20190624 – Monday – Halter Monitor

20190624 – Monday – Halter Monitor

Today I was supposed to go to the RAH and have a halter monitor for my heart.

My friend Nina was one step ahead of me in this. 

She had a halter monitor put on her for four or five days and then went to the next step which is a “loop” inserted underneath the skin of her left breast.

To have this she had to have an anaesthetic. 

Well, I thought long and hard about this.

I have had sundry scans and CTs and Pet Scans and now I was to have heart monitors and loops and goodness knows what else.

I had had enough.

I cancelled my appointment and did not rebook it.

I have made a decision, I will have no more operations, knee replacements or otherwise, no scans, no heart monitors.

I am over it!

I am 80 this year.

I have lived 10 years over my allotted “three-score years and ten.” 

I am ready for whatever God has in store for me. 

I would rather fall into the hands of God than of man.

So I will live each day “in the day.” 

Few doctor’s appointments, and no hospital appointments.

There is no way I am going to have a “loop” inserted in my right breast just for the interest of some unnamed doctors who want to know stuff.

They never tell me any thing about their findings anyway.

But I will take ALL my drugs, on time and as specified.

I have learned that lesson.

After my stint in Flinders and Hempstead Rehab, I believe they certainly know their stuff.

I believe I had the stroke because I had stopped taking my drugs, and that it was entirely my fault and most likely was because of my high blood pressure at the time.

So now I have to live with it, and get on with my life, but without all this constant experimentation by the hospitals.

So I will enjoy my days and live “in the present.”

And besides I believe Jesus Christ will be here very soon and I won’t need any more scans or monitors.