On the road again

So the new drugs seem to have taken effect. I can have a half decent workout session without feeling like I'm going to faint. As for the push-ups... perhaps I should leave that goal for a little while and work on my waistline. I think I'm getting a little tubby, the lack of exercise and winter food has gotten to me. Perhaps if I lose a few pounds those push ups won't be as difficult to do.

New Drugs

I thought drugs were supposed to make you feel better. Today I've been pretty drowsy, and considering I slept for...10 hours...last night, I don't think it's lack of sleep! The doctor has put me on Carvetrend, which has the active ingredient carvedilol in it, which I'm pretty sure I've been on before. Probably when I was in worse shape... this is worrying. I think I took the trade name Dilatrend for some time. It is a beta/alpha blocker... don't ask me what that means, although I'll probably look it up soon anyway.

He's also put me on Vectoryl, which is an ACE (Angiotensin Converting Enzyme) inhibitor.

Eish

I decided to go to the Cardiologist on Friday...well at least to phone him. He asked me to come in immediately. Did a quick ECG and echo, apparently I am in sinus rythm but have an ectopic. However I know that I definitely have palpitations regularly, when exerting myself.

He said that my heart looks a little more lazy than it had in Feb. He's trying me on some new drugs, I don't know the names off hand, but will add them in my next post. I also had a ProBNP and Magnesium blood test which just came back favourably, but he wants to put me on Amiodarone (Arycor) for the next 6 months. There after there should be a new chronic drug which doesn't have the side effects associated with arycor.

Hopefully this rythm thing can get kicked in the butt this time.