catching up on a hot summer day (Where's Ann been?)
OK so here's the story...
I had a mild stroke in the middle of June.. an over night in the
emergency room at NYU LAngone and a bunch of tests before and during
the stay there.
some placque build-up in carotid artery , the one where stuff goes to
your face, not your brain... and it resulted in a speech impediment but
nothing more
serious. the slurry comes and goes.. mostly gone, but if I'm really
tired it shows up. I'm on the generic version of Plavix and Crestor
now.. and a tiny aspirin a day. My blood pressure has been steady-on
for years on a small amount of amlodipine though they saw my white coat
readings in hospital and tried to foist a double dose on me.. that
didn't happen. On a follow up visit a week after hospital adventure I
showed date and time stamped photos of the readings I had gotten at home
since out of hospital and nurse-practitioner agreed that someone who had
readings around 120/65 at my age should not be increasing Bp lowering
drugs.
I have lost 12 lbs (on purpose) since early June.. don't eat anything
that once had 4 legs, and as I love to cook it isn't difficult for me to
make tasty stuff
that is healthy. I'm doing some kind of combination of Mediterranian
and DASH I guess, my own design but it is working. I get a CT scan in Sept .
and I have to get a cardio doc but won't be doing anything about that yet.
about a week after being released from the hospital I got out on a
relative cool day for a bit but then got caught in the heat and was a
mess - heat exhaustion. .. a week later I had another outing being
more cautious, minimum amount of walking to get two chores done and earl
in am so the weather was ok.. a few steps from my doorway I took a
header .. not a balace issue - I was side stepping to avoid some kids
unloading a truck and caught my
toe on the curb.. nothing broke, but bruised left boob and ribcage,
scraped knee , and broke glass frames - that thankfully broke in jus the
right place that I was able to do a temp repair - one lens fell out but
didnt break and was recovered quickly. I frightened the teens because
my eyebrow ridge was bleeding profusely - didn't hurt at all.. one of
them brought lots of paper napkins from a deli on the corner and helped
me to my front door. Got home safely to wait for my groceries to get
delivered... I have not been out of the apartment since then (7/26) ..
I'm all but completely recovered from the fall but I will not be leaving
my apartment until the temperture is no higher than 75 f in the morning
and lowered humidity... even then I won't venture beyond one or two
blocks without getting on an air conditioned bus.
Hoping that the CT scan in September and my good diet will allow me to
drop the Plavix (clopidogrel) I guess I'll be taking statins for my
choleterol for quite a while..
I really did this to myself... eating poorly since I turned 85...being
rather cavelier (I got this far.. so..) and allowed myself too much
wicked stuff on my plate..
I weigh 132 now and am aiming for 130..
THe really good news is that I appear to be a Covid -dodger- haven't had
it at all (knock wood) and I was testing myself every day after being
in the hospital emergency room ..
anyway - here I am
ann
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Wow! Sorry you’ve had such a trying summer. But it sounds like you’re managing your recovery well. Keep doing what you’re doing!
Hugs,
Paul
On Aug 7, 2022, at 1:55 PM, ann sanfedele annsan@nyc.rr.com wrote:
OK so here's the story...
I had a mild stroke in the middle of June.. an over night in the emergency room at NYU LAngone and a bunch of tests before and during the stay there.
some placque build-up in carotid artery , the one where stuff goes to your face, not your brain... and it resulted in a speech impediment but nothing more
serious. the slurry comes and goes.. mostly gone, but if I'm really tired it shows up. I'm on the generic version of Plavix and Crestor now.. and a tiny aspirin a day. My blood pressure has been steady-on for years on a small amount of amlodipine though they saw my white coat readings in hospital and tried to foist a double dose on me.. that didn't happen. On a follow up visit a week after hospital adventure I showed date and time stamped photos of the readings I had gotten at home since out of hospital and nurse-practitioner agreed that someone who had readings around 120/65 at my age should not be increasing Bp lowering drugs.
