Okay maybe I have been watching just a little too much Star Trek Voyager! I am half way through Season 3, with 4 more seasons to go!! The best part is that each season costs me about Rs500/- or 4GBP and not the 70 GBP it would have cost in the UK!
Yesterday, I was back to the hospital for my test results, which on the whole were not unexpected. As I suspected my bad cholesterol is above normal, though my good cholesterol is fine. My blood pressure is on the high side of normal and the echo cardiogram showed my left ventricle under a little bit of strain. The up shot being I have been told to lose weight (hands up anyone who is surprised to hear that!) and start to take some more exercise.
Stewart and I are off to the gym tomorrow to sign up, so that I can start swimming again. History tells me that swimming is by far the best thing for me to do, as not only does it fulfil the exercise need, I also enjoy doing it!!
Dr Ayesah (who by the way, is as mad as a fish!) has also put me on a drug regime to reduce my cholesterol, and blood pressure and wants to see me again in 3 months. The hope is that with the drugs and the changes in lifestyle, my blood pressure and cholesterol will return to normal and I can stop taking the drugs in three months times.
The other thing that came up was a slight shadow on my lung which Dr Ayesah has checked out today with a chest X ray. She just wants to be certain that it is only the end of a chest infection and not TB!! I need to ring her tomorrow to get the results.
Other than that it’s been a fairly quiet week, though next week maybe a little livelier. Monday is scheduled for the election and it would appear at the moment that it will go ahead. It would seem that unless all the parties are elected and all the party leaders become Prime Minister, it is likely that there will be some violence. It is very difficult to predict who will win, and all we can do is pray that sense prevails and the politicians can some how work together!
I had really good lesson today with my Year 9 Chemistry class. We were revising all the work we had done so far this year and I pleased to say, they really have got it. I was so encouraging to be with a group of young people who now know more about chemistry than they did in September when I arrived. Also not only had they learnt, but they were enjoying it as well.
People some times ask me why I am a teacher. I am a teacher for moments like these, who knows I might have switched one of these young people on to a love of chemistry that will lead them on to discover more of the wonders of the fantastic world in which God has placed us.
Chief Medical Officer out…
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