Doctor visit

After I got off work yesterday afternoon, I went to see my doctor to get a referral to a specialist for cataract surgery. Going there is always an ordeal for me. They have an automatic blood pressure monitor that squeezes my arm so hard that I can hardly stand it, then restarts and does it again three or four times. I asked the nurse about it and she moved the band down to below my elbow, but it did the same thing. I wish she would just use the manual one like she used to.

Then I had to wait so long for the doctor to see me. I was the last patient for the day. He was very nice though and did arrange for the referral. He said my blood pressure is good and my cholesterol is low enough that I don’t need medication. I told him that since my blood pressure was good I couldn’t understand why the machine squeezed my arm so hard and kept restarting so many times. It has done that the last several times I have gone there and I just dread doctor visits for that reason.
The office is to send me a letter with information about a visit to the eye specialist and If I don’t hear from them by Saturday he told me to call back and ask for an update.

Sis had gone with me in case I didn’t get out before dark, so we stopped at Olive Garden restaurant on the way home. It is new to this side of town and in the same area there is a Red Lobster and a Longhorn Steak House. So we will try those one of these days too. Although I have heard of them often, I had never been to an Olive Garden restaurant before and I really enjoyed it. The food was delicious and the service was great. It is definitely a place I would like to go back to.

I had been up long hours and was very tired, so I went to bed shortly after we got home. We didn’t get the heavy rain or hail predicted, but it sounds very windy right now and it really cooled off during the night. When I got up around 4 a.m. the house was chilly and I turned the thermostat up a bit. I will need to wear a jacket to work this morning, but it is expected to get up to near 70 by this afternoon.