never deal with citibank, they are a bunch of cheating, robbers and bastards ! Several years ago, I used a Sears credit card, carried by citi. Got a charge of less than $40. Never got a bill, just remind on email, and I could not enter it to find out the charge, could not call either as they only used user name and password, then of course it overdue and they charged $40, not only that, they charged every month after that, then the amount came to $300, I finally agreed to pay the original charge if they dropped all those ridiculous late fees, but no, they still asked for that, they even sold the balance to another company, this company asked me did I pay for the $40 debt, I said I did, so they stop asking. Now citi came back and took my Costco reward or more than $200 ! Do you still want to use this card ?

If you have heart issues (I’ve had two “widow maker” 100% blockage of the LAD heart attacks and stented both times), let me suggest a couple of devices that will help you tell if you’re having a recurrence or a new issue that needs your immediate attention.

First is the Kardia mini 2 lead EKG. It’s about 3/4”x3”x1/4” thick and fits in a neat holder that sticks to the back of my IPhone. There’s an accompanying ap that you load on your phone. To take an EKG, you hold it between your fingers of each hand and it does a 30 second ekg. It shows you the waveform from the entire record, your heart rate and reads out whether it’s a normal heart EKG or an arrhythmia. You can save it as a pdf and text it to your doctor in real time. Costs about $80 and if you know what to look for, it will tell you instantly if you’re having an arrhythmia or an MI. Can’t tell you the number of times I’ve been reassured when I get a chest pain and saved a trip to the ER. Highly recommended. https://kardia.com/kardiamobile?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA3JCvBhA8EiwA4kujZpSJ8msL1XTCeNN-xfv3ZNpukOHUwcSrzm2-scqqJu4LCFhxNyDzYBoC53QQAvD_BwE

Secondly a pulse oximeter (pulse ox) will give you your heart rate and oxygen saturation instantly - just clamps on your finger and costs about $20 on Amazon.

And finally a blood pressure monitor that clamps on your wrist. I do it the old fashioned way with an inflatable cuff and a stethoscope, but this device makes it easy.

With these 3 tools, you can do an EKG, check your heart rate, oxygen salts and blood pressure within minutes, which can not only be reassuring, but save your life if you have a history of heart or coronary artery disease. Important once you come to realize that each day is a gift, not a given

I forgot, this last Thursday I got hearing aids.
Kaiser tested me and the Audiologist said that besides my tinnitus I had loss in the high end and recommended I go to the VA to get them because with my VA disability they might be free instead of a copay at Kaiser. They were free from VA and a higher end model than Kaiser had for me on my teacher's retirement plan.
But on the followup in 4 weeks I need to get these things adjusted, the computer keys, rain on the roof, chewing, hair brushing my ears (the wife trimmed it yesterday etc. are now amplified too LOUD. My world now has too much sound. When I shaved I could hear every whisker getting cut.

Back in 2015 I had my yearly checkup and the EKG found an anomaly which called for a Cardiac Cath.
As they were prepping me for the Cath. a nurse ask me what med I was on, Told her allergy meds. and B/P meds. she said at your age, that's all yep. Well they took care of that !!
The Cath. revealed some minor blockage in one small artery now on now on five meds. But they worked for a long time.
A Sunday morning this feb. I woke up with a tightness in my chest @ 1:00 a.m. it didn't hurt but it wasn't normal
I had been having these twinges that lasted never more than a min and my cardiologist and I decided to just keep an eye on them.
Sunday morning at 4:00 am I went down the road to the Ambulance House and the medics ran a strip and found nothing going on, Monday morning I called Dena left a message , she called back a little later, the told me to increase one med by 50% and not over 100% and come in Tues. unless I didn't get relief well the 50% didn't help so 20min I took another 50% and got relief almost immediately .
Wed morning they ran a strip and nothing was showing up, So time for another Cath. Fri. Talked to the surgeon and told him it the blockage was marginal to go ahead with the stint he agreed, well now I have the stint and three more meds. But everything is back to normal. Dena told me I might still have the twinges but with time they should diminish.
Our hike to Greer Spring the weekend before last was a test, I passed !!!