Report...

Ok so I went to the cardiologist. Did not like the male receptionist,, he was sour. Did not like the girl who called me in, she too was sour.. And she pinched my arm with the blood pressure cuff. I told her it hurt and she just kept on. Obviously she needed a bigger cuff or she needed to learn how to put it on right. She kept going till I told her That really HURTS. Still she didn't stop and so I said OK that's one sure way to make my blood pressure go up. And guess what. It went up. I have never had blood pressure so high. Then she grabbed it and checked on the other arm. I tried to relax so it wouldn't be so high but it was high anyway.

Still I did like the cardiologist. She seemed caring and knowledgeable. She had copies of my records there with the blood tests I'd had done about 3 months ago. She said the LDL was a little too high and that I needed to bring it down. It wasn't high enough to warrant medication though... They did an EKG and that was fine. She cleared me for the surgery but told me if I get in there and my blood pressure is that high they won't do the surgery. I'll be checking it daily for a few days. If it's higher than usual I'll go see my doctor and see about getting a bit more medication for it. But for now surgery is still scheduled for the 23rd...

J