more pills....

*sigh*
its been a long day. I went to the doctor today to get a flu shot. Sounds easy enough. I asked the doctor some more questions - we discussed if he thought I had any damage to my lungs and we discussed pulmonary embolisms in depth and at what point do they cause damage....i don't think I fit that category since we think that they found them really fast. We discussed what the future plan was for my meds -- since I am on restriction until I can get regulated - I asked what constituted "regulation". Basically, I have to be in the "range" for 2 weeks, the I have to be norma (within range)l for a month (4 weeks - blood tests every 2 weeks) before I can resume normal activity. Just in case you are wondering - that is February. I stopped smiling at that point.
Then I asked him about my heart rate -- for some reason it was at 94 when the nurse took my vitals and my blood pressure was a little high (fyi - I went to the doctor on Monday and my pulse was 67.) He grabbed my hand and started counting - 94. Then started asking lots of questions -- what have you done today? are you under a lot of stress? have you had lots of coffee today?
Sadly, it was a "becuase of the snow I slept in till I woke up - 8:00 - and went to work at 9:30, had a few meetings, went to lunch with my team and laughed a lot, then came to see you."
No real reason for my heart to be racing. That made him grab my hand again and count...96.
I asked him what he thought it was -- he said, well, if I saw these symptoms i would probably think maybe a blood clot. I laughed and said - well, i already have those. To which he responded - yeah, I know (in a sarcastic voice) and you are on blood thinners so it really doesn't make sense. But since I just had a echocardiogram and it was normal and we know that blood clots aren't really the cause - he was thinking my thyroid (which we know it is "regulated" but stress can make it produce more and since I was under a little stress on monday/tuesday - maybe it was affecting it now....who knows).
SO....after all of that, he prescribed some beta blockers to help regulate my heart beat. Want to read something scary? type that into google and look at the side effects.
he told me to take them at night (they do cause drowsiness)- and i took one at 7 pm...lets just say we are now calling them the "happy pills". They block "adrenaline" and make everything more mellow...I feel like I just got a massage and am so relaxed.
I did read the warnings and they are a little like anti-depressants where you can't go off of them cold turkey -- you have to be "weaned" off of it.
So, one more drug to add to the list. I asked him how long I had to be on it and lets just say for a while....till everything gets under control.
So, that is when I went to the pharmacist - again - and got more drugs. At least i didn't get the 7th degree this time. he also told me to take an obscene amount of vitamin C with the flu shot so hopefully I won't get sick.

Okay, that is enough of that. Depressing.

I was excited yesterday for the snow. i know - snow in Houston! Go figure. I called my sister to tell her - she told me it was 70 in NYC. I have some picts to post and will do that soon. I will also have picts to post tomorrow for our Company Christmas party! i can't wait! Then to D-town for some family time!