HEART MED UPDATE ... LAST ONE?

I HAD ANOTHER VISIT WITH DR C REGARDING MY HEART MED DOSAGES ... I'M FEELING BETTER, BUT THIS TIME MY RATES HAD BEEN CONSISTENTLY HIGH AFTER HE CUT THE MED IN HALF THAT GAVE ME SO MUCH TROUBLE. WHAT HE WAS DOING WAS LETTING MY BODY BECOME USED TO THE NEW MED SO HE COULD AGAIN RAISE IT TO WHERE HE WANTED IT IN THE BEGINNING. SO, FOR THIS WEEK, I TAKE MY ORIGINAL HEART MEDS 4 Xs A DAY, & THEN, NEXT WEEK BEGINNING FRIDAY, I RAISE THE STRONG MED TO A FULL DOSE & SAY A LITTLE PRAYER. I JUST KNOW THIS IS GONNA WORK ... I'VE BEEN FEELING BETTER & BETTER SOOOO I'M DETERMINED THAT I'LL BE COMPLETELY BACK ON MY FEET AFTER THAT WEEK'S ADJUSTMENT PERIOD!!!!!! THANKS TO Y'ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS, CALLS, E-MAILS & SUPPORT ... IT MEANS SO MUCH TO US!!!!! SEEMS LIKE WHEN I'M DRAGGIN' BUTT, SOMEONE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE RIGHT THERE ENCOURAGING ME ON. LOVE Y'ALL!!!!!!!!!! CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS DAWN & NICK

what med are you on. I have a rapid hear rate also. WEndy

I WAS ON TENNORMIN WHICH WAS GOOD, BUT THEN DR C PUT ME ON TOPROL XL & IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. BUT, IT'S TIME RELEASED SO AFTER THE SURGERY, HE PUT ME ON LOPRESSOR. IN MY CASE IT ISN'T STRONG ENOUGH SO HE HAS ADDED CLONIDINE - OH MY GO**** PUT ME ON THE FLOOR AS WEAK AS A KITTEN. I COULDN'T EVEN GET OUT OF BED BY MYSELF FOR A WEEK. BUT, IT DID GET MY RESTING RATE DOWN TO 50 WHICH IS WHERE HE WANTS IT BECAUSE OF HOW EXTREMELY HIGH IT GETS. A GIRLFRIEND OF MINE IS A DR & WHEN I TOLD HER I WAS ON CLONIDINE, SHE WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE IT'S SO STRONG. BUT, I HAVE PSAT CAUSING BOTH A HIGH RATE & ERRATIC BEATS ... 3 OF MY CHAMBERS BEAT JUST FINE, BUT MY LEFT VENTICLE GOES OUT OF RHYTHM & THEN BEATS SO FAST IT CAN'T BE COUNTED ... THE NEXT STEP IS THAT MY HEART WOULD STOP ... SO, THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE COMBO & STRENGTH OF THE CLONIDINE. IF YOURS IS A SIMPLE HIGH HEART RATE, YOU MIGHT ASK YOUR DOC ABOUT LOPRESSOR, MS WENDY. I SURE WISH I COULD GO BACK TO TOPROL XL - IT WAS THE BEST. CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS DAWN & NICK

Hi Dawn glad to see your post. I know you have been feeling poopie but I am concerned. The October board is really quiet so I peek on SC to see how you are. I pray everything keeps going well. I have a Christmas party tonight with my family you thought you could just cut it off. You remember the fat wackers. Oh well have a great day. Prayers and hugs jane

WELL, THANK YOU MS JANE, FOR BEING SO SWEET TOWARDS ME. I'LL TRY TO GET OVER TO THE OCTOBER BOARD THIS WEEKEND. I ALWAYS POST HERE FIRST AS I KNOW SO MANY OF THE LADIES PERSONALLY BECAUSE OF OUR GREAT SUPPORT GROUP. I JUST FOUND A BOARD FOR CHRISTIANS & LOVE THAT ONE ... BUT, THE CHRISTMAS SEASON, FAMILY & FEELING "POOPIE" ... WELL, I'M NOT GETTING EVERYTHING DONE I WANT TO INCLUDING VISITING ALL THE BOARDS. YEAH, I LOVED THE "FAT WHACKERS" ... WOULDN'T THAT HAVE BEEN EVEN BETTER IF WE'D COME OUT OF SURGERY & THEY HAD WHACKED OFF THE 1st 25 #s OR SO ... IF THEY CAN SUCK IT OUT, THEN THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO, RIGHT? ENJOY YOUR CHRISTMAS PARTY ... A LITTLE NIBBLE HERE & A LITTLE NIBBLE THERE! COME ON OVER HERE TO OUR BOARD ANYTIME, MS JANE ... WE HAVE A WONDERFUL BUNCH HERE WHO WOULD LOVE CHATTING WITH YOU! CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS DAWN & NICK

I am so glad to hear that you're starting to feel better. Our meds sure can take us on a wild ride, can't they? I am about to get mine straightened out. I've been really battling fibromyalgia pain with all this cold, wet weather. I do better when I keep moving during the day, but I've been getting in bed with a heated massager at night for my back and it feels sooooo good. We've been missing you guys. It will be good to see you after the holidays. Susann and I decided one or the other of us will hold down the fort for the meetings through the holidays, so we'll be somewhere each Thursday. I think it will be Logan's again this week. Kylee looked absolutely amazing last week. You would have never known she'd had surgery. Ah, youth. Love, B

Where is Logan's I want to go!!

