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We had dinner at Liberty’s Restaurant & Lounge followed by “Defending The Caveman” at the Sheldon Theatre in Red Wing.

I spent most of the morning in the Cardiovascular Diseases Health Clinic in consult with a Cardiologist.  WOW!  This Guy went over the results of my stress test and really helped me understand my low blood pressure, low blood sugar and asthma.  How they are related and affect each other.  He even dug out the old blood pressure monitoring results for discussion.  Low blood sugar will trigger a drop in blood pressure.  My insulin sensitivity figures in here.  In his opinion “Eat more salt” was bad advice.  Where most people have rheostat switches, I have only an on/off.  My body is hypersensitive to changes.  I am very fit (for a woman my age).  Could I be more fit?  Yes.  But.  While making it clear he was not trying to discourage me, the only thing being more fit would do for me is allow me to eat more.  He feels an increase in exercise intensity may actually exacerbate my asthma, blood pressure and blood sugar issues.  Increased fitness will not result in a greater tolerance level.  I can’t do anything about the asthma, but I have a good understanding how to properly fuel for the blood sugar/pressure issues.  Though, it seems I’ve had it backwards.  I’ve always been more concerned with what I eat before, he says it’s what I eat after that will be more important if I want to say, run a marathon.  He couldn’t stress enough how important hydration is for me.  He was happy with my weight; “to weigh any less gains nothing from a health/fitness standpoint and actually adds to my osteoporosis risk.” I still think I need to be rid of ten pounds.  Total Cholesterol=199.  Triglycerides=52.  HDL=102.  LDL=87.  Total-to-HDL Radio=2.0.  Total LDL Part.Count=600 (this is the number he was most thrilled with).  Blood Pressure=112/75.  Fasting Blood Glucose=80.  I’ll spare you the details of my visit with Gynecology.  Home Sweet Home !!

So far today:  Urine Test, Blood Tests, Electrocardiogram, Shoulder X-ray and Mammogram.  The Man who drew my blood this morning does that 50 times each day.  No wonder he’s so good at it.  My instructions are to eat a good brunch before I go meet with Dr. Millman so I am properly fueled and digested for my stress test later this afternoon.  I met my LockerMate from the Marsh in the Executive Health waiting area early this morning, she’s here for the same drill.  I’m surprised I’ve not seen her since.  Stress test; 4.2 mph @ 16% incline.  But, not for long!  Back to C1 for another little bottle as it seems I failed the urine test.  Will find out what that’s about tomorrow.  This morning’s first appointment was at 6:45, I get to sleep another hour tomorrow!

My car was telling me to “Check Coolant Level” again/still this morning.  As much as I didn’t want to take the time to stop at the Dealership, even worse was the thought of getting stranded half way to Rochester.  The ServiceMan’s visual inspection was the same as the AmocoGuy and Steve’s; “it’s fine”.  Before he attributed it to a sensor malfunction, he decided to pour in about a cup of coolant.  Problem solved!  While they were under the hood they noticed my car has developed a known hood latch quirk.  They fixed that too.  Fifteen minutes well spent.  There was no charge for the service.  I am well pleased to receive this level of service on a car that’s 5 years old and has 85,000 miles on it.  Since the car was so filthy as to be almost unsafe to drive, I ran it through the car wash.  I hope I don’t live to regret that.

Mass and lunch at St. Hubert’s.  Celebration of the Rite of Election at the Basilica of Saint Mary.  No, not the Cathedral.

I spent most of the day at my office.  Came home to chicken roasted with rutabaga, potatoes and parsnips, wild rice and cole slaw.  All the stuff I’ve been hungry for!  I did something to my right shoulder blade.