I had an episode this afternoon where for roughly an hour, my heart rate dropped to 30bpm. This is according to my smartwatch readout. You may remember that I have experienced some bradycardia in the past year, and it’s part of why I had a loop recorder implanted in my chest recently. Never before has such an episode lasted this long though.
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14 Years and It Still Hurts
8 JunOn this day, fourteen years ago, my wife Barbara passed beyond the veil. I’ve written before about the details of that event, and how traumatic it was for me. Today, I just want to refer my followers to another blog that I have, where I talk about her, her wisdom, and a bit about our life together. You can find it at Barbara’s Words of Wisdom. Blessed be.
Bureaucracy fail
5 JunI’ve been waiting since mid-April for Texas to send me a copy of my birth certificate, so I could get an ID in my new home state. In order to vote, I need an ID, and voting, especially in the upcoming Presidential election, is very important.
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4 JunI attended the local Pride celebration on Saturday, 1-June-2024. It was my first Pride since 2012, back in Houston. Lots of things conspired in the interim to keep me away, none of which are really relevant now.
Continue readingEchocardiogram
26 MayI had a transthoracic echocardiogram on Monday 20-May, as a followup to my cardiac diagnostics. They wanted to check on that enlargement of the ascending aorta, as well as the aortic valve calcification. Short story: Everything is stable.
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26 MayLast week, I bought a new computer for myself / work. I was using a borrowed, older AMD system, which struggled under the load of what I use a computer to accomplish. Yesterday, I undertook to set up that computer.
Continue readingCough update
5 MayI made an appointment this morning and went in to Urgent Care. The cough had progressed from bad to worse.
Continue readingImplant surgery update
2 MayTL; DR: The procedure was quite uneventful. I have an implant (or as my heart sister called it, an alien implant) in my chest. It’s under the skin of my left breast, which is tender and sore at the incision site.
Continue readingNew doctors, progress update
6 AprI’ve made progress in finding new doctors since leaving Atlanta and settling here in my new home.
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An Aging Trans Woman 