GTN Spray

[Rob6868]

have just been administered a smaller dose of GTN on ferry by doctor after a rough crossing and awful chest pain.

he was surprised to see if had a 400micro grams spray and he's was half that..Any reason why I have bigger dose and docs in france don't?

mine is one. 0.17...There's is 0.5 much smaller dose

[Chappychap]

I can't help you with your GTN question, but that must have been a hell of a ferry crossing!

I sail on the south coast so always keep an eye on the shipping forecast. Today they were pretty sobering. Thames and Dover were "Violent Storm 11", which is one down from a hurricane, and sea area Wight was "Sever Gale 9".

[Rob6868 in reply to Chappychap]

I came into Portsmouth. a few of us decided not to go back with coach to Dover..But the bottles were falling off the shelves and they shut the shops and upper decks..But I'm not going to lie in was in some distress with constant pain and doctor was monertering me .He said he would not have let me on if he knew it was going to be this rough because if I got worse they had no way of getting me off .I'm now on dry land and waiting for train..but hey ho it's delayed...you guessed it..due to high winds. We had 70mph winds in chanel so we were told

[Orangepeel60]

I was just wondering how you were getting on and now I know.

Stay strong mate, hope you get some satisfaction from cardiologist

[Rob6868 in reply to Orangepeel60]

Thanks mate.Like you I was massively into my fitness..Had no issues until last March..16stne and strong as an Ox..swimming running in the gym..Now I can't go out in the cold wind or I get a nasty attack stress rating a big meals and just at rest I'm having these attacks. Got back to the gym about a month ago and felt better mentally but Bangkok another attack and it's wiped me out and now I don't have the confidence to go back at the moment. I'm down to 14.5stone and everyone says oh you look great..Well I don't..I feel weak and have no energy..Now can't seem to get the weight back on unless I eat crap processed foods and the high calories and I don't want to go down that road.So struggling to put Wright back on with meals I've now changed to..

Your into your fitness..any suggestions?

[Orangepeel60 in reply to Rob6868]

Sounds Shit Rob but the great thing is you want to get back. For me like you, training is pivotal in my life . I clearly don’t get your level of pain, but I do get chest pain everyday and it scares me as I think here we go again.

But pain is nothing like my HA and after I paid to see one of the top cardiologists in London I did feel reassured.

You have a problem most people would love. Losing weight but to people like us it’s not good. You say you only put weight on if you each crap?

Have you tried eating less but more often up to 7 times a day. Lean protein and veggies with some wholemeal rice or pasta. With snacks of nuts and fruit. Takes a bit of planning but well worth the efforts.

Where are you in the UK.

Let me know how you get on with cardiologist.

[Rosei]

Did the smaller dose work?

[Rob6868 in reply to Rosei]

No not really..sadly within minutes it had returned. So I'm wondering if it was because of the smaller dose that it didn't work?

[Healthyheart1]

You do put yourself through it mate, try to get some rest, I know easier said than done.

[Prada47]

Hi Rob

Just looked at my GTN 600micrograms per metered dose.

[Rob6868 in reply to Prada47]

Bloody hell

[Alison_L in reply to Rob6868]

I didn't realise they come in different sizes - mine's 400mcg

[Rob6868 in reply to Alison_L]

Ditto Alison

[Bassman65 in reply to Prada47]

Mine is also 400 mcg

[Rob6868]

I'm on the urgent list to have one mate..I've had a horrendous day with chest...radiating around back and neck and has now left me wiped out in bed..Really getting to me right now.

Definitely got worse in last 6weeks..so I'm struggling and tonight I've started to take Diltiazem so let's see.