Heart

THE PROBLEMS OF GETTING COVID TREATMENT

By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/22/2023 • ( 6 )

Considering how many vaccinations we’ve had, I would have liked if they’d worked longer. They didn’t prevent us from getting it — though Garry is still negative — but they did keep us from getting really bad cases. Everyone told… Read More ›

DOES YOUR DOCTOR IGNORE YOU?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 12/01/2022 • ( 10 )

My son had to find a new doctor because not only did his doctor ignore him, but never, in two years, did she have time to actually SEE him in person. She had, from when Garry and I had used… Read More ›

SO I WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND FOUND OUT I’M ALIVE

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/10/2022 • ( 14 )

When you’ve had a lot of health problems and you have to make your annual pilgrimage to the cardiologist, you want to hear only good things. I was lucky because basically, I heard nothing. No news is good news. Everything… Read More ›

STARTING WITH H

By Marilyn Armstrong on 05/27/2022 • ( 2 )

CMMC – May’s Alphabet Letter H Home, heron, horses, hydrangea, hairy woodpecker, hearing and a heart cushion. “H” words have the day. I ran out of room before I ran out of pictures — and that’s rare!

WE ARE ALL SURVIVORS

By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/22/2022 • ( 12 )

In 2010, I discovered I had cancer in both breasts. Two unrelated tumors making me twice lucky. They removed the tumors and the associated breasts, gave me very attractive replacements which are perkier than the old ones in an artificial… Read More ›

UPDATE: MARILYN – SATURDAY PM

By Garry Armstrong on 03/19/2022 • ( 17 )

FLASHBACK FRIDAY On Saturday – Originally written on March 19, 2014 by Garry Armstrong. Update by Marilyn. Not all flashbacks are fun to read or remember. Eight years ago, I was in Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital trying to stay alive…. Read More ›

A DAY OF RECKONING

By Marilyn Armstrong on 02/08/2022 • ( 15 )

I’ve been fighting to get MassAdvantage to work with us rather than against us. We are their customers, people who use their doctors and hospital who they enlisted in this plan. This isn’t a national or even regional plan. It’s… Read More ›

RERUNS, SURVIVAL, AND DRUG PRICES

By Marilyn Armstrong on 02/07/2022 • ( 35 )

ANOTHER YEAR ROLLS AROUND Yesterday was my 12th anniversary on this blog. I have written more than 12,000 posts and have just under 30,000 photographs in the media library. I have been a very busy lady. I try to add… Read More ›

MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS? DONE! – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 05/16/2020 • ( 24 )

Having written about it, I realized I had to actually DO something about getting all these medical things set up. I am convinced if I breathe “regular out-of-house air” I’m going to die. That’s not necessarily true, but that’s how… Read More ›

WHOLE BODY HEALTH: I KNEW IT! – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 10/31/2019 • ( 23 )

I was sure that the damage to my heart was related to the drugs they gave me for cancer which had been dealt with just four years earlier. Tonight, on CBS News, they are finding a direct link between breast… Read More ›

LOCAL NEWS FROM UXBRIDGE! – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 10/26/2019 • ( 8 )

So what have I been doing with myself? It certainly hasn’t been creative writing or photography. Mostly, it has been medical. Yesterday, I spent the day with the valve specialist and got the best news of the month. My heart… Read More ›

FANDANGO’S PROVOCATIVE QUESTION #27 – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 06/13/2019 • ( 16 )

Fandango’s Provocative Question #27 The question this week is exactly the kind of question I do not ever want to answer. It might be a question nobody wants to answer unless they are a medical researcher with skin in the game,… Read More ›

YOUR DOCTOR AND YOU – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/27/2019 • ( 7 )

Today is the fifth anniversary of when I went into Beth Israel for my heart surgery. I had found my own surgeon by looking for the one guy who had significant experience repairing (rather than replacing) heart valves. Of course,… Read More ›

A CALL FROM THE HEART GUY – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/20/2019 • ( 27 )

I hadn’t heard from the heart doctor. Having not heard anything, I eventually concluded that there must be nothing important to talk about because if there were, someone would have mentioned it. This evening, the doctor called. So it turns… Read More ›

WORLD WITHOUT WI-FI? – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/13/2019 • ( 14 )

FOWC with Fandango — Wi-Fi Although we have managed to remove cable television from our lives, you just can’t do without wi-fi. As a result, Charter/Spectrum’s wi-fi now cost more than their entire cable package used to cost. $76 for… Read More ›

A GOOD NEWS-BAD NEWS KIND OF DAY – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 02/21/2019 • ( 41 )

Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. That’s what was wrong with me. I had my heart surgery 4 years 11-1/2 months ago. As far as I knew, I never got an explanation of what exactly was wrong with me or what was done… Read More ›