Haven't posted in a while but tried to reduce my hydrocortisone Sept 2021 D/L dsns method over 3 months of only 0.50mg - by Nov/Dec felt dreadful - Rheumie wanted me to step back up by 5mg am & pm (hydrocortisone). Felt so much better.
Last year 3 hospitalizations for atrial fib.
Underwent private PVI (cryoablation) 8 Feb 2022 as heart now in early heart failure & wanted to take every opportunity to try & slow further damage.
Now having ongoing spikes in b/p every time I move from sitting to standing/walking, mainly in the morning & at night.
Now on 12.5mg Losartan as of Monday - b/p 170/100. I'm on a cocktail of other heart meds too with aim in time of reducing.
I did hemorrhage day after surgery - no one checked with blood tests so assumed I was OK. Been building my strength & energy back with Floradix which is working since blood test yesterday.
My TSH levels have dropped from 3.8 in (January 2022) to 1.1 (23.2.2022).
I am clearly not feeling great & wonder if anyone with PMR has experienced this or familiar with what I am talking about?
Beautiful summers day in Auckland with 6,000 confirmed Omicrumbs in the community.
Stay safe where ever you are ~
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~Lovely to hear from you D/Lady - thank you for your kind wishes. Staying put not that I am permitted to drive for another 4 weeks.
Safer to stay away from folk as our daily numbers climb - still a lovely summer here & hopefully peak of Omicron reached before winter so our hospitals cope ~
Was talking to daughter yesterday evening, and skim the Herald every day, so keep abreast of your news…as you say, fingers crossed you can get numbers down before winter comes.
They refuse to do any form of ablation for paroxsysmal a/f here except as a last resort because the rate of relapse is so high. So really haven't bothered looking much up. They start with medication - and a pacemaker! Seems to work OK most of the time.
~Hi PMRpro - thanks for your input & link.My issues have been ongoing for sometime - meds don't hold my a/fib for any length of time otherwise I would have stayed firmly put.
I was aware that one ablation is often not enough - I've been given 75% chance of this working so decided that due to now being in early heart failure area (3 leaky valves + enlarged atrium) I was prepared to take a deep breath & go for it.
I'm praying in earnest that this operation is going to hold.
My b/p is certainly not stable but hope this will improve once new meds takes hold.
For the 1st time in so long my heart is quiet + I can sleep on my left side
They pace in order to be able to medicate the a/f more but I was having bad bradys anyway. I have brief episodes quite frequently - HR 120-130 and very fluttery for an hour or so, not every day and not that bad if all I want/need to do is sit and get on with the forum. But they have a habit of a series for a few days either at 1am which wake me up or early evening when I want to cook my tea and leave me feeling not enthusiastic about standing for long! They are also a consideration if I go out since I am always on my own but apparently it doesn't qualify me for a parking badge.
~Am I right in thinking you are in Italy? They obviously do things differently. Certainly would have been favored option of mine to pace .
Can never understand why episodes happen in middle of night when asleep - one would assume body restful/relaxed state but our electric's think otherwise
Can certainly identify @ days end when trying to get dinner cooked & raised HR - disconcerting but telling us to sit down.
Sorry about the no parking badge - that adds further to your challenges which you clearly don't need ~
They even do things different here to the rest of Italy - and to be honest, I suspect it depends on the individual doctor. The two I have seen here have different ideas. And then there is the useless little prat on the ward who tried stopping the antiarrythmic altogether because "it obviously isn't doing anything" - claiming she also had experience ... Had worked very well for the last 7 years - and is working OK now the stress is less. Her biggest sin as far I was concerned was not discussing it with me. I will refuse to have her in charge of my care ever again - she failed OH big time, she won't get the chance with me if I am compos mentis!
Dear lord - not sure, but it might have been that one that nearly killed OH 3 years ago and really started it all. Xarelto rings a bell. No-one told him not to take it at the same time as another heart drug and the blood level just climbed and climbed. But the surgeons stopped it altogether until the blood level was where it was meant to be - the head of our lab is a nerd when it comes to that sort of stuff and insisted on having the assay requirements to hand. Then we looked at mine - potentially the same problem.
The thought of 30mg instead of 10mg sends shivers down my spine! And the average lady of our age wouldn't even twitch and ask ...
~Oh PMRpro - how did I miss this?So terribly sorry, no I didn't see that at all - there was a period of time when I wasn't online late last year.Please accept my sincerest belated sympathy.
What an awful time for you & with covid rules restricting life for you too no doubt.
Please take good care & sending abundant virtual hugs ~
I don't think Covid made as much difference as it might have - it made being stuck at home easier in many ways - no-one else could go out either! He hung on until the girls were able to finally visit and not have to spend a couple of weeks in quarantine when they got home and they extended their stay to be able to help me.
~Bless him his dear heart for holding on until the girls able to be home. Relief that quarantine not required either.Please take extra care of your good self & really hope that you have support around you where possible.
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+ enlarged atrium) I was prepared to take a deep breath & go for it. 
+ I can sleep on my left side 
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