WELL, LOOK AT YOU, MS KYLEE ... UP & RUNNING WITHOUT SKIPPING A BEAT! GOOD FOR YOU, GIRL! YOU, MS BRITTY & MS TOWANA ... THE SUPER TRIPLETS! CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS DAWN & NICK

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS BARBARA ... IT HAS BEEN A BIT OF A STRUGGLE, BUT NOTHING IS GONNA GET ME DOWN ... MAY SLOW US OLD GALS DOWN A BIT (RIGHT?) BUT, NOT FOR LONG & WE'RE BACK UP & RUNNING (OR, IN MY CASE ... WALKIN' A LITTLE FASTER!) YES MA'AM, GETTING THE MEDS REGULATED CAN BE QUITE A RIDE ... BUT I KEEP REMINDING MYSELF THAT THERE IS AN ANSWER TO THIS PROBLEM, IT JUST TAKES PATIENCE & EFFORT. I HAVE A REALLY COMPASSIONATE DOCTOR (DR DAVID CASTELLONE) & SO WE'LL GET IT RIGHT! SHOOT GIRL, WHEN YOU GET YOUR MEDS RIGHT & I GET MY MEDS RIGHT, WE'LL HAVE TO GET TOGETHER & TAKE OUR FANTASTICALLY UNDERSTANDING HUBBIES OUT ON THE TOWN & KICK UP OUR HEELS A BIT!!!!!!!!! I'VE BEEN COLD SINCE THE SURGERY. NICK SAYS IT'S CUZ I DON'T HAVE A BIG FURNACE (BIG STOMACH/ALL THAT FOOD DIGESTING) TO KEEP MY TEMPERATURE UP. FUNNY THING IS THAT MY RIGHT SIDE IS ALWAYS COLDER THAN MY LEFT SIDE ... SO, MY ELECTRIC BLANKET HAS BECOME MY CLOSEST "FRIEND" ... OTHER THAN MY NICK'S HOT BOD, OF COURSE! TRUTHFULLY, IT'S FUNNY BUT WHEN I'M REALLY COLD, I DO SNUGGLE UP NEXT TO HIM TO GET WARM ... HE'S MY OWN PERSONAL HEATER! THANKS A BUNCH CUZ NICK & I HAVE SURE BEEN MISSING Y'ALL ... WE LOOK FORWARD TO THURSDAY NIGHTS & NOW, IT'S "CHIN UP" TIME CUZ WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF YOU "AROUND" US, WHICH IS AN AMAZING LIFT TO OUR SPIRITS. BUT, WE DROP IN ON THE BOARD & THAT IS THE 2ND BEST THING ... COME THE NEW YEAR, EVERYTHING OUGHT TO BE CALMED DOWN & MY MEDS OUGHT TO BE DOIN' THEIR JOB ... SO, WE WILL BE THERE WITH BELLS ON! BLESSINGS TO YOU & MS SUSANN FOR KEEPING THE MEETINGS GOING THROUGH ALL THE BUSY, BUSY TIMES OF THE HOLIDAYS. YOU ARE SO RIGHT ... THERE JUST MAY BE SOMEONE WHO NEEDS A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT OVER THE HOLIDAYS. WE DON'T THINK ABOUT SURGERIES AROUND CHRISTMAS, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL LADIES WHO HAVE DATES NEAR CHRISTMAS OR THE NEW YEAR. KUDOS TO YOU 2 WONDERFUL LADIES, MS BARBARA & MS SUSANN ... I'M SO GLAD THAT MS KYLEE IS DOING SO WELL ... REMEMBER, MS BRITTY & MS TOWANA WERE BOTH LIKE THAT ... UP & ABOUT IN NO TIME AS IF THEY NEVER HAD MAJOR SURGERY! OH, TO BE YOUNG AGAIN! CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS DAWN & NICK PS: DID I SEE WHERE YOU'VE LOST 108 #s? THAT'S 3 MORE THAN LAST TIME WE SAW YOU!!!!!!! WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!

I have been freezing since surgery too, mostly my hands and nose, because they're out in the open. I have been behaving myself perfectly except for exercise because of pain, but my scale keeps jumping around without alot of progress. I want to get back to the health club this week and I'm sure that will bust me loose. 108 is my biggest loss, so I'm claiming it. Today it was only 105, but I'm not complaining. I bought some size 12 pants, so I have lost inches. I don't think I could even wear those when I was 12 years old. Patience is indeed the key word these days. Love, B