[Magdalen] prayer request

[Ginga Wilder]

Friends, I continue to hang is.  My bp has been WNL all day!  I met with my
internist who gave me a new protocol for rescue at home -- actually going
back to the awful catapres medication every hour until bp is below
170/100.  I am worn out and ready for this to go away.  And, perhaps it is
with today's readings.

Our son is still in ICU.  They were going to start dialysis today but his
numbers crept into t right direction....slow, slow, but thank God.

I feel like we're both on a good road now.

Thank you for your prayers.
Ginga

On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 8:28 AM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Friends, I am in need of your prayers.  Some of you know I have a long
> history (since age 20) of labile and resistant to treatment hypertension.
> I also have WPW (benign) and mitral valve prolapse.  Plus, some calcified
> plaque build up in at least one coronary artery.  I have been quite
> symptomatic with blood pressure elevations all summer and irregular
> rhythm.  My internist has adjusted my medications which did not help more
> than a few days and one took me too low.  I saw my cardiologist last week -
> I am now wearing a heart monitor and will have nuclear studies and echo
> cardiogram next week.  Yesterday, I awoke at about 4 AM feeling awful.  My
> BP registered at 194/120.  I was able to get it down to 141/77 with
> nitroglycerin.  My heart rate was very irregular.  I spoke with the
> cardiologist yesterday afternoon.  He told me what to take and I felt much
> better very quickly.
>
> So, here's my confession.  I've dealt with episodes like this since I was
> 20.  My head goes to denial that anything is very wrong....I do not want to
> overreact.  I do not trust my monitor to be accurate in these times, so I
> try to ignore the symptoms as much as possible.  Before I would call my
> cardiologist yesterday, when my BP elevated again, I went to my pharmacy
> instead to check if my monitor was working correctly.  Well, yes.  My
> wonderful pharmacist took my pressure 5 times with two different machines,
> one a manual.  207/105 was the average.
>
> So, please pray that I can allow myself to take care of me by not denying
> or ignoring or minimizing my symptoms.  I will check in this morning with
> the cardiologist and I have asked John to insist that I go to ER if
> necessary.  End of confession, except I do find it much easier to take care
> of others than me.  God, help me.
>
> Thank you for your prayers and gentle discipline.  As Sister Elias used to
> say, "I love you all."
> Ginga
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