THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700
rod@welchco.com


S U M M A R Y


DIARY: April 18, 2022 12:30 PM Monday; Rod Welch

VA disability claim medical examinations at Medivals on Diamond in Concord.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Met with Doctor Tracy Eidson, FNP, who did examination.


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0404 - Summary/Objective                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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040501 - Follow up ref SDS 8 0000.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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0408 - Progress                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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040901 - Talked to Lizette verified identification.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
040902 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
040903 - She has current medical records.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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040906 - QTC - Lizette                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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040908 -           800 682 9701  ext 61195                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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040912 -  ..
040913 - General exam and xrays                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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040915 -                220418 1230                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
040916 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
040917 -                Medevals of Calif                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
040918 -                2280 Diamond Boulevard Suite 520                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
040919 -                Concord, CA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
040920 -                925 682 1951                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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040922 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
040929 -  ..
040930 - Met initially with an assistant, also named Lizette.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
040932 -  ..
040933 - She asked about patient history listed in the record on 200101 0701.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
040934 - ref SDS 3 5B6H                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
040936 -  ..
040937 - Blood pressure:  162 90 67                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
040939 -  ..
040940 - Liz measured the CABG scar on the chest.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
040942 -  ..
040943 - Liz did an EKG.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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040945 -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
040947 -  ..
040948 - Met with Doctor Tracy Eidson, FNP, who did examination.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
040949 - 
040950 - The doctor noted swelling of left ankle.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
040952 -  ..
040953 - She asked about continuing chest pain?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
040955 -  ..
040956 - Chest pain occurred in December 2019.  Was treated for PAF, which                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
040957 - caused ARDS.  This was treated initially with metoprolol.  An IVUS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
040958 - angiogram was performed and identified blocked arteries.  Stent was                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
040959 - placed on 200128 0730. ref SDS 4 MZ5J  This reduced chest pain.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
040961 -  ..
040962 - During 2020, Doctor Pellegrini performed 3 ablations to resolve AF                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
040963 - symptoms.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
040965 -  ..
040966 - On 211115, 4th ablation was performed.  Since then 5 or so episodes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
040967 - of AFL have recurred, most recently on 220402.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
040969 -  ..
040970 - There is continuing periodic pain in abdomen diagnosed as ischemic                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
040971 - colitis due to vasodilation that draws blood from intestine, which is                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
040972 - not being replaced by the heart, reported while being treated in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
040973 - hospital on 200612 0700. ref SDS 5 2U4O                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
040975 -  ..
040976 - Doctor Eidson asked about elevated blood pressure reported today: 162 90 67                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
040978 -  ..
040979 - BP has trended higher in recent months, after Doctor Grunfeld ended                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
040980 - statin treatments due to rising side effects, reported on 220127 1100.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
040981 - ref SDS 7 TQ3O                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
040983 -  ..
040984 - Side effects from statins treating CVD include peripheral neuropathy                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
040985 - in feet, myopathy left shoulder and left side neck.  These have                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
040986 - lessened since ending statins on 220116.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
040988 -  ..
040989 - LDL 268 increased 170 points in lab last week on 220415 1853,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
040990 - ref SDS 9 VF7L, after ending Atorvastatin on 220116, reported in case                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
040991 - study on 220101 0635. ref SDS 6 5Y5H                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
040993 -  ..
040994 - Doctor Eidson asked about energy.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
040996 -  ..
040997 - Energy improved after heart surgery on 091022.  At that time had HDL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
040998 - 30.  In 2002, Was hiking with Millie to maintain her blood counts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
040999 - needed to get cancer treatments.  Gradually increased distance from 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
041000 - - 2 miles up to 3 - 6 miles 3 - 5 days a week, over several years.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
041001 - This enabled Millie to survive stage 4 cancer for nearly 10 years.  By                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
041002 - 2009, HDL was only 30, causing severe CVD.  EKG during treadmill test                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
041003 - in September 2009, lit up 11 nodes.  After CABG x4 surgery in October,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
041004 - research found hiking increases HDL.  Millie died the following year                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
041005 - in 2010.  Gradually increased hiking to 11 miles per day.  In 2014,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
041006 - HDL increased > 60.  Eventually, hiking increased to 15 miles per day                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
041007 - which yielded HDL 83 on 181112. ref SDS 2 U45J                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
041009 -  ..
041010 - In 2019, HDL declined as hiking declined due to fatigue.  Atrial                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
041011 - fibrillation and chest pain further curtailed hiking in December 2019.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
041013 -  ..
041014 - For past 3 years, HDL has ranged up and down between 50 - 60, while                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
041015 - trying to maintain hiking.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
041017 -  ..
041018 - Energy increased at the end of 2020, after 3 ablations, and into 2021.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
041019 - Nearing end of 2021, energy declined with rising AF.  Energy increased                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
041020 - again after 4th ablation on 21115, and into this year 2022.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
041022 -  ..
041023 - In recent weeks energy declined again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
041025 -  ..
041026 - Atrial fibrillation increased last month with 3 episodes at the end of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
041027 - March.  Currently coordinating next steps with Doctor Pellegrini in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
041028 - Cardiology.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
041030 -  ..
041031 - Doctor Eidson said a chest xray is needed, but the technician is not                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
041032 - working today.  She scheduled xray procedure on...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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