CHF
I was doing fine but my husband has had a crisis with his diabetes and both feet were amputated. He is still in the hospital and will be for a while. I want to do everything I can for him and have managed to find someone to fix the mower, mow the yard, fix the sprinkler system and on and on. I am feeling very selfish cause I am getting worried about myself. I got my CRT-D because of CHF and I am noticing similarities between what I felt then and what I am starting to feel now. I just am not managing the stress as well as I hoped and tried to do. Any suggestions? I'm even open to chemical fixes at this point. I see my cardiologist tomorrow morning and I hope he'll suggest something. If I get sick too, I don't know what will happen but I know it won't be good. So far my weight is holding pretty steady with only a 1 lb. rise but since I'm eating less it's not terribly encouraging. Thanks for any "magic" suggestions.
gretchen
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CHF
by riodog - 2010-05-26 09:05:41
Thank you cruz and Ls for your comments. I did see the Cardiologist this morning and I had just started asking about medication (he mentioned Zantax) when all of a sudden the conversation went off course and we were discussing his son studying for the bar exam this summer. Never got back to a med. I'm going to call his office tomorrow and see if he will call in a med for me. He had the report on the echo and pacemaker optimization done May 13 on me, and we never got to that either. He did say I was doing fine and keep on keeping on as I was. I'm not dimwitted or intimidated by him, we get along fine, just everything I wanted to know went down the short term memory hole. Boy, I hate when that happens!
thanks for the support and I'm calling tomorrow!
gretchen
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by cruz - 2010-05-26 12:05:27
Gretchen,
I'm so very sorry you are in this period of crisis. With all the problems you are experiencing, I'm sure there is so much stress that it is affecting you physically and mentally. Please, please talk to your doctor about all the many new responsibilities and worries you have at the moment and get his advice about any "chemical fix" that might be possible to help you get through this latest crisis. My heart goes out to you, and my prayers are with you.
Cammy
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Gretchen
by LS - 2010-05-26 07:05:50
Oh my goodness. I'm sorry your husband is going through all this.
I'm sorry you are too. Rought times.
I agree with Cammy. Time to talk to your Dr. about everything.
Before my PM I had some very stressful things going on. I spoke to my internest & went on something. Best thing I EVER did.
I'll keep you & your hubby in my good thoughts & prayers.
Liz