Why I Feel Better #144

The last time I wrote about my heart health I think I told you some friends and family had mentioned that I looked better.   Now what does that really mean? 

I changed cardiologist as most of you know because after over 2 years of goal oriented exercise, eating healthy, and having an active lifestyle I just did not feel good, or healthy.   My heart rate was normal but sometimes became erratic going dramatically low, to the point of leading to one occurrence of being hospitalized.  My cholesterol was very healthy in the 100-105 range consistently. My blood pressure was 70% in the healthy athletic range for a guy my age, being normally 105/70.  But sometimes it would nose dive down into the 90/50 range and stay there a while.   And there lay the problem.   My cardiologist did not seem as concerned as I and just never truly addressed the problem of as my overall physical health grew, (as the result of weight reduction, exercise, and healthy diet) my multitude of medications remained the same, and or some dosages actually increased.  

Sometime early in recovery from heart surgery my two valued advocate medical advisers had suggested this cardiologist, (I never liked him) and swayed me to change to him.   Never do that, as I did is my advise to you.  Well finally they agreed with me as they watched me continue to grow in outwardly physical health and saw no changes in my stamina, endurance, and my being too easily tired.   Finally Michelle recommended a cardiologist from the clinic I previously had much  confidence in and the change was made.

After just two closely sort of back to back check ups with the new guy, he begin to change medications and dosage.   I also must note not once did he ask about why I had left the other cardiologist for him.  Which made me feel more confident about him because we certainly did not want to influence his initial recommendations by telling him what we thought the previous cardiologist was not doing.

Within two weeks I felt much better, did not get tired or exhausted as easily as before and just overall all felt healthy.  Sort of peppy you know.

So in conclusion I think the reason friends and family, who did not know anything about my cardiologist changes,  recognized an outward more "healthy appearance" is because that is exactly what transitioned after my making that change in cardiologist.

Next time some healthy food info.