Originally Posted by WVOtoGO

I'm grounded.

Well, I wasn’t going to bring this up on the board. But I just got out of the hospital yesterday. I was in for a Mitral Valve repair performed on Tuesday. (The chords holding half the valve closed were failing to do so.) The good news is I got hooked up with the best doctors around, and was able to have what’s called a Heart Port procedure done. They go in through about a five inch incision through the right side (Odd sounding but true.) of your chest and not through your sternum. HIGHELY RECOMMENDED IF YOU QUALLIFY.

Anyway - The mention of salt here sparked a memory of sitting in my cardiologists office a few months ago. He had these clear plastic containers (about 15 or so) with various levels of salt in them. Each was labeled with what that amount of salt was in. Sports drink, can of chicken soup, cottage cheese, etc. I WAS BLOWN AWAY. I had no idea the foods we eat had that much salt in them. He had the same set up for sugars as well. Another mind blowing realization.

My BP usually runs in the 98/65 range. I guess I’m lucky. But after this, we are not going to let that luck run out. We’ve made (and are making) some changes around here. I’m looking at everything.

My personal plug - Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas is in my opinion the greatest group of folks you’ll ever wish you didn’t need.