Penne Pasta
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Entries by Regina
Want to Live a Long and Fulfilling Life? 2020 Introduced Changes for 2021 and Beyond to do Just That!
Going into 2021, we all have something personal that has caused a change in our lives that we will carry with us from 2020. Whether it be missing the person who we may have lost, personal friendships you missed hanging out together, a job situation that challenged us to seek other employment or readjust to […]
COVID-19 is changing our Social Habits. Is there something else we should be focusing on instead?
As with most people, I have been experiencing the same fears and doubts about going out of my house during this crazy “COVID-19 Lock Down”. As most of you know, I fall within the list of “compromised people” because I have heart failure, which falls under the Heart Disease umbrella. Heart patients, as well as, […]
Saltwater Cruising
How do you go on a 7 day Caribbean cruise as a heart patient, with strict dietary and fluid restrictions, and still enjoy yourself? This past week my husband, John and I took our first cruise and celebrated our 25th Anniversary. We were so looking forward to it and all the excitement about what we […]
Fluid Restriction
Have you ever really thought about how much fluid you drink in a given day. I see people walking around all the time with those giant cups from the gas stations. These Fountain drinks range from 12 oz, 16 oz, 20 oz, 22 oz, 32 oz, 44 oz, 52 oz, and 56 oz. Usually, there […]
Living with Heart Failure
Patient Perspective Doctor’s Orders for Being Lost in a Low-Sodium Diet **(My cardiologist asked if I would write an article for the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. This article was written about four months ago (January 2018) and was just published for the May Journal. I am unable to share the actual article […]
Ghost Pill
Over the past several years I have battled with my potassium level. Low or high, it can cause problems. Sometimes severe. Luckily, mine were manageable by medicine. Once, I had to be admitted to get it balanced out, but it really wasn’t that big of deal to me. I thought being admitted might have been […]
Blog Posts…Woes to Healthiness
On September 7, 2017, I went for my routine follow-up appointment with my heart failure cardiologist. I was a bit nervous as my blood tests results had some readings that hadn’t been within the “normal” range the last few times I had a BMP (basic metabolic panel, is actually 8 tests that measure your kidney […]
Medical Records Purging / Facebook Test
My second post of the day? Wow. I am relaxing…. I have had a project on my mind for years that I started this afternoon. Since my second home has been the hospitals, my mother kept and therefore I continue to keep all the bills, explanation of benefits, test results, etc. that I have accumulated over […]
Hospital Retreat Continues
I have taught technology to elementary students, Kindergarten through 5th grade, at a local elementary school for the past five years. My daughter was in the 3rd grade when I started teaching. It was fun having her in my class for three years in a row. (She would say the opposite). She is now in 8th […]