[Magdalen] Prayer request

[Sally Davies]

You're in my prayers, Molly.

I'm wondering whether, since a) you don't have a GP at the moment and b)
you've been through three blockers with decidedly mixed results from all of
them, you've haven't earned yourself a cardiology consult?

Ask the Sister what she thinks...and/or present yourself at the local A&E
with a bunch of vaguely cardiac complaints?

My Dad had to go on blockers after a very episode of AF and I recall how
they slowed him down. He also had to be on Warfarin which is abominable
stuff...there appears to be a better alternative to it these days, though
like most new drugs it's expensive.

Sally D

On Monday, January 4, 2016, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 <javascript:;>>
> 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 <javascript:;>
> >
>