93th Day of Spring, 97th Day of Social Distancing, 28th Day of Phase 2, Safer at Home (North Carolina)
Well I've had nurses put those sticky leads on me, and wires going into a machine for EKG's several times in the last month.
But with my shortness of breath just walking around, I've been designated a candidate for a portable heart monitor here at home. It will be part of my life for nine days. I think I'm supposed to tell it if I feel any kind of "event." So far I've just fixed breakfast.
I've not done much of anything last weekend. No real reason. I just am letting myself lie in bed and read my books on the iPad...library digital books. It's been easy in bed to put on the C-Pap too, so I am breathing filtered air which doesn't really seem to help with my cough. The minute I lie down, I start coughing. So that usually happens for a while. Then I settle in and can read for a half hour or so without much interruption. (Coughing is a normal symptom of Bronchiectasis, which doesn't seem to have any cure.)
I don't have a really comfortable chair to sit back in to read...with the exception of the love-seat which is my favorite place from which I watch TV. It's not that great for reading. I think because I tilt back a bit, with my head bent forward. I can't sit very long in that position. Now sitting upright at the computer, my main fault is bending my neck forward till my back and shoulders complain!
Anyway...I'm still getting used to having a little monitor hanging off my front...with a phone that reminds me periodically to check leads. Oops, it just called me.
I slept ok, but had an hour or so interrupted sleep (which sometimes happens.) With the cool weather (not above 60 today) I turned the heat on. It's also to help keep the humidity down.
I'm sitting here eating my oatmeal with blueberries this morning. Hope you have a great day.
Today's quote:
It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence. -William Kingdon Clifford, mathematician and philosopher (4 May 1845-1879)
