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The Doctoral Checkup
Jan. 21st, 2009 07:39 pmToday, I had my six-month, post-surgery checkup. Apparently all my blood is pooling in my left foot and my leg will look like an elephant's for the rest of my life. Just kidding. Everything is fine, everything is flowing as it should.
After an almost eight year nightmare of worrying about blood clots, strokes, and heart attacks, I can stop taking my anticoagulant medication. I'm going to take Plavix and aspirin for six months longer just to be extra-cautious. I find it a very amusing coincidence that my heart condition started just after Bush took office and is finishing just after he left.
This means no more weekly to biweekly doctors appointments for blood draws, no more worrying if the alcohol I drink is going to cause a hemorrhage, or if the kale I eat is going to cause a clot. No more wondering what eight years of taking an ingredient in rat poison is doing to me. In July, one year after my surgery, I will have another CT to make sure the bypass is functioning at 100%. Just another six months of caution and if I stay clot-free, I am free.
After an almost eight year nightmare of worrying about blood clots, strokes, and heart attacks, I can stop taking my anticoagulant medication. I'm going to take Plavix and aspirin for six months longer just to be extra-cautious. I find it a very amusing coincidence that my heart condition started just after Bush took office and is finishing just after he left.
This means no more weekly to biweekly doctors appointments for blood draws, no more worrying if the alcohol I drink is going to cause a hemorrhage, or if the kale I eat is going to cause a clot. No more wondering what eight years of taking an ingredient in rat poison is doing to me. In July, one year after my surgery, I will have another CT to make sure the bypass is functioning at 100%. Just another six months of caution and if I stay clot-free, I am free.
