THIS HAPPENED TO ME RECENTLY AND I AM PASSING ON BECAUSE IT SADDEN ME SO MUCH I HAD TO LAUGH.ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO I WAS FEELING WORSE THAN NORMAL……..AND THE COUGH CAME BACK FROM THE PAST THREE YEARS WHICH IS DUE TO MAC (NON-TUBERCULOSIS BACTERIUM) NOT COVID.IT SEEMS TO BOTHER ME MORE IN THE FALL/WINTER.

ANYWAY, I DECIDED TO GET THE OXIMETER OUT TO CHECK MY OXYGEN LEVEL AND MY PULSE RATE.A GOOD OXYGEN LEVEL IS 95, BUT IF YOU ARE IN HEART FAILURE THEY ARE HAPPY WITH 90.

DID YOU KNOW THAT?

PULSE FOR A 63 YEAR OLD like me SHOULD BE……….80 TO 136 BPM.

AT 65 YEARS OF AGE 78-132

AT 70 YEARS OF AGE 75-128

THIS WAS ON OCTOBER 19TH FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS MY OXYGEN AND PULSE NUMBERS.

MY OXYGEN AND PULSE READINGS:

PULSE BEING THE SECOND NUMBER.

OXYGEN THE FIRST NUMBER.

10/19/23 ~ 89/71

10/20 ~ 89/71

10/21/23 ~ 97/51 AT 5:00 AM TOOK IT AGAIN 3 HOURS LATER 97/51.

10/23/23 ~ 93/38 TOOK IT AGAIN 92/45

WITH A LOT OF PEAKS AND VALLEYS SHOWING ON THE SCREEN.A MOUNTAIN RANGE SO TO SPEAK SO AFIB IS GOING ON.

10/24/23. 97/43 (8 AM)

93/32 (8PM)

I SENT THESE NUMBERS TO MY HEART CARE PERSON.

SHE VERIFIED THE OXIMETER AND WHAT THE NUMBERS STOOD FOR AS I WAS A BIT FUZZY ON IT.SHE REDUCED MY HEART MEDS BY HALF A TABLET.ON OCTOBER 25TH,2023.

MY NAILS ARE LONG AND I HAD NAIL POLISH A DARK COLOR ON. I TOOK THAT OFF BY 10/29 because I had forgotten about that being a NO NO! AND MY READINGS THAT DAY WERE 90/34~98/44~93/91~97/30~97/45.

BY 10/30/23 THE PULSE WAS LOOKING A LITTLE BETTER.93/51~92/72~86/46

MEDICINE REDUCTION?MAYBE!

NOVEMBER FIRST I WENT FOR THE RECLAST INFUSION I HAD A YEAR AGO FOR THE OSTEOPOROSIS.THIS IS AN IV THEY PUT IN YOUR VEINS IN THE CHEMO ROOM.I TOLD THEM TO LOOK AT MY PULSE AS IT WAS A BIT LOW AT HOME AND I WAS THINKING THE CVS STORE BOUGHT EQUIPMENT WASNOT DOING ITS JOB. COULD THEY VERIFY PLEASE.

THE RN WAS DELIGHTFUL AND SHE TOO SAW THE NUMBERS LOW………..THE LOWEST THERE WAS 40 THAT I SAW SO THAT CONFIRMED FOR ME MY MACHINES WERE RIGHT AT HOME..AS SHE EXPLAINED IT MUST BE SOMETHING ELECTRICAL WITH MY HEART.AGAIN SHE HAD NO IDEA I WAS IN HEART FAILURE OR HAD A LUNG DISEASE LET ALONE FOCAL SEIZURES!

SHE ALSO TOLD ME ONLY THE GEL NAIL POLISH TAKES A BAD READING SO MY NAIL POLISH PREVIOUS TO TAKING OFF HAD NO AFFECT.I HAVE NEVER DONE THE GEL NAIL POLISH FOR A RANDOM FACT!

I THE PATIENT, IS TELLING THE NURSE MY HISTORY………….AND SHE HAD MY INFO UP ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN.I GUESS UNLESS YOU GO LOOKING NO ONE KNOWS WHO HAS WHAT.I FOUND THAT ABSOLUTELY SCARY!

ANOTHER SIDE NOTE MY MEDICAL DOCTOR TOLD ME IN AN EMAIL ;I DIDNOT NEED THE RSV VACCINE AS I WASNOT 65 YEARS OF AGE!

MY LUNG DOCTOR who works in CRITICAL CARE most days TOLD ME TO GET IT!

SO that tells me even my PHYSICIAN has no clue what is going on with me!

HIS LAST EMAIL BACK TO ME TOOK FIVE DAYS TO GET AN ANSWER.THE ONE BEFORE THAT ELEVEN DAYS.

I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE A DOCTOR IN TODAYS WORLD.MOST OF THE TIME IS SPENT TYPING ON THE COMPUTER RATHER THAN AN EXAM OR TALKING TO THE PATIENT.There are a few of us out there when seeing our doctors they never do a PHYSICAL EXAM ANYMORE!

IS THAT BECAUSE OF OUR AGE?

I WONDER………OR LACK OF TIME?

TWO WEEKS AFTER THE RECLAST I STILL HAVE THIS………..it did not hurt and she did not have to SEARCH for A VEIN!

I HAVE BEEN TOLD ON GOOD AUTHORITY THAT IF ONE IS HAVING HEART ISSUES ONE TENDS TO BRUISE MORE.

JUST SO YOU KNOW!

