Marty's Travels

My house has wheels

Bikes and doctors

I came across a bike suitable to replace my old one. A single-speed Murray obviously dragged out of the woods somewhere, but workable after I swap a few parts. $10 and a day’s work and I was good to go. My criteria for a bike is the same as it was: serve for one Burning Man and after that it can be trashed. My last one lasted for 4 BMs over 5 years.

I picked another hobby to engage in, the field of cardio-vascular medicine. Specifically finding physicians and funding sources to diagnose my conditions and propose a plan for treatment. Sine the end of March I’ve seen several docs and cardios without getting anything finally resolved, but it does look like I meet a doc on Thursday who might be the guy that actually does something.

Meantime, everyone has covered themselves by prescribing meds for high blood pressure, heart attack, and stroke. Which seem to work but the side effects are driving me crazy.

It was three months to get an appointment with a cardio on the Peninsula, so I switched to a doc in Seattle. I’ve got the bridge and a ferry between me and the doctor, but that’s pretty much the story if I choose to live on the Peninsula.

There are plenty of good cardiac resources on the Peninsula, so in an emergency it’s not an issue. Getting a solid grasp on the problems I have is the trick, which will make treatment easier everywhere.

Weather has been splendid. Wow.