https://lindarushby.com/2021/02/09/paliptations/ Blogger, traveller, poet, indie publisher - 'I am the Cat who walks by herself, and all places are alike to me' Tue, 09 Feb 2021 18:09:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://lindarushby.com/2021/02/09/paliptations/#comment-60 Tue, 09 Feb 2021 18:09:11 +0000 http://lindarushby.com/?p=1452#comment-60 A couple of years ago, prior to an op, the appointed anaesthetist insisted that I take blood thinning tablets before the op because I had an irregular heartbeat. The surgeon assured me that if you have an irregular heartbeat you were born with it. I didn’t argue, after all he was going to make a hole in my body, but the numerous health checks, which included pulse rate records, whilst I was in the army (34 years) had never disclosed an irregular heartbeat.
After the successful op I chucked the blood thinners away, the potential side effects were, to me, unacceptable.
I have a skin problem which the dermatologist that I visited said is largely caused, or at least, what was originally a tendency has been aggravated by by the constant, ongoing stress of trying to deal with/help our youngest son who is alcoholic. I think that stress is what caused the heartbeat irregularity.
Who am I to doubt the surgeon? well, I’ve lived in this body for eighty years so I have a bit of experience of its ups and downs and anyway… it’s mine!

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