Well, I finally went to the doctor's office to get checked out. I hate going there because at my age I know I probably won't get any good news. But I finally concluded that not knowing about a problem don't mean it ain't there. I spent about 4 hours there, didn't get all my questions answered but enough that I know I probably won't drop dead anytime soon and after 4 hours was ready to get the Hell out of there.
My main concern was high blood pressure and chest pains. My pressure wasn't too high while I was there so they seemed more concerned w/ my chest pains. They took blood & urine samples, EKG and chest x-rays. The EKG looked great so we know my heart is still healthy enough for sex! LOL They didn't mention seeing anything horrific in my chest x-rays so I'll assume I still have 2 functional lungs.
I did almost have a heart attack when after insurance paid 80% I still had to cough up $430 and another at the pharmacy before they said insurance would cover the $102 for my 30 days' prescription.
For those of you who have never had an EKG it is painless except for one thing. The stick like a dozen sensors mostly on your body. It takes longer to place them than to perform the test. I am admittedly a hairy chested man. Ripping them damned sensor stickers off was almost as bad as having the needle stuck in my arm for blood work. 4 hours and the most pleasant thing was peeing in a jar and I paid $430?
Anyway I guess they thought my chest pains were more urgent matter than blood pressure and I was finally diagnosed w/gastritis. No problem, right? Not for me! They expect me to have no more than one 12 oz beer a day? No caffeine? No mint, garlic, onions, spicy food, citrus, tomato based, fried and/or fatty? Just slice my damned throat if I can't shove that into my grocery hole! My diet is salty, spicy, cheesy and greasy! I reckon I can either eat them rice cakes I first thought were coasters or buy a box of Hamburger Helper, dump it into the compost bin and eat the box!
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