Morning Med

An hour after taking morning medication my pressure is 169/108 pr 68.
I'll start looking for a new doctor next week.

Negativity

I am having my usual problems with doctors in the US. I returned from Mexico with my usual 'turistas' and my home remedies have not gotten rid of them. The Indian doctor I have used here has set me up with an Arab liver specialist. I don't get it. What I need most is an adjustment in my blood pressure medication. My pressure has jumped from an average of about 120/70 to and average of about 170/100. Too high. Pulse rate has stayed in the mid 60s.

I'm pretty sure that I can get better treatment from a doctor I find in Morelia, Bogota, Montevideo, or Chaing Mai.

Right now a half dozen helicopters are being put through low level maneuvers just above and around my house. The noise vibrates the walls of my chest as well as the walls of my house. Very annoying!

The 60 some yards of cement I had poured here was badly handled. The grades are incorrect and there is much more cracking than is to be expected. I don't like to look at it.

I don't feel well. Have some chest discomfort.

Dreams

I dream of a doctor who will teach me. I dream of a doctor who will take the time to be my honest teacher.

Speaking of honesty, I dream of a doctor who will tell me promptly when he does not know or is very from sure about what is going on with me.

I dream of a nurse who has and keeps a useful and ongoing health record of mine.

I dream of a nurse who promptly and definitely tells when she/he thinks I should or should not see a doctor.

I dream of a doctor who will promptly tell me when he thinks I should see a specialist. I dream that he will explain exactly why he thinks the specialty he has chosen is applicable to me at this time. I dream that he will tell me why he has chose this particular specialist.

Dreams

Taking Care of Ourself

It sometimes seems hard to take care of oneself.
Even little things sometimes seem difficult.
Sometimes every little things seems difficult.
Might it be that taking care of oneself nearly everything?
Finding and keeping a doctor may seem hard.
Keeping a good medical record may seem hard.
Seeing blood pressure jump up for no apparent reason seems hard to deal with.
Realizing that one has had nearly continuous pain for a long time seems hard.
Getting enough exercise to keep metabolism up and weight down seems hard.

Other things seem much easier. for example:
1. taking chicken soup for a cold
2. not getting most vaccinations
3. avoiding protracted bed-rest
4. exercising enough to control restless leg syndrome
5. washing ones hands often
6. drinking plenty of fluids

We don't all find the same things hard or easy, but we all find some things easier than others.

Then there are things that fall in between. For me its:
1. tetanus and diphtheria booster shots
2. icing a headache; putting ice where the pain is.
4. licking a wound.

There are hard and easy things to in situations that don't involve physical health.We also assume the task of taking care of the economic, spiritual, social, political and emotional self. We take care of the home and family self. the church and work self. Where does it all end. We do get to be with the happy satisfied self and to indulge the R and R self.