Pellet heads!! What's up today?

X4 @slvrbk

 

X5 slvrblkk !

 

X6!

 

Happy Mothers Day to all the FHC pellet hoarding mothers! Hope everyone got outside to enjoy the beautiful weather today!

 

Couldn't have had a better day to be outside all day with the family!!

 

For once it wasn't raining so I got some stuff done. One thing that has been waiting over a month was putting the P61a to bed. Most of the pellets that were left in the hopper had already been transferred to the P43 so I didn't have to deal with that. I cleaned out the ash, cleaned out the fines box, capped off the exhaust outside, and removed the OAK (blocking both the pipe from critters and the air intake to the stove to keep summer humidity out.

I did not do an LBT or run the soot eater thru and will need to do that next fall. I wrote myself a note on a sticky about that and put it in the control box.

P43 is still running at times - just started up a few minutes ago since it is in the 30's this morning.

 

Ah more medical fun. Have been feeling very tired over the past couple weeks. Early Thurs morning I was feeling awful and Lori says we should go to ER.

At ER they say my BP is high (170/90). Then they run some tests where they take my BP laying down, after standing up and after standing for 2 min. Drops to 140/80 standing up, drops to 130/79 after 2 min. So they decide to keep me in for observation and do a chemical heart stress test on Fri. Have the stress test, heart is fine, no blockages, muscle is functioning as it should, good blood flow.

Now over the 2 days they are getting very high BP readings, like 189/100. Finally one doc says he doesn't trust the auto BP and told the nurses to do mine manually (using stethoscope ). Now all my BP readings are around 25-40 points lower.
One doc did the laying/test using auto. Laying was 169/100, then standing was 89/70. Doc looks at the screen, looks at me and says "no way that's accurate, a 70 point drop should have you on the floor right now". Did it again manual and laying was 115/90, standing 100/80.

So they send me home but they didn't really figure out anything. Didn't alter my BP med at all, said to go slow when moving from laying/sitting to standing, wear compression stockings during the day. Now I don't trust that my BP was ever high enough to be on BP meds at all.

And the other part is all the docs I've seen recently have ignored my symptoms of fatigue, gas, bloating,pain, nausea, unintended weight loss. Checked those symptoms online and they all point to me possibly having an h.pylori bacterial stomach infection. That can also cause back pain. So calling a gastro doc today to get an appointment. Sad that docs today just don't seem to want to listen.

sam

 

Amazing, called Gastro doc and got an early morning appointment for Wed.

Sam

 

What's a Jarl?

 

jarl = Earl me viking heritage is leaking throuh

Saint Ragnvald III, jarl of Orkney is David B. Stevens' second cousin 26 times removed!

 

hOpefully he finds something he can help with - best of luck!