@caity he is a great GP. I auditioned a few before settling on him. In a few weeks when hopefully my blood pressure is stabilised I’ll be able to safely attempt proper exercise again for the first time in ages. I’m really looking forward to that.
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@caity far more sane conversation with the GP. He’s going to complain, but… more importantly he’s happy that as there’s nothing wrong “structurally” with the heart or kidneys, and whatever it is is now controlled by the new drugs and I’m ok on them, it’s not worth spending a huge amount of time on tests that won’t improve my quality of life. He’s pretty sure with all the other bloods results that it’s purely genetic not acquired as it’s not damaging my kidneys, heart, liver or throwing any other systems out of whack so it’s not a cause for alarm seeing as the one thing that was alarming is now controlled. And as for the cholesterol tablets she was trying to force me to take “she can get fucked. It’s barely high. It’s margin of error above high normal. I’ve never met a cardiologist that doesn’t want everyone on statins”. lol!
@caity it’s going to be a fun conversation with my GP in 15 mins.
@MarkAsser yeah, I’m less than impressed. I’ve got an appointment with my GP this afternoon to work out what to do next as I am NOT seeing that clown again.
I’ve worked out why it doesn’t make sense. It says so on the test results that are now in My Health Record. It says that the test doesn’t work with the drugs the cardiologist actually put me on…
@caity I’ve had lamb chops and a nice glass of Shiraz. At least my cholesterol is ok and my heart and kidneys generally, so… small wins. ;)
Looks like it’s closer to “no bloody idea”. It looks like there are two things going on, one for the cardiologist with a likely small tumour and one that requires me to see an endocrinologist to check out as the “results don’t make sense and shouldn’t be possible”. Ho hum.
@caity ironically, I think I’d be more ok with the sinister than “no friggin’ idea”. I’m not good with not knowing. I cope better with definites. I’ve probably delved into my old textbooks a bit much to prepare myself for the worst as it was 30 years ago when they were published. lol
More than a bit nervous today. I see the specialist this afternoon, and the blood tests and scan results I can see so far rule out the “easy fix” causes, leaving the more complex and sinister options. Or potentially “I haven’t a friggin’ idea”. All of those aren’t exactly appealing.
Two sides of the same coin. My work “let’s not recruit now, no one will apply for jobs this close to Christmas, you’ll all have to cope until we start in the new year”. Other place I’ve applied to “yeah, process will stretch into the new year, so first interviews before Christmas, second after 27th Jan”. Trying to work out which is worse.