication was careful and extensive.

So we'll stay with this practice.

Heart Update

The new doctor did an EKG as part of their new patient intake.  The nurse who ran it looked at the printout with a furrowed forehead.

"What is it?" I asked, suddenly nervous.  The cardiologist who saw me in the hospital, remember, declared after a dozen tests that my heart was fine, but ultimately wrote "abnormal EKG" on my chart, and I haven't had a chance to call his office about it.

"It's . . . giving me some messages here," she evaded.  "The doctor will talk to you about it."

This made me nervous.  Was this another abnormal EKG?  Whenever the staff won't tell you, it's bad.

After an interminable wait, the doctor himself finally came in, and I asked about the EKG.

"It's just the machine," he said.  "There's nothing to worry about."

Cool.

I also asked about my low heart rate, and he confirmed it was because I run, and that my rate was normal for me.

Good.