Had my next appointment with my cardiologist today.
Had a bit of an epiphany today.


I realized that when you have had a major health problem, you become very one-dimensional.
Okay, Craig.....What does THAT mean? What "dimensions" are you talking about?


I mean that your sense of "healthy" becomes very one-dimensional.




As I said, I had my cardiologist appointment today, and it went well. He was happy with my progress. He felt I was continuing with a good solid recovery. As always, there is the question and answer period.
"How do you feel?"
"Any chest pain?"
"Do you have any questions?"


Well, I told him I felt fine, and I feel "pretty good, but..."
As you already know, I have felt a soreness in my chest for a few weeks now. It wasn't a heart attack, but I was sore....officially, I could say I had "chest pain."


I also have been having headaches and a VERY stuffed up nose.


...and back to the appointment......


The take your blood pressure, your pulse, your pulse oxygen. The doctor listens to your lungs (deep breath, and again, and again...). The doctor listens to your heart. Everything sounded fine.


The doctor looks at the EKG that the nurse took (BTW, those take all of 5 seconds). Everything looked fine.


"SO, doc...the pain, the soreness, is NOT my heart?"
"Nope." (Okay, so he didn't actually SAY, nope)


"Whew!" Since the pain was not my heart.....
.....all is okay.


Ummmmmm....wait, there is still a pain in my chest, headaches and hard breathing due to a clogged nose.


See, what I mean by one-dimensional is the feeling of total relief when I found out the symptoms were not my heart. That ONE fact made me feel all better.


But , here is the thing.....I STILL have symptoms, symptoms of SOMETHING.
It may be remnants of broken ribs form CPR, it may be a cold, it may be the fact that I have been lifting has made an old injury resurface; nothing.


BUT, here is the thing....as soon as I found out it was likely not my heart, I immediately said it was "nothing." I had no need to ask, "what would it be." I felt no need to find out more. I was satisfied that that ONE THING was okay.


Now...I don't want anyone to think I am all worked up about what it "might" be. No doctor, was overly worried, not my primary, not my cardiologist, not my physical therapist. It is likely the ribs from CPR.


The POINT is...yes, I promise, I have a point....as soon as that ONE dimension of my health as cleared, I was okay with it. I was fine once it was not my heart. Nothing else almost killed me, so nothing else is worth worrying about right now..............one dimensional.


There is no great lesson tonight, no heartfelt message. I just wanted you to know what is going through my mind lately.


Hope you all are doing well & know that I appreciate you all and the parts of YOUR lives that you share with me every time you sit down to read my work.


Good night & God bless.