[Magdalen] Prayer request

[Jay Weigel]

Praying, Molly.

I've been on metoprolol for years, originally as a migraine prophylaxis
(not successful for that) but it did and does work for my SVT. S/O is on
bisoprolol for blood pressure and was tired in the afternoons until I
suggested he take it at bedtime. Mirabile dictu, no more of that; have you
tried it?

NPs are often (though not always) better listeners than MDs. Let us hope
that yours is.

On Sunday, January 3, 2016, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net> wrote:

> Oh, my!  I didn't know about any of this!  Absolutely praying!
>
>
> On 1/3/16 8:38 PM, Molly Wolf wrote:
>
>> Hi pubbies,
>>
>> I have atrial fibrillation, among other (minor) cardiac issues, and I
>> have been prescribed beta-blockers for years and years for this problem.
>> Atenolol was the drug prescribed, and it left me tired, as though I was
>> moving at higher gravity.  Walking uphill has been a particular strain.
>> Then, at the height of the moving and renovations last summer, my GP
>> switched me to bisoprolol, which made the fatigue much, much worse. The
>> latest GP has now got me on metoprolol, which is slightly less exhausting
>> than bisoprolol but also gives me joint pain.
>>
>> All these %^*<>€£ -olols have dug deep holes into my quality of life.  My
>> creativity is shot, and I have to ration my activities because otherwise, I
>> get overtired and have to rest for a day. I feel old and discouraged.
>>
>> This is complicated by issues with my GP.  The office, which was a nice
>> old-fashioned practice when I signed up, has experienced high turnover and
>> disorganization since it was "rationalized" into a Brockville group
>> practice a few years ago.  We don't actually have a physician now.  Very
>> frustrating.
>>
>> I'm seeing the nurse practitioner on Tuesday.  We'll see what transpires.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Molly
>> walking on Saturn, from the feel of it
>>
>> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no
>> other way. -- Mark Twain
>>
>>
>
> --
> Sibyl Smirl
> I will take no bull from your house!  Psalms 50:9a
> mailto:polycarpa3 at ckt.net
>