We received it in the mail today. I am nervous as hell. As usual I try my best not to show it, but the wife sees right through me. She knows me well enough after all these years, she can tell when something worries me.
We waited to open it and read the instructions until the evening after we ate dinner. After reading some very simple instructions, with pictures and everything we attached the sensor. She then setup the monitor.
Now we wait as she wears this thing for three days. Once finished she will mail it back to some place, some where. Then we wait some more.
That place will then send the results to her doctor. We will then probably have to wait some more for her to get into her doctor and receive the results of the monitoring.
Patience is not a virtue of mine. I don't wait well.
The bright side of all this is, she finally made it into the doctor, and they ordered the test. If you read one of my previous posts, I worry about her neglecting her own health to help take care of me, as well as others.
The last little heart episode she had was scary for me. She seemed short of breath and turned all red. I tried convincing her to go to the hospital, but she would not.
Having this flexibility to test at home, while she is doing her normal activities will be optimal in my opinion. It may hsow her that she is doing too much and that she needs some assistance.
I have been trying to gradulally convince her that it may be appropriate to bring someone in to help keep up the house, lawn or other tasks around the home. Due to my health conditions, I can get some home care assistance from the VA.
Of course, she doesn't want anyone in our home cleaning or cooking but her. She is old fashioned like that. However, I think the more I mention it, and the more she has these episodes, the more she is warming up to the idea.
I think some more communication and good heart to heart talks might get her to the right decision.
Would your spouse or partner be receptive to someone else coming in to do their house chores for them? Tell me in the comments.
Thanks for reading,
Joe
Note: Image is my own taken with iPhone SE.
Heart stuff is always scary. Unfortunately if you don't deal with it it will kill you. I see why you were nervous for her. Take advantage of any help the VA will provide!
I would like to, and hopefully I can eventually talk her into it.
oh that is a good step in the right direction. heart problems are really scary, good thing you are hanging on
She is a trooper. She just ignores it and continues doing what she is doing after the episodes pass. It scares me, but I know they scare her too. Hopefully this monitor will tell us something.
hoping for the best possible outcome for you both.
Thank you
Everything will be fine, I always tell myself that, impatience doesn't help, it's true. When someone from outside helps at home we end up working more than if they hadn't come, because we are attentive to make sure they do it well and we are telling them where things are and it's double the wear and tear, that's my opinion.
Best regards.
I imagine that is what my wife would be like as well. That will just have to remain top of mind as we move forward in our discussions. Thank you for stopping in, nice to meet you.
Just do it I say. Maybe to tackle the more (I know I will sound sexist) the manly orientated jobs around the house, lamnmowing etc. Then gradually once she sees it being beneficial she might let them do more for her jobs around the house so to speak.
Not without her permission. I still have to live with her. LOL
I see what you mean though. It all depends on how this next round of meds goeas for me. So far we have made progress. Who knows, I could be dancing circles around this place in a year or two. HAHA
hehe oh well you need to learn to butter her up!
That's kind of cool that they can just mail something like that now. Seems like it will help stubborn folks take better care of themselves. I guess the thing is following up once the results come back. Hope all goes well!
It was a little intimidating for her at first, but it was very simple to put on and activate after reading the instructions. Oh, I will make sure she follows up. I will pester her like she does me.
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Sounds like you two got each other covered 😅👍
Here's hoping for a good outcome @coinjoe 🙏
Thank you. I am sure it is just me giving her bad heartburn or something.😀
I hope it all works out okay. It's pretty amazing what modern medicine an do these days. My mom just finished up wearing an at home heart monitor for 21 days. She was miserable!
Luckily mine only has to wear it for 3 days. I had to wear one for 7. Can’t imagine wearing one for 21 days.
No problem accepting assistance once a week within the home and garden, repairs and upkeep happening right now and thank goodness I per chance found a brilliant helper. No one can tackle everything all the time, we do run out of stamina which immediately plays into health issues. Well done starting to talk about it!
Thank you. It seems we are actually talking more with the empty nest than I thought, which is good. Especially since we both internalize a lot of stuff most times.
Discussing issues together does help, hope all turns out well.
Thank you.