Today's accomplishment done .Walked my dog down to park and let him have a run about with daughter Out about 20 minutes Also helped move everything out of bedroom for laminate floor to go down over next few days
Doctors this evening for a talk and meds review Will probably get told off for not taking anti depressants he gave me over a month ago
Well done Vonnie. Best avoid those if you can possibly manage without. They are at best a short term solution for many people.
Hate taking any tablets That's why I am so out of my comfort zone now
A walk in the park - sounds lovely, well done you.
I’m sitting in the outpatient’s dept with my husband, waiting for his post cataract op check. This morning I had AF clinic appt, and am wearing a 48hr monitor. Feeling as if we should camp out in the hospital car park!!
So glad you’re getting there Vonnie and all the best with your GP appt x
Thanks Hilly Make space for me I come camp out to I been itchy last few days so want to ask him about it Hope it isn't the Apixaban
How did AF clinic go Good I hope x
Lol! Will get a 4 man tent so you can join us! I think they call it a man tent because it has internal pockets that hold cans of lager 
It went ok thanks. They confirmed that nothing untoward has been found but I knew that already. Heart monitor is to diagnose exactly what sort of SVT I have but she says that whichever it is It’ll be nothing to fret about.
Haven’t had any itching with Apixaban yet - let us know what GP says x
I will Could be nerves with me .Glad all is ok What's SVT I can't get my head round all these conditions
Superventricular tachycardia ... now you know why I wrote SVT lol! It covers a few types of arrhythmia including AF and flutter xx
Oh so I'm in same category as you lol
I hope I've got that right Vonnie ... googled to check. My cardiologist wrote in a letter that I have AF/flutter, but 48hr monitor should confirm or disprove. I've been reassured that I don't have anything to worry about ... so I won't 
That's great Hilly.My doctor at surgery has changed my Ramipril to Losartan cause of all the coughing I'm doing and itching
Hope af clinic went well and your monitor gives useful information. Trust hubbys cataract op check went ok and all is well. Just back from my abdo MRI a few minutes ago after recent abdo and thoracic ct scans. This hospital lark is no fun. Spent my time in MRI eyes firmly closed imagining being on a beach strolling through clear warm blue sea on a beautiful Peeble beach. Lol.
Hope all goes well for you to meadfoot.Hope the pebbles didn't hurt feet lol
Thank you. Glad you are out and about.
Trying to get back some normality It's hard at times
You must be so pleased your scans are over meadfoot ... thinking about a beautiful beach is such a good idea.
My husband's appointment went well thanks and cataract op has been a success, but we're inundated with other appointments over the next few weeks. I feel like running away and pitching my tent on your beach lol. Let us know how it went won't you, and take care.
H x
I know I rely too much on my car, but yesterday I couldn't as I'd driven it to be serviced and MOT'd in a neighbouring village. That village is only 5 minutes by car but over an hour by bus - one bus into the city, another bus back out to my village. My options were taxi or private hire, two buses, or walk. I haven't walked more than 100 yards for months, yet decided to walk, about 2 miles, but only the first 100 yards and last 20 yards on the flat. Where I live is hilly. The garage is about 200 metres above sea level, the lowest point I went was about 150 metres and home is about 205 metres above sea level. I knew after the long hill down I'd be faced with a short 1 in 7 (14%) hill up, then a less steep hill home. I wear compression socks up to my knees as I have lymphoedema, I have had asthma since I was 29 in 1974, (I'm nearly 73 now), and I have permanent Atrial Fibrillation. My achievement was that I made it. I stopped a lot, especially on the steep hill, but got home before the buses would have got me home. Now I know I can do it I must walk more.
Wow well do you That was some achievement I don't have a car so it's important to me that I start getting out and about again So I can enjoy time out with daughter All don't drive either Well done again I walked to my village and back yesterday which was about a hour Did a bit of shopping in my co op
Fantastic!now you have proved to yourself,like me recently,that we can do more than we feared.
Well done done you!thanks for sharing
12th September 2018 was the centenary of the death of my uncle in the 1st World War, and as I was the only one of the nephews and nieces to have a passport I went from Yorkshire to the south of Pas de Calais department in France to place flowers on his grave. The cemetery was 5 miles from where I was staying in Bapaume. That area doesn't have public transport as such, but the public are allowed to travel on the school buses, for 1 Euro per journey of any length. I had it all planned out. Buy flowers in the morning, take the 12.02 bus to Arras, and get off at the 2nd stop at Vaulx-Vraucourt. That worked well. I then walked about half a mile to the cemetery at Vaulx Hill. The plan afterwards failed because I couldn't call for a taxi as my mobile had no signal. The alternatives were to wait 4 hours for the next school bus, or walk. I decided to walk. I achieved it at a speed of about 2 miles an hour, often stopping to have a rest, or look at the countryside. I ended up with two blisters, but my breathing and sense of smell improved greatly. As well as permanent AF I am asthmatic, and have lymphoedema in my lower legs so wear knee-length compression socks. ,
Upwards and onwards vonnieruth! indeed,keep away from those drugs if you c an,heard a lot of bad press about them.Meant to be short term use anyway,and you have done well by yourself. xx
2nd Ablation done and dusted
TODAY'S HOT TOPIC 22/01/18
Stress test done and dusted!
Update on today's appointment 
breathless when walking and bending 
