Nothing is easy. After extensive medical and dental exams I sent off all the forms to PC on Sept. 26. On Oct. 9 I got a letter from the dental office - You need to visit a periodontist for evaluation and definitive treatment. Did that, have one more appointment on Nov. 19, and if I’ve been doing my flossing and gum massaging well I should be okay.
Then on Oct.16 I got a call from Janet at Medical. The doctor is concerned about your heart palpitations, you need to have a Nuclear Stress Test and submit a personal statement addressing your occasional palpitations. Had the test this morning. It wasn’t bad, everyone was nice. I was scared though, so PC will probably look at the test and require a heart transplant or some such. No, I doubt that.
It’s just that when you think you are tooting along well, healthy and get slapped in the face it is disconcerting. The dental was not too surprising, but the heart – yipes. So here is my personal statement:
There are two occasions I felt palpitations of note. Each time I sat down, did some deep breathing, one time meditated on calming (I was driving and pulled off the road) and the other time read “The Diary of a Worm”. When my doctor asked me if I had palpitations, I said occasionaly. I only learned I had Mitrovalve Prolapse in 2000 and never thought about my heart function until then. At the age of 54, those are occasional palpitations.
However my heart may race as I race to finish NaNoWriMo.
Oh well.
