Gaslit E

 I made the decision earlier this year to switch my primary doctor to be the same one that Dom has.   I had one doctor that I've been going to for the last several years but I've felt like he hasn't been giving me the best care.   It seemed that his service has been pretty impersonal.   Also the last few visits I've noticed that he's been looking haggard and gained a bit of weight.   I felt like if he's not taking care of his own health then how can I expect him to care for mine.

Dom has been praising his newer primary doctor that he's had for a year or so.   He had wanted a male primary but the one he had wound up passing away.    He had a hard time finding another male doctor so settled on his current one.    

I had complained about my current primary and he suggested I switch over to his.  I was reluctant at first mainly because I wasn't sure about having a lady primary doctor.   I remember Mama always wanted a lady primary for her.   When she was in the hospital I remember her insisting wanting a female orderly to look over her.   In a lot of ways I was having the same hang up.   But then Dom pointed out that doctors hardly do physicals the way they used to do them.   So I decided to let go of my hang-up and officially switch over to his primary.

So far I've had two sessions with Gupta.   I will say that I don't know if I've noticed much of a difference between her and my previous primary.   Oddly enough though the two times I've visited her, my blood pressure readings both times were in the normal range (120/78 - 80).    That seemed so weird to me.   I had been adding a few more supplements including nattokinase which is an enzyme extracted from fermented foods.  I will say perhaps the extra walking when going to the office has helped.

However I've been off my routine for a few days and when visiting Dom's Mom and using her wrist blood pressure monitor to measure my blood pressure, it was reading 170/133 which is full on heart attack mode.    So I can't help but wonder if I'm being gaslighted at my primary.   But as I said I have been off my routine for a bit and maybe I need to get some exercise back again to see if things improve.

Incidentally I've taken two weeks off from work though I've still had to briefly check in since I had a few cases that were still in my name.   It's not like when I worked at my previous corporate job where taking off two weeks meant not logging in at all.    But I believe I've gotten things under control so hopefully I should be able to enjoy the rest of my time off.   Dom has not been happy with me still checking in for work.

Dom and I plan to early vote tomorrow even though Indiana usually winds up going Republican.   But I do hope maybe enough folks who identify as Republican wake up and realize that Agent Orange needs to be impeached and the only way to try and do so is to go blue.   I'm not holding my breath but miracles do happen sometimes.