Friday, April 5, 2013

Update: Jason

Jason and I met with the cardiologist yesterday and his initial thoughts are that it's not Jason's heart.  He does not want to do an angiogram, which is where they inject dye into your artery to see if there is a blockage.  He doesn't want to do it because although he does 4 a day, there is always a chance that something could go wrong and since he feels it's not necessary, then he doesn't even want to take a chance.  He has ordered a CT scan of his heart since it's less risky and we just have to wait to see if insurance will cover it.  We should know in a few days.  The doctor also told Jason that if he continues with his eating habits, he'll definitely be a high blood pressure patient.  His blood pressure while resting is okay, but his results from his stress test where he had to do physical activity showed his blood pressure around the 200's/100's.  So, he wants him to cut back on portions and lose some weight before he puts him on medicine since he feels at this point, it's not necessary.  I was thrilled to hear that he doesn't think it's his heart, but we'll have to wait and see what the CT scan says.  If anything, this has been a good eye-opener for the both of us and we'll both shed a few pounds in the process.

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