I have lost 12 lbs (on purpose) since early June.. don't eat anything that once had 4 legs, and as I love to cook it isn't difficult for me to make tasty stuff
that is healthy. I'm doing some kind of combination of Mediterranian and DASH I guess, my own design but it is working. I get a CT scan in Sept .
and I have to get a cardio doc but won't be doing anything about that yet.
about a week after being released from the hospital I got out on a relative cool day for a bit but then got caught in the heat and was a mess - heat exhaustion. .. a week later I had another outing being more cautious, minimum amount of walking to get two chores done and earl in am so the weather was ok.. a few steps from my doorway I took a header .. not a balace issue - I was side stepping to avoid some kids unloading a truck and caught my
toe on the curb.. nothing broke, but bruised left boob and ribcage, scraped knee , and broke glass frames - that thankfully broke in jus the right place that I was able to do a temp repair - one lens fell out but didnt break and was recovered quickly. I frightened the teens because my eyebrow ridge was bleeding profusely - didn't hurt at all.. one of them brought lots of paper napkins from a deli on the corner and helped me to my front door. Got home safely to wait for my groceries to get delivered... I have not been out of the apartment since then (7/26) ..
I'm all but completely recovered from the fall but I will not be leaving my apartment until the temperture is no higher than 75 f in the morning and lowered humidity... even then I won't venture beyond one or two blocks without getting on an air conditioned bus.
Hoping that the CT scan in September and my good diet will allow me to drop the Plavix (clopidogrel) I guess I'll be taking statins for my choleterol for quite a while..
I really did this to myself... eating poorly since I turned 85...being rather cavelier (I got this far.. so..) and allowed myself too much wicked stuff on my plate..
I weigh 132 now and am aiming for 130..
THe really good news is that I appear to be a Covid -dodger- haven't had it at all (knock wood) and I was testing myself every day after being in the hospital emergency room ..
anyway - here I am
ann
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Am 07.08.22 um 19:54 schrieb ann sanfedele:
OK so here's the story...
Hi Ann,
really sorry to hear about all those mishaps. All the best and do get
well soon.
Ralf, Michael, Leopold and Zenobe
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Best wishes Ann!
Op zo 7 aug. 2022 om 19:54 schreef ann sanfedele annsan@nyc.rr.com:
OK so here's the story...
Glad to hear that you're doing better.
On 8/7/2022 1:54 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
OK so here's the story...
I had a mild stroke in the middle of June.. an over night in the
emergency room at NYU LAngone and a bunch of tests before and during
the stay there.
some placque build-up in carotid artery , the one where stuff goes to
your face, not your brain... and it resulted in a speech impediment but
nothing more
serious. the slurry comes and goes.. mostly gone, but if I'm really
tired it shows up. I'm on the generic version of Plavix and Crestor
now.. and a tiny aspirin a day. My blood pressure has been steady-on
for years on a small amount of amlodipine though they saw my white coat
readings in hospital and tried to foist a double dose on me.. that
didn't happen. On a follow up visit a week after hospital adventure I
showed date and time stamped photos of the readings I had gotten at home
since out of hospital and nurse-practitioner agreed that someone who had
readings around 120/65 at my age should not be increasing Bp lowering
drugs.
I have lost 12 lbs (on purpose) since early June.. don't eat anything
that once had 4 legs, and as I love to cook it isn't difficult for me to
make tasty stuff
that is healthy. I'm doing some kind of combination of Mediterranian
and DASH I guess, my own design but it is working. I get a CT scan in
Sept .
and I have to get a cardio doc but won't be doing anything about that yet.
about a week after being released from the hospital I got out on a
relative cool day for a bit but then got caught in the heat and was a
mess - heat exhaustion. .. a week later I had another outing being
more cautious, minimum amount of walking to get two chores done and earl
in am so the weather was ok.. a few steps from my doorway I took a
header .. not a balace issue - I was side stepping to avoid some kids
unloading a truck and caught my
toe on the curb.. nothing broke, but bruised left boob and ribcage,
scraped knee , and broke glass frames - that thankfully broke in jus the
right place that I was able to do a temp repair - one lens fell out but
didnt break and was recovered quickly. I frightened the teens because
my eyebrow ridge was bleeding profusely - didn't hurt at all.. one of
them brought lots of paper napkins from a deli on the corner and helped
me to my front door. Got home safely to wait for my groceries to get
delivered... I have not been out of the apartment since then (7/26) ..
