random life update thing [updated 12/10/13]
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I typically never do these kinds of things but some stuff's been goin on recently so yeah
a couple weeks ago I saw a doctor about a cold, and while I was there he took my blood pressure and was very concerned about how high it was and told me to schedule an appointment with my usual doctor to have it looked at.
about a week later I did so and was sent home with a prescription for blood pressure medicine that I now have to take regularly as well as instructions to have lab work done ASAP.
on thursday I went in and had bloodwork, urinalysis, chest X-rays, and an EKG done.
today I received a call from the hospital, who want me to come back in for more tests to be checked for possible liver and heart issues after some potentially problematic things apparently showed up on the tests.
I've also been experiencing some pretty constant stomach problems that I'm honestly kind of scared to tell the doctor about and have looked at, because they line up pretty condemningly with symptoms of a serious health issue that runs in my family and has already affected my mother and second-eldest brother.
on top of that I was recently dropped from the insurance plan I was on and now everything has to be paid for out-of-pocket.
kinda sucks tbh.
EDIT 12/10/13: I went in and had more bloodwork and an echo cardiogram done. the bloodwork results came back fine, thankfully, but they're still waiting on the results of the echo. should be getting a call about that sometime within the next few days.
meanwhile, last week I had a follow-up appointment regarding my blood pressure. they told me that it was still too high and have doubled the dosage of my meds.
unfortunately the insurance issues haven't been resolved yet, so everything is still being paid for out-of-pocket.
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