I have really poor circulation in my legs. The cardiologist thinks it's just the surface veins, not deep veins. I always thought it was just cosmetic, with varicose veins, etc, but it is causing a lot of edema. So, I guess it's time to deal with it. It will be outpatient and "minimally invasive" so not a big deal. They do each leg separately, so two times. The coordinator said I would only have to take one extra day off of work, since I have a total desk job, the hardest thing I do day to day at work is walk 20 feet into the file room.
The other stuff is kind of pending, he detected a murmur but thinks it's benign. And maybe on the road to CHF, but tests will reveal that, and if it is, it's not really there yet, since my BNP came back normal, high normal but normal, so we can head that off at the pass.
No worries, I'm used to being medically fucked up -- was diagnosed with Type II diabetes at 19, even though at the time I weighed like 155, about 10 lbs less than today -- took oral meds for that for years. As well as very high BP. And a lot of other things. But, none of it is a big deal --you deal with it and move on.
So, on my birthday, a few weeks from now, I decided it's time for my first century ride since I was like 26 -- 100 miles.
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