[Magdalen] Prayer request

[Ginga Wilder]

Praying for you, Molly.  And hoping that you can find a '-lol' that settles
your rhythm without side effects.

I, too, have taken a beta blocker for a zillion years.  First,propanolol
(Inderal), then, atenolol (Tenormin), and in recent years carvedilol
(Coreg).  Propanolol was the worst for fatigue and also depression.  Whew!
I have managed very well on the carvedilol; it lowered my blood pressure
and kept it down and I don't have the PVC frog jumping in my chest very
often now.  My energy level seems okay for an old woman.

(((((Molly))))
Ginga

On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 12:20 AM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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:;>
> > >
> >
>