After my 10am Dr. appointment with the endocrinologist, we hit the road back to Atlanta. Angie and Josh are heading to St. Louis for a baptism on the 7th and we promised to granddog sit again.
Weather was great again.
Showing posts with label 2016 Sept St. Louis trip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2016 Sept St. Louis trip. Show all posts
Monday, October 10, 2016
Oct. 2, 2016---white river!
Between all the Dr. appointments and visits with friends, I managed to get a couple walks in. I like to walk to the park a short distance behind out house---St. Cin in Hazelwood. I was even surprised to see these pretty wild flowers growing along the way.
But I was downright shocked when I came to the bridge going over to the park and saw the white river!
Cold Water Creek has been in the news a lot because of hazards found in the water, but I don't recall it ever being white before!!!
I happened to still be there when Missouri Water showed up. One of the drivers walked over to the creek, looked at it, went back to the truck, and they all look off. Apparently they figured it wasn't something they did, so they weren't going to do anything about it. For 2 or 3 days the news talked about the white creek and how water samples were taken, but they didn't know what it was for about 3 days. Apparently a truck carrying latex crashed and they were told to wash it down the creek since it's "water soluble". Eventually they were told to clean it up, but that took a few more days.
I continued on my walk. I was surprised to find bananas growing in someone's yard! Can't say I've ever seen that before in St. Louis county!
So my exercise for the day turned out to be a rather interesting walk!
On my follow up walk on the 5th, this is how the "cleaned up" creek looked----
Between all the Dr. appointments and visits with friends, I managed to get a couple walks in. I like to walk to the park a short distance behind out house---St. Cin in Hazelwood. I was even surprised to see these pretty wild flowers growing along the way.
On my follow up walk on the 5th, this is how the "cleaned up" creek looked----
Sept. 27, 2016---heading back to St. Louis for a bit:
Yep, time to hit the road again! Ken likes to say we're spending a lot of money to store our furniture here in Georgia!
I made the mistake of going to my Dr.s back in June ---mainly just to get my prescriptions refilled. Hard to believe a mere 10 years ago I finally went to an internist for a complete physical---first one since the college sports physical I had when I was at UMSL playing varsity volleyball. I no longer go to the internist, but now I have an electrocardiologist, endocrinologist, orthopedist, ophthalmologist, and will soon have a pulmonologist! And some of them keep wanting me to come back every couple months since June! After a year of calf muscle tears and then recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery a couple years ago, I thought I was finally doing well again! Until the electrocardiologist said it was time to wear a heart monitor again, to check on my A-fib. Trip 2 back to St. Louis was to discus the heart monitor results with the electrocardiaologist. I'm in A-fib 22% of the time now---even though I seldom notice it. The Dr. recommended seeing a heart surgeon and having an ablation. Trip 3 back to St. Louis was to see the heart surgeon. Turns out heart surgery won't be covered by insurance until I tried heart rhythm meds first. He also recommended a sleep study since a majority of people with A-fib also have sleep apnea. Trip 4 to St. Louis was to see how the heart meds did---they failed. Thought the heart Dr. would discus the sleep study results, too, but no---gotta go to a pulmonary sleep Dr. for that! Also went back to the endo Dr. during trip 4 for more lab work since I don't go to an internist anymore---fortunately that's all good! Couldn't get into the pulmonary Dr. this time, but they did set me up with a C-pap machine. Apparently I have severe complex sleep apnea----some obstructed, but mostly central (never even heard of that before! Apparently my brain forgets to tell me to breathe!). Also something called hypopnea or shallow breathing! Trip 5 to St. Louis will be later this month to have the ablation and to go to the pulmonary sleep Dr. The fun just never stops!!!!
Anyway---we've been driving back and forth to St. Louis for those trips. It's a 10 or 11 hour drive each way. Shouldn't be, but we always get caught up in some accident or construction traffic! I like to take pictures of the countryside as we drive through it.
Somewhere in Georgia.
yard decor?!
Yep, time to hit the road again! Ken likes to say we're spending a lot of money to store our furniture here in Georgia!
I made the mistake of going to my Dr.s back in June ---mainly just to get my prescriptions refilled. Hard to believe a mere 10 years ago I finally went to an internist for a complete physical---first one since the college sports physical I had when I was at UMSL playing varsity volleyball. I no longer go to the internist, but now I have an electrocardiologist, endocrinologist, orthopedist, ophthalmologist, and will soon have a pulmonologist! And some of them keep wanting me to come back every couple months since June! After a year of calf muscle tears and then recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery a couple years ago, I thought I was finally doing well again! Until the electrocardiologist said it was time to wear a heart monitor again, to check on my A-fib. Trip 2 back to St. Louis was to discus the heart monitor results with the electrocardiaologist. I'm in A-fib 22% of the time now---even though I seldom notice it. The Dr. recommended seeing a heart surgeon and having an ablation. Trip 3 back to St. Louis was to see the heart surgeon. Turns out heart surgery won't be covered by insurance until I tried heart rhythm meds first. He also recommended a sleep study since a majority of people with A-fib also have sleep apnea. Trip 4 to St. Louis was to see how the heart meds did---they failed. Thought the heart Dr. would discus the sleep study results, too, but no---gotta go to a pulmonary sleep Dr. for that! Also went back to the endo Dr. during trip 4 for more lab work since I don't go to an internist anymore---fortunately that's all good! Couldn't get into the pulmonary Dr. this time, but they did set me up with a C-pap machine. Apparently I have severe complex sleep apnea----some obstructed, but mostly central (never even heard of that before! Apparently my brain forgets to tell me to breathe!). Also something called hypopnea or shallow breathing! Trip 5 to St. Louis will be later this month to have the ablation and to go to the pulmonary sleep Dr. The fun just never stops!!!!
Anyway---we've been driving back and forth to St. Louis for those trips. It's a 10 or 11 hour drive each way. Shouldn't be, but we always get caught up in some accident or construction traffic! I like to take pictures of the countryside as we drive through it.
Somewhere in Georgia.
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