Location: St. Augustine, FL
About Me: A high school Biology teacher's coping with rosacea while living in the interesting and sometimes insane world of public education.
August 19, 2005
Test Results
I went back to the GP after having blood drawn. The results are:
1) BP : 128/68
2) Pulse : 68
3) lost 7 pounds since last visit 3 weeks ago.
4) All bad lipid values are now in the low normal range!
This is great news for me. The extra heartbeats have only popped up a couple of times each day and they only last a few seconds now. My health is overall greatly improved. Stress at school is still a problem but otherwise I'm doing fine.
The rosacea is still pretty dormant. I'm on Vitorin for lipids, the beta blocker Toprol and a digitalis drug for the extra heartbeats. I've cut out all sweets and exercise daily with a Tae Chi warmup followed by a workout on the lateral slider machine. I haven't felt this good physically in years.
School today was very draining emotionally and physically. We are making musical videos about respiration and I've been helping on guitar. Boy, the things you do for the kids' education! My feet are swollen now and I'm so tired I can hardly keep my eyes open. Time to hit the sack now. Tomorrow I'm planning on getting out and enjoying life here.
Posted by Ken Albin on August 19, 2005 05:50 PM