The shock doc met with me on March 6 to say again that he was worried about the spirometry results, hence the discontinuance in Feb. We discussed options. There is another drug that he will use, but until we see how I do, we will hold off. The reason is that this drug requires 3 days of hospitalization to see whether one tolerates it. Once, that is established, there are few side effects he says and much lower toxicity. The drug has been around a long time. I asked that if it had lower toxicity, why he didn't start with it and the hospitalization was the answer.
In the interim we have successfully moved into our new home, Most unpacking is complete, and we are just dealing with bits and pieces to end our involvement with the process. E.g., landscaping has not begun--too wet; paint touch ups still on; garage improvements in process, etc. Other than these few things, we are enjoying our new environment including the neighbors and the 'hood.
I have restarted my workouts which took a hiatus of about 3 weeks during the move and I feel great. Also, I seem to be stabilizing on water retention. This last couple of cycles I have gone 8 days between torsemides. I can tell that something has changed in my body because I am getting stronger urges to urinate, more normal that is, and I am producing more urine, suggesting less retention. I don't know what accounts for this but I am happy about it.
Yesterday we drove to SLC to spend the Easter weekend. We did a little shopping, etc. then had a preprandial cocktail. During this process there was lively family discussion and I noticed my heart thumping away. A quick check of the pulse with the oximeter showed 139 beats per minute. This rate, while high, was substantially lower than the 155-165s that I was getting in the last round of these. Interestingly, I was able to close my eyes, engage my relaxation procedure, and the hr dropped quite quickly to normal, that is, high 60s, low 70s. I hope that this will work everytime. The shock doc has told me that these episodes are not fatal, which may mean to me that I should relax and deal with it--which I did.
So it will be watch and await further developments until we see whether I need this new drug with its hospitalization, etc.
I don't know why also, but this past week or so preceding this flutter, I have had some latent anxiety, more like old times. Could it be related to something? Doh! Of course it is. But what?
