My Life / My Thoughts
An Update On Current Events An update on current events, because some people would like to know how things went last Monday. Last Monday I had an appointment with the Heart Failure Group in the hospital. Initially, I had this appointment for the beginning of April. But because of the burial of my father, this Read More…
I Am a Little Sad/Worried I am a little sad/worried. I know a lot has happened these last few months, but this has shocked me a little and made me a bit sad. Retaining Liquid I know, that with my heart failure, you are retaining liquid faster than other people. Because of heart failure, your Read More…
December 2022 It’s December. To be exact, it is December 2022. As you maybe know from reading my blog, the month of December had passed by several times, since the start of this blog site. The month of December and I have something. Good but I think, most of the time, not so good. Right Read More…
Troubled/Rough Days/Weeks We all have them. Troubled/Rough Days/Weeks. Some are worse than others. Some are okay but then there is a twist at the end. My days/weeks also have their ups and downs. These are things we cannot get used to. We only can persevere. Push on? Sometimes it is better to talk or write Read More…
My Yearly Checkup. It was that time of the year again for my yearly checkup. The checkup of the pacemaker. To see if things are okay. I thought it was always at the beginning of the year, but it was moved a few times because of the pandemic. that is why it is now in Read More…
Heart failure. It’s For Life Heart Failure. It’s for life. Why write a post about this? And why is it for life? In 2018 it was discovered during a regular heart checkup, that I had heart failure. When I heard it, it had a big impact on me. But it also can have an impact Read More…
Health check-update. It is a new year again, and it is time again for my health check-update. Right now it is only the first week of February, and so far I had already three appointments in the hospital. I also already have two more appointments coming soon. The kidney stone update. January 24, 2021, I Read More…
Not Normal (and more) The weather temperatures we have at this moment is not normal.Especially for people with illness or chronic issues. For example people with heart problems.Like me.This very warm weather is not good.At this moment, the temperature is around 34 degrees and in the coming days, this will go up further. The warmer Read More…
Time for my checkup. End of January 2020Time again for my 6 months checkup of the Pacemaker/ICD.And time for my yearly talk with the cardiologist. For the Pacemaker checkup, they will put something that looks like a computer mouse, on the place where the Pacemaker is implanted.This is a “receiver” and it’s connected to a Read More…
Things are stable. At the end of November 2019, I had my regular half-year meeting at the heart failure department.This is just a talk to see how things are. They will check your “dairy” to see if your weight and blood pressure are ok or if there are any remarks.So far things are looking ok. Read More…