Well hello all. Hope that everyone is ok.
Sorry for being AWOL for a while but its been a bit of a bumpy couple of weeks and hubby has been monopolising the laptop for work.
So, its now 6 weeks post A day.
On the upside, 1) I am no longer on Omeprazole and the silly cough has all but gone 2) Sleeping like a log most nights 3) There is only one very small patch of bruising remaining, where gravity took it down to my foot 4) Thigh still aching a bit but now able to withstand one light feline landing on it in the morning ...... still not quite up to her chunkier sister hurling herself thighwards 5) I'm now able to sit on the loo normally rather than having to lower myself down like an arthritic sumo wrestler, gripping the radiator with one hand and the sink with the other........hubby was taking bets as to which would come away from the wall first.
Now the bumpy bit. I started back to work after 4 weeks off and wished I had had another week off. I was only seeing a few patients at first to break myself in gently but felt shattered and my pulse was going through the roof at times. There was some humping going on (my trolley case before anyone casts any nasturtiums) but nothing too strenuous.
I also started to get puffy legs and feet and a bit breathless so contacted my arrhythmia nurse who asked if I could pop in for an ECG, which was ok as I was already going in for a long awaited echo. Sadly, they could not do the echo as my pulse rate was too high so it may have distorted the images. I was also in AF at the time but I think that it has just dipped in and out. I am now on Diltiazem as a PIP to see how that goes. So far, my resting pulse has started to come down and the surges have reduced. She did mention a cardioversion as an option if the AF was lingering but I don't think it is, fortunately.
I still have the puffy legs but the breathlessness has reduced, I have some Furusemide I can take on the non working days. Arrhythmia nurse is supposed to be ringing me tomorrow for an update and thankfully, the past 3 days I have felt better.
So, the morals of the story are, if Uncle BobD tells you to rest, then REST and rest a bit more. If you feel that something is not right, then ring the arrhythmia nurses...... that's what they are there for. And, if your husband is being a smartass about the bathroom furniture holding your weight, then give him a hoof in the unmentionables with your puffy, slightly bruised foot!!!
Be good ...... Ang
Ps...... I have ordered a copy of the A Fib Cure which should be arriving tomorrow, hurrah!!!
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