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10.02.2007

2 October 2007 - health stuff

Tomorrow they're gonna shoot me up with some radioactive dye and take pictures of my heart. They'll decide whether or not to do a catheterization procedure at that point as well, I think, or maybe next week when I go back to the Dr for more blood tests. I'm not sure.

I'm a little freaked out about all of this.

I have a lot of friends. I know that there are plenty of people who care about me. I still feel lonely in this for some reason.

I trust that everything is fine. I initially did not take this very seriously, because I've always been rather indestructible. I don't like the sense of fragility that I've experienced over the last couple of days, and weeks really. I don't like the idea of being an invalid, and that's what it feels like right now. I've always felt so robust; I've taken risks precipitously.

I miss the people in my life who I've driven away because I was such a loner. This is where that sort of self-centeredness on my part comes home to roost. Nobody is here. Odd how my prized independence seems rather hollow at the moment. I've loved three guys in my life. One died years ago, and the other two are off on their own sleeping next to someone else tonight. That's the breaks.

I've been eaten up by fear and resentment the last few days, and I've lost that rhythm I had to my life only a year ago. I can have that back with a little effort on my part and the willingness to be uncomfortable. I'm already having some clarity - some of that "picture from 20,000 feet" that gives me the peace to handle the daily-ness of my life.

I'm tired. The medicine they gave me for my heart puts me off my feed and feeling weak. I don't like it. I want to be able to walk for miles again without feeling knocked down by it. I'm glad, at least, that this has freed me of the craving for a cigarette. I just wish I didn't feel quite so weak.

I never felt so alive as when I was walking in Minneapolis in the coldest weather I'd ever experienced. I never felt so free. I've been back there in my head a lot lately for some reason. I don't want to move back up north, but I've been nostalgic for those cold days and harsh winter weather.

I can't eat or drink anything until after the first phase of my tests tomorrow. I feel like a pussy for being scared of all this, but there it is.

I miss Cody a lot this week, and I feel alone. I was so very hard on him, and I wish I could take it back. But I push everyone away eventually. The fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, and if I'm lucky, I suppose I'll grow old and alone and tell myself that that's the way I wanted it all along. It could be worse. At least I enjoy my own company most of the time. I really screwed the pooch on my relationships, even though I loved as best I could. There are a lot of people much worse off than I am, however. And there are a lot of guys who would probably cheerfully trade places with me in most of my circumstances.

I've been having pain in my chest most of the day off and on, but that may be from the medication they gave me. I'm going to get up at 7am, which is two hours later than usual. I can't drink any coffee in the morning, and I don't think I'm even supposed to have any liquids at all. So there won't be much to do but check my bank account and my messages and head out to the heart doctor and be ready to get it over with.
posted by Mugtoe at 23:35

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