When we first moved here, I was struck by how many folks planned their days around their doctor appointments.   Our previous doctoring experiences were a check-up once a year, and an occasional Urgent Care visit when needed. Plus, being new to the area, we didn’t even have a doctor, let alone appointments! (Please know that we are both so very thankful for our limited need for doctoring! We do not take that blessing lightly!)

But last week, as Gary was getting out of his Oh-So-Comfy recliner to head to bed,  he experienced some sharp pain in his left arm and then some tightness in his chest.  Yep – Off to meet the good folks at the local Emergency Room. Honestly, by the time we got there, the pain was gone, and he was feeling just fine. But – better safe than sorry, we said, so we got him checked in. An EKG, bloodwork, and chest x-ray later – everything looked fine.  They sent us home (after waiting 3 hours for a second round of bloodwork just to be sure) with the promise of a call from a cardiologist for follow-up the next day.

And so it begins…
Cardiologist today (everything looked fine, but let’s run some tests to be sure…)
Primary Care tomorrow
Stress Test and Echocardiogram – in two weeks.
Follow-up on tests- two weeks after that.
And just so I don’t feel left out –
Dermatologist removed a small bump on my leg following a ‘let’s get acquainted’ visit
Yep – Squamous cell carcinoma
Returned so she could burn and scrape it out (nothing big – a regular band aid covers it!)
Follow-up in three months

The calendar is beginning to fill up…

It’s a slippery slope indeed! But thankfully, these are small things.  Done in the interest of not having Big Things happen. We have been very blessed with good health during our years of travel, and we are so very thankful for that! To God be the Glory!

Keeping warm here in Texas (and finding our way around the local health community), praying you are also! (staying warm, not the health care stuff!) =)

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