I'm all but completely recovered from the fall but I will not be leaving
my apartment until the temperture is no higher than 75 f in the morning
and lowered humidity... even then I won't venture beyond one or two
blocks without getting on an air conditioned bus.
Hoping that the CT scan in September and my good diet will allow me to
drop the Plavix (clopidogrel) I guess I'll be taking statins for my
choleterol for quite a while..
I really did this to myself... eating poorly since I turned 85...being
rather cavelier (I got this far.. so..) and allowed myself too much
wicked stuff on my plate..
I weigh 132 now and am aiming for 130..
THe really good news is that I appear to be a Covid -dodger- haven't had
it at all (knock wood) and I was testing myself every day after being
in the hospital emergency room ..
anyway - here I am
ann
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Glad to hear the bullet-dodging continues. Keep up the good work.
Greetings from a sunny, steamy Sunderland by the sea.
On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 1:54 PM ann sanfedele annsan@nyc.rr.com wrote:
OK so here's the story..
ann
Wow quite the adventure Glad it was only mild and you are on the mend
Dave
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thanks everyone for your encouraging words..
re the Heat - thank goodness for our working AC - I'm reading and
hearing such horror stories about
The British Isles and Europe being especially bad because there is
little air conditioning available
due to a lack of need over the years and power grids that can't
support it.
ann
On 8/8/2022 11:06 AM, mike wilson wrote:
Glad to hear the bullet-dodging continues. Keep up the good work.
Greetings from a sunny, steamy Sunderland by the sea.
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Ann!
Sorry to hear of this stuff. :( It's great to hear you're mending and continuing on.
I'm hoping to get to the East in September … hmm better start planning soon! … and will definitely look you up when I get there.
It's been a bit of a rough year here too: between some health stuff and distraction with my car restoration project, I all but disappeared from the photo scene for a bit. But I'm feeling healthy at the moment, the resto work is nearly done, and my interest in making photos has moved up the scale again by a notch.
Hang in there, take care of yourself! Hope to see you pretty soon! :)
G
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On Aug 7, 2022, at 10:54 AM, ann sanfedele annsan@nyc.rr.com wrote:
OK so here's the story...
I had a mild stroke in the middle of June.. an over night in the emergency room at NYU LAngone and a bunch of tests before and during the stay there.
some placque build-up in carotid artery , the one where stuff goes to your face, not your brain... and it resulted in a speech impediment but nothing more
serious. the slurry comes and goes.. mostly gone, but if I'm really tired it shows up. I'm on the generic version of Plavix and Crestor now.. and a tiny aspirin a day. My blood pressure has been steady-on for years on a small amount of amlodipine though they saw my white coat readings in hospital and tried to foist a double dose on me.. that didn't happen. On a follow up visit a week after hospital adventure I showed date and time stamped photos of the readings I had gotten at home since out of hospital and nurse-practitioner agreed that someone who had readings around 120/65 at my age should not be increasing Bp lowering drugs.
I have lost 12 lbs (on purpose) since early June.. don't eat anything that once had 4 legs, and as I love to cook it isn't difficult for me to make tasty stuff
that is healthy. I'm doing some kind of combination of Mediterranian and DASH I guess, my own design but it is working. I get a CT scan in Sept .
and I have to get a cardio doc but won't be doing anything about that yet.
about a week after being released from the hospital I got out on a relative cool day for a bit but then got caught in the heat and was a mess - heat exhaustion. .. a week later I had another outing being more cautious, minimum amount of walking to get two chores done and earl in am so the weather was ok.. a few steps from my doorway I took a header .. not a balace issue - I was side stepping to avoid some kids unloading a truck and caught my
toe on the curb.. nothing broke, but bruised left boob and ribcage, scraped knee , and broke glass frames - that thankfully broke in jus the right place that I was able to do a temp repair - one lens fell out but didnt break and was recovered quickly. I frightened the teens because my eyebrow ridge was bleeding profusely - didn't hurt at all.. one of them brought lots of paper napkins from a deli on the corner and helped me to my front door. Got home safely to wait for my groceries to get delivered... I have not been out of the apartment since then (7/26) ..
