[Magdalen] Prayer request

[Arthur Laurent]

Has your GP tried you on Diltiazem? I have paroxymal atrial fibrillation (usually quiet, except where I was in the ER for something unrelated), and a raised dose of this, plus Metropolol Tartrate tid seems to work well for me.

In the nature of afib, I have never felt anything bad, even when I according to an EKG, was wild w/afib and PVCs.

I hope you find a med or meds that work for you.

Do you have a cardiologist who could help?

(Also praying for you and for medical enlightenment about your particuilar case.)

Arthur

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From: Magdalen [magdalen-bounces+alaurent=npr.org at herberthouse.org] on behalf of Georgia DuBose [gdubose at gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 2:50 AM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Prayer request

Praying. 4 a  clear path to a good remedy w/ the right doc to implement it.
Georgia+
On Jan 3, 2016 6:38 PM, "Molly Wolf" <lupa at kos.net> 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