So, before I get into what I did today, let me just inform about my Hernia appointment I had with the surgeon today. Well, it's a funny story. Lisa took me to the hospital. I was in the waiting room and I got called in right away to get my vitals checked. They checked my weight, and I was down over 15 pounds Woohoo!!! More great news, my blood pressure came down. It was in the 140's before, now it's in the 130's!!! How cool is that!!! The nurse said it was pretty good. She said it could be lower, but that it's ok. The more weight I drop, the more it should come down so I'm very happy about that. So after she checked all that, she sent me out to the waiting room because there were no rooms available for me to wait in just yet. Anyway, I had to set a while. About 30 minutes later, that same nurse came out and gave me a paper stating that I had surgery this Friday 5/23 at 9:15am. It said I needed to go downstairs to the day surgery and sign up, then go to get an EKG. I was freaking out! I'm like, Damn I haven't even seen a doctor yet, this must be a serious hernia!! Oh man, so I go to the counter and ask them if I'm supposed to just go get all that stuff done. The girl behind the counter didn't know so she asked for me. A few minutes later, another nurse came out and asked me if my name was Charles. I said no, then told her My name. She came over and looked at my paper. She said, "have you even seen the doctor yet?" I'm like, No. Then she said, "Well how the heck did you get this paper!!" LOL they screwed up. Apparently that paper was meant for some other dude who was getting a hernia surgery. I guess they thought it was me. I was super relieved. That was a funny situation. Lisa was over there laughing at me!! Anyway, about 10 minutes later I finally got called in to see the doctor. It was really quick. I get in there, after a minute or so, the doc comes in. He gets into his computer to check my records, then he says Ok, let me have a look at this hernia. He asked me to pull up my shirt. I did. He looked at my stomach for a while confused. He thought it would be sticking out, which is what I guess hernia's do. I told him that you can't see it, you can only feel it just inside my belly button. So he felt for it, then told me to cough. After, he told me to lie on the table so I did and he checked again, told me to cough. He felt it then and before, after he had this kinda grin on his face. He said, well "I don't think you have a hernia." I'm like, What?! He said that what it seems to be was something to do with the umbilical cord closing up after your born and that it sometimes opens....or something like that. He said that's all it was. He said it's nothing that requires surgery and that it's not cancer or anything bad! I was SOOOO RELIEVED!!!!!!!!! He said for now just leave it alone and that if it ever does get any bigger or starts to hurt, just come on back and they can fix it right up easily. Then he sent me home!!! Now how Awesome is that!!! This whole time I was worried for nothing. I guess that was just God's way of getting me to the hospital to get notice on my health, which was the real issue. I needed to drop weight bad to avoid any serious health problems, a task I've started on April 29 til today, as recorded in this blog. So yeah, that was Awesome news!!!
After the hospital, I called my mom and told her. She was happy that it was nothing bad. Lisa and I then headed to Walmart here in town. I bought some stuff for my A/C which I'm gonna hook up tomorrow. I also bought a new weigh scale just so I'll have two of them and get more accurate readings when I monitor my weight. I got some movies and bought Lisa some stuff. After, we went and got a light lunch, then headed home. About 6:30pm, we headed out and did another 2 1/2 miles. I forgot to mention, this morning before goin to the hospital, I did 2 1/2 miles. So, again total 5 miles today. Feeling pretty good, but I've got a bruise on my heel. Lisa looked at it for me because I thought I had a sticker in there, but it looks like a bruise. Kinda hurts when I was walking this evening. After we got back home, my right knee was hurtin again. I think I've been at it too long. I'm thinking of taking a rest day tomorrow. I need to give my knee a day to rest, as well as giving my heel a day to heal up. So, I think that's the plan tomorrow.
A light dinner of salad, eggs and some corned beef hash tonight. Very good! I'm getting so used to water that it's starting to taste as good as my old favorite drink, Iced Tea. Just plain water too. No flavors or sweeteners added to it. Just plain old fashioned, God given, water! Another really Great day with some really Excellent news!!!! Lookin forward to resting tomorrow.
Goodnight ;}
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