I'm all but completely recovered from the fall but I will not be leaving my apartment until the temperture is no higher than 75 f in the morning and lowered humidity... even then I won't venture beyond one or two blocks without getting on an air conditioned bus.
Hoping that the CT scan in September and my good diet will allow me to drop the Plavix (clopidogrel) I guess I'll be taking statins for my choleterol for quite a while..
I really did this to myself... eating poorly since I turned 85...being rather cavelier (I got this far.. so..) and allowed myself too much wicked stuff on my plate..
I weigh 132 now and am aiming for 130..
THe really good news is that I appear to be a Covid -dodger- haven't had it at all (knock wood) and I was testing myself every day after being in the hospital emergency room ..
anyway - here I am
ann
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Don't know how I missed this earlier, Anne - but so glad things are beginning to get better!
Reminds me that, just before we were coming to the USA in 2016, I had a similar fall - tripped on a kerb, fractured my right eye socket, almost degloved my right hand and had a number of other scrapes and bruises. Did not overnight in hospital, but had some excellent repair work done by very kind and efficient staff, and allowed to go home. Three weeks later, I'm meeting Anne on 7th.East for an excellent lunch!
Keep safe, Anne us oldies gotta hang around a bit longer.
John in Brisbane
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Glad to hear that you're doing better.
On 8/7/2022 1:54 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
OK so here's the story...
I had a mild stroke in the middle of June.. an over night in the
emergency room at NYU LAngone and a bunch of tests before and during
the stay there.
some placque build-up in carotid artery , the one where stuff goes to
your face, not your brain... and it resulted in a speech impediment
but nothing more serious. the slurry comes and goes.. mostly gone, but
if I'm really tired it shows up. I'm on the generic version of Plavix
and Crestor now.. and a tiny aspirin a day. My blood pressure has
been steady-on for years on a small amount of amlodipine though they
saw my white coat readings in hospital and tried to foist a double
dose on me.. that didn't happen. On a follow up visit a week after
hospital adventure I showed date and time stamped photos of the
readings I had gotten at home since out of hospital and
nurse-practitioner agreed that someone who had readings around 120/65
at my age should not be increasing Bp lowering drugs.
I have lost 12 lbs (on purpose) since early June.. don't eat anything
that once had 4 legs, and as I love to cook it isn't difficult for me
to make tasty stuff that is healthy. I'm doing some kind of
combination of Mediterranian and DASH I guess, my own design but it is
working. I get a CT scan in Sept .
and I have to get a cardio doc but won't be doing anything about that yet.
about a week after being released from the hospital I got out on a
relative cool day for a bit but then got caught in the heat and was a
mess - heat exhaustion. .. a week later I had another outing being
more cautious, minimum amount of walking to get two chores done and
earl in am so the weather was ok.. a few steps from my doorway I took
a header .. not a balace issue - I was side stepping to avoid some
kids unloading a truck and caught my toe on the curb.. nothing broke,
but bruised left boob and ribcage, scraped knee , and broke glass
frames - that thankfully broke in jus the right place that I was able
to do a temp repair - one lens fell out but didnt break and was
recovered quickly. I frightened the teens because my eyebrow ridge
was bleeding profusely - didn't hurt at all.. one of them brought lots
of paper napkins from a deli on the corner and helped me to my front
door. Got home safely to wait for my groceries to get delivered... I
have not been out of the apartment since then (7/26) ..
I'm all but completely recovered from the fall but I will not be
leaving my apartment until the temperture is no higher than 75 f in
the morning and lowered humidity... even then I won't venture beyond
one or two blocks without getting on an air conditioned bus.
Hoping that the CT scan in September and my good diet will allow me to
drop the Plavix (clopidogrel) I guess I'll be taking statins for my
choleterol for quite a while..
I really did this to myself... eating poorly since I turned 85...being
rather cavelier (I got this far.. so..) and allowed myself too much
wicked stuff on my plate..
I weigh 132 now and am aiming for 130..
THe really good news is that I appear to be a Covid -dodger- haven't
had it at all (knock wood) and I was testing myself every day after
being in the hospital emergency room ..
anyway - here I am
ann
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