THIS AGING THING ISNOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART!

The answer I received about my PULSE rate was this…………Because I have an underlying heart condition PVC’s (premature ventricular contractions).My pulse will NEVER be accurate on medical centers machines or a doctors office.

“The home blood pressure machines are NOT accurate for pulse readings and neither are the finger monitors (pulse oximeter).”

THAT IS VERY INTERESTING!

I THINK THIS IS GOOD INFORMATION WE SHOULD ALL KEEP IN MIND!

“The only way to get an accurate reading is by wearing a HOLITOR MONITOR” which I will do on the 21 st of November.(I had to wait TWO WEEKS to DO THAT.)

My last HOLTER MONITOR reading was 76 which was done in June 2023.

SO, WHY AM I TO TAKE MY BLOOD PRESSURE AND PULSE AT HOME AND CHECK IN EVERY FEW WEEKS?

BACK TO assigned health care person and MY MEDICINE REDUCTION WAS BASED UPON HER THINKING I WAS GIVING BLOOD PRESSURE READINGS,WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN THESE………………A LITTLE LOW DON’T YOU THINK FOR BLOOD PRESSURE?
10/26 ; 89/59 
10/27; 97/37 (7:00 am)
97/66 (8:30 am)
92/44 (6:30 pm)
10/28. 94/40
84/46 AT 6 PM
96/26 (6:35pm)

HERE I GAVE THE BLOOD PRESSURE ONE TIME.

Blood Pressure was 120/51 pulse 48 at 6:35pm

My pulse that day was the same on the OXIMETER.

SO, I thought these home machines had to be correct!

THAT IS YOUR MEDICAL ADVISE FROM ME AND I AM NO DOCTORESSA!

KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS IF SOMETHING DOES NOT SIT RIGHT WITH YOU!

IT’S YOUR LIFE not THEIRS.

ANOTHER THING I FIND BAFFLING IS WHY I PAID $150.00 FOR 60 TABLETS OF ANTI-SEIZURE MEDICINE A MONTH AND COULD ONLY GET ONE BOTTLE EACH VISIT AND NOW I GET 200 TABLETS SO THREE MONTHS PLUS………..FOR FREE?!

OUR INSURANCE DIDNOT CHANGE.

THINK I WILL JUST KEEP QUIET ON THAT ONE!

IF you LIVE in the Los Angeles AREA; I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO TRY A SANDWICH IN VENICE, CALIFORNIA CALLED:

ALL’ANTICO VINAIO AT 1121 ABBOT KINNEY BLVD. VENICE, CALIFORNIA.

I KNOW THIS YOUNG MAN WITH THE BIG SMILE FROM OUR DAYS IN FLORENCE!

HIS NAME IS MATTEO and I bet if you mention the CONTESSA SENT ME his smile will get even BIGGER!

I would like to know what is in the TOSCANO PLEASE if anyone visits in the near future!

YOU CAN PRACTICE YOUR ITALIAN WITH HIM AS HE IS THE REAL DEAL!

BUT DON’T HOLD UP THE LINE!

I AM VERY EXCITED FOR HIM AND THIS NEXT CHAPTER……………..

A PIECE OF ITALY IS EXPANDING IN THE USA!

I REALLY NEED TO GET MYSELF BACK THERE TO THE BOOT!

SHHHH!

BUGSZY DOES NOT NEED TO KNOW WHAT GOES INTO THOSE SANDWICHES!

I am proposing a name change for MY PIGGY!SINCE BUGSZY is so CLOSE TO BANKSY our first PIGS name I am having LOTS OF SENIOR MOMENTS by NOT CALLING HIM BY HIS CORRECT NAME!WHAT if we changed the name to OLAF.Like the SNOWMAN in the movie FROZEN?I think he looks like OLAF and my GRANDDAUGHTER would like it TOO!

I AM WAITING FOR HER FINAL A-OKAY!

WHO SEE’S THEODORE IN THIS PHOTO ABOVE?

THE KING IN HIS THRONE!

SWEETNESS FOR ALL………….PIGS ARE VERY GENTLE AND WANT AFFECTION!

THEODORE LOVES TO GIVE AFFECTION!

MAYBE BETTY SHOULD BECOME ANNA?

LIKE IN THE MOVIE FROZEN!

OLAF & ANNA

I BOUGHT THE PIGGY A NEW BED AND HE RIPPED IT UP!

GUESS HE DIDNOT LIKE THE COLOR?

IT WAS BEIGE!

EVERYONE GATHERS IN THE KITCHEN!

ESPECIALLY WHEN WE MAKE COOKIES!

COOKIE MAKING!

MORE OF COOKIE MAKING ON INSTAGRAM BELOW……….

JUST KEEP SCROLLING DOWN AFTER THE COMMENTS.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF VIDEOS YOU MAY ENJOY WITH SOUND!

YOU CAN HEAR THE ITALIAN SPEAKING!

KISSES FOR THEODORE.

THESE TWO ARE ALWAYS UNDERFOOT; EVENING ACTIVITY WHEN I AM DOING THE DINNER PREP!

GUESS IT COULD BE WORSE!

BE WELL AND TAKE CARE EVERYONE!

THIS WEEK I DID SOMETHING TO MY BACK AND COULD BARELY WALK!

AFTER TWO VISITS TO THE CHIROPRACTOR X-RAY WAS TAKEN………..

TWISTED PELVIS,CURVE IN SPINE AND A GAP IN MY LOWER SPINE!!!

HERE I GO……….

XXX