A knock on the ole noggin

[mrspunkysmom]

An update

It seems the "fainting" (This was a first for me) was likely caused by two meds that I was assured I could take simultaneously. One is a Beta blocker; the other an anti-anginal. But both will reduce heart rate. So if you happen to stand or sit still for a while then move suddenly, you could faint. My new doctor thought it was weird that I was on the second one, but given that I might be allergic to two other classes of HBP drugs, the only other choice was HCTZ. So I am on that for the time being.

So she made an appt with a cardiologist whom I see Friday for an initial appt and hopefully a stress test later. Hopefully all will turn out okay and it will serve as a baseline for future tests. I also have an appt with an allergist Friday right before that. It's a consult only, but one can hope. They like you to stop certain medications a few days before hand, but I can't stop taking my only real HBP medicine, at least not for a few days. These people seemed real nice and were agreeable with me not taking it just that morning.

I'm still breaking out in hives and I don't know why. It seems the benadryl was doing a good job until I stopped it to try to get into see the allergist. Of course it could be stress, since I'm due to go back to work on March 14th. Yikes! and Blech!

Wish me luck so that at least this phase of my life can have some closure.

[Karen]

So she made an appt with a cardiologist whom I see Friday for an initial appt and hopefully a stress test later. Hopefully all will turn out okay and it will serve as a baseline for future tests. I also have an appt with an allergist Friday right before that. It's a consult only, but one can hope. They like you to stop certain medications a few days before hand, but I can't stop taking my only real HBP medicine, at least not for a few days. These people seemed real nice and were agreeable with me not taking it just that morning.

I'm still breaking out in hives and I don't know why. It seems the benadryl was doing a good job until I stopped it to try to get into see the allergist. Of course it could be stress, since I'm due to go back to work on March 14th. Yikes! and Blech!

Wish me luck so that at least this phase of my life can have some closure.

It all sounds like things are moving in the right direction, getting some answers, and all that! My allergy doc did let me take everything else other than my antihistamines before the test day, so that was at least some help. I was still miserable, but I knew it was short term, and was prepared for it!