[Magdalen] prayer request

[Ginga Wilder]

WNL: Within Normal Limits.  I am monitoring myself closely at home.  When I
was in my earlier adulthood, I would go to the ER when my BP elevated to
extremes.  My experience is that ERs don't have my history and prefer to
'watch me' until something happens or doesn't. (Nothing ever happened,
TBTG!)   I am able to rescue myself better at home with the medications I
have on hand.  I can get it down much better at home.  There is a brand new
autonomic malfunction clinic at Medical University of SC to which I have
been referred.  I am wearing a heart monitor right now and will have have a
nuclear stress test and echo cardiogram next week.  This roller coaster
will wind down sooner or later.  I have felt much better last night and
this morning...haven't put on the bp monitor yet, but I know it is down.

Thank you all for your TLC,
Ginga

On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 10:03 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> This all sounds very scary, Ginga! Are you being monitored in the
> hospital? And what is WNL?
> Prayers rising from here...
>
> Grace
>
> > On Aug 1, 2018, at 8:22 PM, Rick Mashburn <ricklmashburn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Prayers for you and your family.  Thanks for keeping us posted!
> >
> > Much love,
> >
> > Rick, Alex and Malcolm
> >
> >> On Wed, Aug 1, 2018, 7:11 PM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
>