August 9, 2009 — I am making a little trip to San Antonio today to check-in to the Audie L. Murphy VA Medical Center so that they can do an angiogram on me Monday morning. I didn't get the call about this until this past Friday morning, so Wanda and I have been scrambling a bit to get everything lined up so that our pets are looked after and she is cleared from work. Why all the fuss you might say? Well seems it is unknown as to just what all might get done or need to be done based on this angiogram....it could be nothing...it could mean stents being inserted...or it could mean bypass surgery. All of these affect just how long I might have to stay.
I have done my reading on angiograms and stents and understand fairly well what to expect. I am not however very excited about bypass surgery. All that the cardiologist told me was it depended on blockage/s being found, and he was fairly certain that would be the case, and just how sever the situation. Well okay...I am not one to mistrust Drs out of hand. I do have the concerns of my current abdominal aorta aneurysm and my history of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). So I have made sure that all of that is documented in my VA medical chart. I will again reiterate those points with the medicos at Audie L. Murphy. So I am ready and willing to get on with this.
A couple of other points before I go and those concern the debate that is raging over changes in health care in this country. It is becoming increasingly apparent that there is little effort being made to have constructive bipartisan debate by our government on this issue. This is just so wrong! I do not condone those that are demonstrating disruptively so at various town hall meetings being held by some elected officials. While I defend their right to demonstrate... being disruptive in doing so only complicates and adds nothing to the debate. I also do not condone a legislator telling his constituents he was supporting the Presidents position regardless of how those constituents might feel. That's what mine did. And, the President continues to alarm the public by saying that this health care issue is a major factor in the state of the economy. Again, he is using a scare tactic and not telling the truth. The media is also of no help (not to surprisingly) as their major focus is now turning away from the facts and instead centering on those few that are demonstrating in the wrong way. Talk about a need for getting a grip...the news media needs to do that.
Well I do not know just when I will get to blog again...hopefully it will only be a day or so. In the meantime, I encourage us all to keep seeking the truth in everything...it's what really matters!
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