How to become a Zombie?
Here I was.
Sitting in the waiting room.
Across from one of those ugly waiting room pictures.
The wall spoke volumes. Judging by the grinding marks it has not been painted for many years. The waiting time felt just as long.
It was only a routine check. For my new training as an educator I still needed a blood test and a certificate that I have no contagious diseases.
No problem, I'm fit like a 40 year old sneaker, I thought to myself. In addition to the everyday annoyances of getting older everything tipi topi, I thought.
Next, I found myself with a beeping device around my neck.
What happened you may ask?
I will tell you.
Measuring blood pressure happened!
You know, when they measure the blood pressure they also measure the pulse aka heart rate.
And I can tell you, it's always a good sign when the nurse has to measure twice and then calls the doctor, LOL.
In adults, the pulse at rest is around 60 to 80 beats per minute. Mine was at 40. Funny thing, you don't feel it.
So I walked into the doctors office where she told me that I might suffer from Bradycardia, caused by Hypothyroidism.
Great news hu?
Now I'm wearing this device for 24h to check on my blood pressure and heart rate.
It pumps up every other 15 minutes and makes some funny noises while doing so.
I'm not supposed to move while it's measuring, which starts to be interesting when driving a car.
Some people today probably thought I'm a drunk driver when they saw me steering and shifting with one hand...yahhhh easy on a straight, not so much in a roundabout lol.
The night is going to be interesting too.
As I'm researching what it feels like to be a Zombie, I still hope the doctor was wrong and that I'm in a better shape than assumed.
I wanna stay Zombie without a cardiac pacemaker lol...so y'all better keep your fingers crossed ;).
Tomorrow I get rid of the device and hopefully by next week I will have some clarifying results.
By the way, on Monday I will have my first day at school...might suck to get up lol.
