So besides house pics, I have been pinged a lot about “Hey how is that Carbon Monoxide thing working out for you?”
Well I have finally gone through all of the various doctor tests. Overall I am in very good shape, just getting older. It was confirmed through blood work that I had had serious CO exposure.
There appears to be no damage to the heart, at least nothing they could detect but my memory is a little bit funny on some things. I will recall previously telling a story of something that say happened at work, but I can’t recall the actual story. Lots of folks look at me weird when I say that and say, ah, everyone forgets stuff. True… but my mind tends to work very well for recall. In junior high and high school I had near total recall and could look at say a list of Presidents and then be able to “see” that list in my head and recite as I wanted in whatever order I wanted, etc. That dropped a lot and I haven’t had that for a long time but I still have very good memory to the point of recalling what part of a page and how far into a book I saw a specific sentence, etc.
I don’t seem to have any issues with new memories, I get them I recall them. Just bits and pieces from the past, nothing seriously important as far as I can tell. But then… how do I really know??
Physically I have been getting stronger and stronger which is nice. Overall stamina is coming back and I am able to get on a bike (usually) and ride 12-18 miles without a major issue. I still get run down faster and easier than I did before and am having issues doing my sleep 3-4 hours a night for weeks at a time and then have a catch up sleep weekend where I lay in bed all weekend but hopefully that will come back around as that is how I get so much done.
All in all, I know I am very lucky that I got through with as little damage as I did and I spend quite a bit of time talking to people about Carbon Monoxide sensors when I can. I would hate for what happened to me (or worse) to happen to someone else.
