Howdy. I thought I'd sniffle my way over here after I found out that Teri was the moderator. No, that didn't scare me off....it actually enticed me to visit. Strange, huh? Anyway, I've been a...
Well, maybe I shouldn't have said that PMS was popular. I'm sure that those (of both genders) who suffer from it wouldn't think it very popular. But about 25 years ago, there was a pretty big...
I just wrote about my wife and I both being headed for the CPAP treatment. Well, my wife is a bit younger than I am. I'm 57 and she's 38. We've been together for over 10 years and I believe that...
Ironic that this should come up at this time. My wife has just done the sleep study and found to have rather severe sleep apnea. She'll be starting on the C-PAP soon. I just came from the...
Yeah, Teri. Life is too big a deal to take seriously. :) If I couldn't laugh at some of this stuff, I'd be in big trouble. Sorta like the convicted man said to the hangman, "couldn'y find a cleaner...
I spose this is an appropriate place to discuss what happened today. I had a follow-up visit with a psychologist. This followed about 8 hours of neuro-psychiatric testing. It was done because I've...
Well, I'm here...and back at square one. Yesterday my appeal for LTD was denied...rather gleefully...by the ###. I'm getting rather tired of those alleged people. I've sent a note to my lawyer, spent...
I just wanted to check in and say "hi." I'm sorry to hear about the problems people are having...but I think I might actually be going in the opposite direction. For the last two weeks, I've started...
Hello, Betty. My hat's off to you. I had quad bypass last September at the age of 57 and it was...well...rather trying. And it hurt, too. :) First, the dreams after the anesthesia were horrible. I...
Hi LisaRose. I don't have it in for all cardiologists. But I think the examples I've stated are symptomatic of the health care industry in the US. What my real complaint is about is having the same...
I've had two separate instances (one last year, one this year) where the stress test, EKG and echocardiogram SUPPOSEDLY didn't show anything. In the first one the doctor discharged me from the...
I'm right here between the Kleenex and the cold medicine. Somehow I've caught a nasty cold. Spent most of yesterday in bed re-reading the "Wheel of Time" series by Robert Jordan. Today I got up...
Well, first things first. The Niaspan has been a whole lot more tolerable with some Advil and Benadryl. Teri, I understand your concern about supressing an allergic reaction with an...
The Advil and benadryl seem to have helped. I took the Niaspan about an hour later and had minor flushing, but very little if any itching. The flushing started about 2 hours after taking it (3 hours...
Yanno, Libby...I've been outta the "singles scene" for so long, I hadn't even thought about that. :) But it's a good one. I really didn't check to see if there were any red spots. Itchy as all get...
Hi Libby. Thanks for the info on Enduracin. That may be an option. But I got over the flushing from the smaller dose fairly quickly, so I'm hoping that the same thing will happen with the larger...
Well, I'm here. I've been catching up on some other non-computer stuff. I've had a pretty good day. It appears that my long-term disability will be approved...the question is "when." After talking...
Glad you're ok and that the BP seems real good. Panic attacks are no fun. But hang in there and keep up the good work. It'll pay off in the long run....
I'll give you my straight-out opinion....and you can take it for what it's worth. I'm a recovering alcoholic. I've been sober for over 13 years. I don't say this to brag, just to state the facts....
Keep up the good work, man. It sounds like you're really doin good things for your body. I'm real happy for ya about the calls from your resume. I hope you can find a job where you're happy and...
I'm doing the Niaspan thing along with Vytorin. I've been on them for a month. I'm just at the point where I have to double the dose of Niaspan to 1000 mg per day. I got thru the initial flushing...
Howdy, again, SFG. Fancy meeting you here. :) I'm just takin a break from car work (took the Nova to the spray-it-yourself carwash) since I'm all outta breath. Anyway, I can't tell ya what my...
And thanks to you, SFG, for the kind words. It's funny how our minds can be as powerful (if not more so) than out bodies in many ways. Stress is a good example. Stress will send my BP shooting way up...
That's a very interesting study. I had my gall bladder removed (one rather large stone in it blocking the "out" line for lack of a better term) in 2002. I'd had 2 MIs previously. I'm not obese (most...
ok...here they are: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a682348.html http://www.drugs.com/imdur.html ...
It's ImDur, not imur. Generic name Isosorbride. It's a time-release vasodilator. Nitro is an immediate vasodilator. They are both Nitrates that open up the blood vessels. The main problem I'm aware...
Wel, SFG, here's the way I see it. I work on cars a lot...whenever I can, anyway. It's a hobby of mine. I've also spent a lot of years troubleshooting computer hardware and software. So I've done a...
I can sure relate to the stressful situations and the correlation to BP increase. Big time. I didn't know anything about Clonidine until you mentioned it and I had to do a little research. I found...
Funny that the nuclear scan worked for you. More better I should say very fortunate. I've had 2 instances where the scan and ekg have shown absolutely nothing, yet all the other symptoms (BP, angina,...
Wow, Barb! That work situation really bites. I've been in the same job for about 13 years. I'm very grateful for the income and benefits it's provided me. Things have changed greatly since the time...
Greetings, SFG. Sober is a good thing. Very good. Are you a friend of Bill W? Just curious. As I understand it, high BP isn't the only symptom of a possible heart attack. There are many different...
I'm not a doctor. I'm just a 57 yo guy with CAD (and some other stuff.) But for me, a BP reading of 150/70 makes my day absolutely wonderful! For a while I was running at about 189/107...then I got...
For those who have followed the short soap opera of my CAD issues, I'll give ya a little update. I had a meeting with some folks at my employer's office today (I work for a large health care company...
I still get some flushing when I take half a pill. But it's not nearly as bad as when I first started taking it. I tried taking a whole pill every other day for a few days and that didn't work at...
Just to clarify things here...Teri and I exchanged emails and I told her that I'm not in the midst of a severe depressive state at the moment...actually quite the opposite. I'm in a pretty good...
Teri: I've read both those sites. There's some good info there...and some manufacturer's hype....but I guess you can never get away from that totally. I appreciate the info, tho. OkD: Thanks for the...
My new cardiologist has put me on Niaspan (500mg) for cholesterol control and Imdur (30mg) for angina. It's actually a vasodilator, which opens up the blood vessels. In my case, that's a very, very...
PH stands for Pulmonary Hypertension....here's a website that does a pretty good job of explaining it: http://www.phassociation.org/Learn/What-is-PH/ This is from the first paragraph on that page:...
I spoke with my new cardiologist and he said there were 3 things for which nitro could be an effective treatment: CAD (of course), Pulmonary Hypertension and esophogeal spasms. He didn't mention...
I believe I've battled with depression most of my life...but it wasn't until the 70s that it became something that was common knowledge. I started taking different antidepressants in my 30s and...