1-22 Second Entry

Before I start my "official" entry for 1-22 I forgot to mention 2 key items about my current status. They are the drugs and the "no's".

1)The Drugs

Every morning there is the regiment of 7-8 different pills and elixirs. Mine consists of the following:

3xprescription including Toprol mostly cardiac
1xColace
1xPrilosec
1xSt Josephs
My Muslix drink in the morning

At 4:00pm it's 2x 2Mg Coumadin for heart.

At 7:00pm it is arisept. This is for short term memory. They give this to Alzheimer patients, a club I do not want to exactly be associated with.

2)The No's

The No's are all the things I am not allowed to do.
The 6 most important No's are listed below.

1)No alcohol (I went out (walked 1.2 miles) and bought a bottle of Oban 14 yr Scotch to look at)
2)No workout, No sports only PT
3)No driving
4)No working
5)No going anywhere without 24 hr supervision
6)Heart healthy diet with balanced vitamin K (that counts as a no)

"Official entry"

I)Yesterday's accomplishments:

1)Started Blog
2)Put together calendar with all medical appointments and deadlines
3)Did PT
4)Called Alexander in Holland on Skype
5)Made Doctors appointment for next Tuesday
6)Set up facebook and started by torturing my nephew Kyle.
7)Sent e-mail out

People I spoke to yesterday included Tom, Chris H, Alexander, Marilyn, my cousin Mark, Glenn, my father and my brother Scott.

Today:

1)Finish Blog and read e-mail
2)Register at Coagulent (sp) center.
3)Find out why caridiac followup is 10 weeks away.
4)Try to set up cardiac rehab
5)Lunch with Diana H.
6)PT

Big mistake yesterday was being late on my Coumadin, I forgot to take it at 4 pm and also forgetting to take my arisept (that an oxymoron). My Mom remembered hence the supervision. Currently sleeping about 4 hours a night waking up for 45 minutes and going back to sleep for 3 hours.

That's it for today,

Brian