Hi Vic:

Yes, I am using our office scheduling and prioritize action items for each day. It works out really well. The problem is the list keeps growing. I have to study for my drivers license renewal. I think this is going to be the last time I renew it. California has what started out to be a pamphlet drivers manual to well over 120 pages now. Why do things have to be so danged verbose? 🙂 Computer is supposed to save time, etc. and now it is the exact opposite. I am totally frustrated. I just can't seem to calm down my anxieties.

I have been on Plavix about 1-1/2 years now. It is definitely helping me. I feel so much better on it. Yes, I bleed easily, but that's the price. My arteries have
severe calcification.

I just want to get all this done and finally retire to my gardens. I love to garden. I did manage to get some tomatoes, peppers, onions planted and have seeds for much, much more.

My Cardiologist has called in another Loma Linda doctor, a Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery with Mayo Clinic background. I have yet to see him, but have an in-person appointment on August 16.

I don't know what to expect. I don't know this field at all so people talk to me using their vernacular and none of it makes sense to me. The young folks talk so darn fast, I can't understand them, so I miss a lot of what they are trying to say. I ask them to slow down and to speak clearly, and they get insulted. I can't win. I feel like people just want to get rid of us old folks.

I try to research on the net to find answers to some of my questions. There is one type of cancers therapy that seems to draw a lot of attention ... chemo. What is it? Why is it bad? Why should I avoid it at all costs?

Vic, are you a moderator? How are you feeling? How long since you've been diagnosed? What are your issues?

Thank you for spending time with me. I truly appreciate it.

Elizabeth