I eat healthy and I walk 5 miles a day.  So, why has it been something my doctor made me monitor since the end of May?   Because like most folks, worries and anxiety affect my blood pressure.  I quickly learned that taking my blood pressure on a day I was producing an event was stupid.  My blood Pressure was through the roof.  The other reason?  My dog Ollie has had a fatty mass in between his thigh muscles that I noticed last May.  It wasn’t cancerous, but it was growing.  It got so big that he was obviously in pain walking.  

I was able to find a vca hospital that does nothing but surgeries that was able to take care of it September 7.  Fine looking stitches!

I had the fatty mass that was just on the outside of his joint on the other leg removed also.  Mostly, I have been home taking care of Ollie these last two weeks.  The jobs I did take have been excellent and I super appreciate the extended sessions.  Ollie’s stitches get removed tomorrow.

And my blood pressure?  Well, from the time Ollie was released to me after the surgery to when I went back to my Doctor to turn in my blood pressure counter, 10 days, my blood pressure has been perfect.  117 – 120 over 75 – 80 because my dog made it through the surgery and I did not have a sideways day.  I am blessed.