"This, then, is the agreement: Learning to live is learning to love, and learning to love is learning to die — the imperative in the inevitable that renders our transience meaningful and holy. The price of this holiness is absolute humility: There is no pact to be made with the universe — we die, whether or not we agree to it, whether or not we have learned how to love in the bright interlude between atom and dust. We may or may not be lucky enough to live out the two billion heartbeats our creaturely inheritance has allotted us. But no matter how many we actually get, it matters how we spend them and what we spend them on. It may be the only thing that matters."
Maria Popova in The Marginalian
Going to my cardiologist today. Perhaps that's what made me think of my mortality. But I've been faithfully taking my meds and 3 years ago was the last time they checked on me. When I called to see if I should schedule a 2 year appointment last year, since he'd said he could extend my visits to every 2 years, they wouldn't give me an appointment. At the time the nurse/scheduler told me he was only seeing patients who'd just come out of the hospital. OK, that's fine. I'm dealing with other things anyway.
But a couple of weeks ago they called me and said I should come see a Physician's Assistant since they keep renewing my medications. So that's what this is supposedly all about. Heart attack was in May of 2020. That's over 4 years ago. I've had some scares that turned out to be heart burn, indigestion, or muscle pains from coughing. Nothing related to my heart itself. Whew.
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The photos are all beautiful. I hope all goes well with your checkup! Take care, have a great day and happy week ahead.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your good wishes, and happy next week of this season!
DeleteIt's inevitable and not gloomy to think about although I guess it could be. Have a good week.
ReplyDeleteWe're all on the cycle and hopefully can have a good ride.
Delete...during this gloom period, let your light shine.
ReplyDeleteSo far the gloom hasn't caught me...don't ask in February though! For me this is a season of joy (and denial perhaps) since we made it through Hurricane Helene and the election and are still walking and talking!
DeleteHope the appointment goes well.
ReplyDeleteThanks! It did and I'm even going to try to take one less medication. Feeling relieved and had my questions all answered by the young PA who saw me.
DeleteI trust you are doing well! When Joe had his surgery, and my ex-husband died the same month, I ended up in hospital with chest pains. Whew.
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