Day 61

Does it say on my forehead Give Her Burnt Toast? I hate burnt toast and it seems anytime I order when we out anything with toast it will arrive burnt.

Dear Waitess/Server, Do you think I won't notice the blackness or the dryness of the toast you just delievered? Would you eat this crap? Please take it back to the cook and tell him... oh well. And please do not just flip it over and serve it again. Yes, I will notice that the other side is still burnt.

Sincerely, me

Michael says I am banned from ordering toast in restaurants.

There is a chance Spokane will get an aquarium. I have emailed every city council person, the mayor and the local newspaper. I am hopeful that the city will see this as an economic stimulator, but, alas it is Spokane.

Eat, Drink and Be Merry, because tomorrow you might be in Spokane.

Day 60

Sometimes biting your tongue is the best way to go.

Beautiful day today. Feels so much like Spring.

Day 59

Just a peaceful Sunday. Content with my world.

Day 58

Just a typical Saturday for us. Lots of sun and I even saw a temperature sign say 56 degrees! Took the dogs to the groomer while Michael went to see Dr Lenoue. We met back at the house and then went to lunch. After lunch we went and bought him a nice new dress shirt in his favorite dark maroon color.

We finally bought new mattresses for the Craftmatic beds in our guest room. Found them at a local furniture store at 1/2 the price of Furniture Row. They had to be ordered and will arrive Thursday.

The afternoon we spent the day doing chores and watching tv. We also watched the movie The Ugly Truth. It was funny and worth renting. he ending was a little predictable but that was okay too.

Day 57

I blew off going and getting the CPAP mask. I am just not ready to commit to it. I am sleeping so well that I don't want to mess it up. I may order another sleep study to see if it is really needed.

I did not have even one number on the Mega Millions ticket that I bought. No 99 million dollars for me.

Looks like a mixed weather bag of a weekend, but, it still going to be fun!

Day 56

Sleeping good, trying to stick to the diet and working diligently at work.

Last night I was invited to join the boys in their night out. We went to the Davenport Towers for dinner. Pretty swanky. If I win the lottery I would live in nice hotels, starting with Davenport Hotel in Spokane. I could think of hundreds of wonderful hotels across the country that could be "home".

Day 55

This morning I am going in for a nuclear stress test. This is where they inject isotopes into me to stress the heart to see if it is bleeding anywhere. They said 2 hours, I'm hoping for less. Then regular tests and a visit with the cardiologist.

Tonight Michael has a boys night out planned, so I am free as a bird.

Day 54

I slept so good last night. Even dreamed. Yesterday was such a bad day. But I'm going to shake it off and look forward to what today brings.

Day 53

This is how I felt today. Knives out. Are all doctor's offices becoming the same? Too busy to help their patients, too cynical to even be nice to their customers?

I called the clinic because I thought just maybe my doctor might want to see me after I had the heart procedure last Friday. My goodness the run around you have to go through. The first person was nice enough and said she would call me right back. I waited 3 hours for a call back which never came. I called and got another person who was so snotty I wanted to go through the phone and just bitch slap her. She actually told me I would need to be patient. I think 3 hours is being pretty damn patient. I slammed the phone down so hard I think the whole office heard it. Amazingly after I did that another person called me back and said yes, the doctor would like to see me, like I should be grateful. When I slammed the phone down I was thinking of finding a new doctor. We have 4 huge hospitals in town and hundreds of clinics and lots of doctors to choose from. The day and the phone calls to doctors' offices went downhill from there. All I'm saying is after the thousands of dollars myself and my insurance company have paid you, can you not show a little customer service?

I know I am difficult and probably way annoying. But I have never been this sick before. I have questions, I have concerns and I don't like being blown off and treated like a pain in the ass. I don't need your lectures. Okay rant over.

Does anyone else have issues with their clinics and doctor's nurses?

Day 52

More recooperating.

Watched NASCAR on the Califoria track to see Jimmie Johnson win once more.

Day 51

No driving, just recooperating.

Day 50

Spent the morning relaxing getting ready to go to Deaconness. Then the nurse calls and said can you come right now, we moved up the schedule. No time to worry, just time to go.

Lots of commotion and a swarm of people to get you ready. They gave me the stuff that makes you not remember and then asked if I would roll to my side. LOL, sure. Gone before I knew I was on my side. Camera down, no clots, 2 zaps and my heart is back to normal. Toast and diet 7 up and then wheelchair ride to the car.

I know it was the prescribed Avandia that did this to me. I am now 100% sure. If you are on Avandia, stop NOW. Do not take any more. When the class action suit is filed I will sign my name to it. They knew since 2007 that this causes heart problems, but, did not share until this year.

Day 49

Cardioverson is a nonsurgical procedure used to change the heartbeat from an irregular rhythm, called atrial fibrillation, to a normal, regular rhythm. Small amounts of electrical current are given through patches or paddles placed on the check and back. The electrical current restores the heart to a normal rhythm.

Day 48

Sleep Apnea is a common disorder in which you have one or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths while you sleep. (Try 38 times per hour)

Breathing pauses can last a few seconds to minutes. They often occur 5 to 30 times or more an hour. Typically, normal breathing then starts again, sometimes with a loud snort or choking sound.

Sleep apnea usually is a chronic (ongoing) condition that disrupts your sleep 3 or more nights a week. You often move out of deep sleep and into light sleep when your breathing pauses and becomes shallow.

This results in poor sleep quality that makes you tired during the day. Sleep apnea is one of the leading causes of excessive daytime sleepiness.

Day 47 Fat Tuesday

We used to live in Hammond, LA, on the north shore of Lake Ponchatrain. I loved it there. Even the weather with those intense thunder and lightning storms that blew in from the gulf. We lived in a shotgun house up on stilts owned by the local barber, Mr. Louie, who was cajun. Late at night the radio would broadcast wonderful zydeco and cajun music from Lafayette.

New Orleans was a different place. Sirens all the time. When we first arrived there before moving to Hammond we stayed in a motel where they had a donut shop across the street. Everytime a new batch of donuts were ready a strobe light would come on and cars came from every which way and they would be packed until they turned the light off. Made us laugh.

Hope everyone enjoyed Mardi Gras because tomorrow is Ash Wednesday the starting of Lent. A time when I was a child that was not my favorite.