Visit to Cardiologist

Yesterday, I visited my Cardiologist and before I share the visit let me tell you this.  I make an appointment in the afternoon because there are usually no delays although I know there can be and because there is plenty of parking since most people try to go early.  However, going late puts one in afternoon traffic which can be a hassle sometimes.  Appointments with the Cardiologist usually take about 45 minutes from arrival in the lobby until checkout.

When I saw my Cardiologist, I was asked how I felt and I said better now which prompted him to ask me why I said that.   My Cardiologist had not been told by other departments at UT Medical Center that I had been hospitalized, that my blood pressure had dropped severely and that I had been in SEPSIS or with an infection that was causing organ failure.

I asked him just like I asked those doctors when I was hospitalized was I now predisposed to afib and the response was NO...  However my Cardiologist said that was not the case that I was now predisposed and put me on a blood thinner to keep me from having a stroke.  Even with my insurance that medicine is costing me a $1 a day.