Week Five Success

Today marks five weeks and I have been doing great. I had two doctor appointments with Doctor Hodges here locally in Fayetteville. The first was on Wednesday at the hospital where they checked my device. There were no atrial or ventricular episodes noted and it was also made clear to me that with the way the device was programmed it would only last two years. So the technician tested my leads several times to get good readings at a lower voltage to preserve battery life. Unfortunately all the testing makes me feel bad  but thankfully it didn't last long. Dr. Hodges also came in and looked at my incision sight and said it looked wonderful. Today I went to the cardiology clinic and started the Viagra. I had to be watched for several hours and my blood pressure had to be taken every fifteen minutes. I was able to watch some TV and got to play my DSI where I finished my Mario game while I waited around. Around the hour mark of me taking the Viagra I did get a slight headache and felt kind of dizzy but it did subside after another forty minutes. An hour later we were released, the doctor was happy that my blood pressure didn't drop much and my side effects were short lived. All good news! 

On another note I was able to go out with friends last weekend to a bar and club, which I have not been able to do in a couple years, so that was another milestone in my eyes. I am so happy this device and medication is helping me and I am able to do more and be more active. If I can only sleep through the night without my shoulder hurting where my device is that would make it perfect! :)

Thoughts:

I started reading this book my doctor wrote called A Doctor Looks at War by Michael Hodges and it brought tears to my eyes. Remembering a little over a year ago my hubby was deployed and the thoughts of what he was going through...being shot at, not being able to bathe, eating bull crap food and little sleep makes me so proud to be an army wife. I can not imagine what he and all of our service men go through during deployment. Plus Dewon had the added stress of knowing I was in and out of the hospital and doctors office with my heart failure. I don't know how he is so strong.