Over the past few months, I've had so many physical ailments it's not funny. It all started when we went on vacation to Louisville and the Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot.
I picked up Pneumonia and a couple other things while there. I had several Anxiety / Panic Attacks, feeling closed in at the hotel. Felt that I wasn't able to get enough Air and had to be outside. Mary went for several walks with me in the middle of the night while we were in Ky.
When we got home, I began a new Blood Sugar Medication (New to Me) Actos. More BS physical ailments. Nothing we could nail down. More Anxiety / Panic Attacks. About 30 between mid October and now. Always seemed to happen when my Dr was off between Thursday and Monday. Just coincidence I believe....
Those attacks changed from lasting an hour or so to many hours and since last weekend, to lasting day and night. I went to the ER last Friday Night because my BP had been all over, all day long and into the night. Our insurance company nurse told me that if it got worse than 160 and over 100 to go to the hospital. The top number went up as high as 197 but the bottom number stayed under 100. Finally, it measured 160 over 108. We left for the ER then... When we arrived my BP was pretty bad. They ran every test known to man and found nothing wrong. I do have Gall Stones which is normal for 75% of the people in the world... They normally don't require treatment.
By 3 AM on Saturday, my BP was down to 120 over 80 or less and I was sent home feeling fine, absolutely perfect and reassured by all the test results.
Next day, back to the SSDD.
Yesterday, just by chance I held off taking the Actos until I'd had Coffee, Cigarettes, all my other pills and breakfast. Everything was settled down and I felt good. Shortly after I did take the Actos, Wham. BP up to 158 over 95... I called the Dr and was told to take a high dosage of Xanax until my appointment today. That took the edge off the pills effects for the rest of the day and night. Made me a total Zombie though....
Today, I didn't take the Actos and the Dr changed my Med's.. I've felt good for the first time in several months for more than a few hours at a time.. My BP is back to 120's over high 60's and my heart rate is down to 60's to 70 from nearly 100. Thanx to those of you that I slipped and told about my trouble for caring what happened to me... Seems I'll survive..
Point To This Story: If you don't feel like you think you should, look at when it started and what changed about that same time.. Luckily, I didn't continue any longer. This was way too long to be feeling bad because of taking one stupid pill a day... It might have killed me if my heart and lungs weren't so good even after I've been smoking for 40 or so years.
Everyone, Please Take Care of Yourselves better than I have for the past several months...:bang head:
Dave
I picked up Pneumonia and a couple other things while there. I had several Anxiety / Panic Attacks, feeling closed in at the hotel. Felt that I wasn't able to get enough Air and had to be outside. Mary went for several walks with me in the middle of the night while we were in Ky.
When we got home, I began a new Blood Sugar Medication (New to Me) Actos. More BS physical ailments. Nothing we could nail down. More Anxiety / Panic Attacks. About 30 between mid October and now. Always seemed to happen when my Dr was off between Thursday and Monday. Just coincidence I believe....
Those attacks changed from lasting an hour or so to many hours and since last weekend, to lasting day and night. I went to the ER last Friday Night because my BP had been all over, all day long and into the night. Our insurance company nurse told me that if it got worse than 160 and over 100 to go to the hospital. The top number went up as high as 197 but the bottom number stayed under 100. Finally, it measured 160 over 108. We left for the ER then... When we arrived my BP was pretty bad. They ran every test known to man and found nothing wrong. I do have Gall Stones which is normal for 75% of the people in the world... They normally don't require treatment.
By 3 AM on Saturday, my BP was down to 120 over 80 or less and I was sent home feeling fine, absolutely perfect and reassured by all the test results.
Next day, back to the SSDD.
Yesterday, just by chance I held off taking the Actos until I'd had Coffee, Cigarettes, all my other pills and breakfast. Everything was settled down and I felt good. Shortly after I did take the Actos, Wham. BP up to 158 over 95... I called the Dr and was told to take a high dosage of Xanax until my appointment today. That took the edge off the pills effects for the rest of the day and night. Made me a total Zombie though....
Today, I didn't take the Actos and the Dr changed my Med's.. I've felt good for the first time in several months for more than a few hours at a time.. My BP is back to 120's over high 60's and my heart rate is down to 60's to 70 from nearly 100. Thanx to those of you that I slipped and told about my trouble for caring what happened to me... Seems I'll survive..
Point To This Story: If you don't feel like you think you should, look at when it started and what changed about that same time.. Luckily, I didn't continue any longer. This was way too long to be feeling bad because of taking one stupid pill a day... It might have killed me if my heart and lungs weren't so good even after I've been smoking for 40 or so years.
Everyone, Please Take Care of Yourselves better than I have for the past several months...:bang head:
Dave
