honeybee4 
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A month ago my GP put me on quanadine twice a day in addition to my other blood pressure medicine. It affected me so badly that my husband had to do all the grocery shopping. All I wanted to do is sleep. I had to hold on to the furniture just to walk across the room. On Wednesday I saw him again. My blood pressure was back to normal, and he told me to take one pill at night so I am pretty much back to normal as far as the dizziness and sleeping are concerned. Have lots of tests at two different hospitals on Tuesday for my gall bladder, and another appointment on the 7th of July for my thyroid and another appointment pending for the cardiologist. It tires me out going to these appointments.
Reply #2921. Jun 26 11, 7:29 PM
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| lesley153
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I went to Haematology at the beginning of April. My haemoglobin is 14: my white cells are as high as ever; come back in six months. I also had a retinal screening a few weeks ago. No change in the three years since I started going: come back next year... Who needs a social life when we have all these hospital people to go and see?
The cardiologist has known me since 1996 and he knows I'd rather not take anything at all. The GP will learn. I've been very docile because I'm new to the practice, but it's been 51 weeks so I'm not that new. Long enough to put me on a "low dose" of this... a "mild dose" of that... Time for a full and frank exchange of views!
Judy, I'm sorry you had such a rotten month and glad it's sorted. Maybe I'll get used to this. :( |
Reply #2922. Jun 26 11, 8:00 PM
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honeybee4
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Thanks Lesley. I can't wait to get all this over with so I can get on with my ife. I sure hope I don't have gallstones because I sure am not looking forward to another operation.
Reply #2923. Jun 26 11, 8:04 PM
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| lesley153
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| Ouch. Nobody deserves gallstones. |
Reply #2924. Jun 26 11, 8:10 PM
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Rowena8482
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I take the ramipril Lesley and (of course, given that my doctor seems to give your old one a run for his money in the competence stakes!) nobody mentioned fatigue etc. I would bet one of my feet that is contributing to why I feel so tired ALL the time though. The only side effect I don't have from the pills I rattle with is weight loss lol, and that's the one I could really do with :-|
Reply #2925. Jun 27 11, 1:36 AM
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Professer
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That is bad Gallstones, a friend had them and did not have a op to remove them was some sort of ultra sound treatment.
Reply #2926. Jun 27 11, 2:40 AM
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| lesley153
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Rowena, I had wondered if you'd been lumbered with that too. It's supposed to reduce your blood pressure, prevent strokes and heart attacks, protect your kidneys and increase the flow of blood and oxygen to the heart, much like the Wild West "patent medicines" that would cure whatever ailed you, run the bath and make sandwiches.
Or medicinal compound in case you have sticky-out ears or freckles.
Do we have to stay on this junk for ever? :(
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Reply #2927. Jun 27 11, 7:05 AM
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| C30
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Lesley..........according to (Perm any 1 from 10) GP's at local Medical Centre, the answer is "Yes"!
They work under the well known NHS principal of "Palm the patient off with pills and they will go away and stop bothering us" (or die, in either case "job sorted").
I complained of "dizziness" and "blood pounding in head"......result....Ramipril upped to 10mg level. Effect on complaint...........Nil!
Getting put on pills by GP, is a bit akin to buying something from "Readers Digest".........you can't get rid of either!
Reply #2928. Jun 27 11, 8:12 AM
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| lesley153
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One of the things it says in the literature is make sure your GP/pharmacist knows if you have Raynaud's. I've got Raynaud's, and was actually talking to my GP about it a month ago. It also says don't stop taking this without talking to your doctor.
I just had a preliminary word with the pharmacist I got this from. I said I'd had loads of diuretics but hadn't felt so bad on any of them. No, he said, they're different. (Are they really?)
I mentioned the Raynaud's, and he said "How can I explain this? It's like the central heating system you have at home. If you reduce the pressure, the heat may not reach all the rooms." (I know he was trying to help.)
He asked me what my blood pressure was like. Good question. Last time it was taken, it was 120 over something - I wonder why they want me to take something that'll make it even lower. Hmmm.
How many have I taken? Five. Take two more and then, if you're still feeling bad, talk to your doctor. OK... I'll try anything once.
Thanks: the literature says this stuff will "increase the flow of blood and oxygen to the heart." That's what my cardiac exercise class is doing. If I carry on feeling like this, I won't be able to do the cardiac exercises, and I certainly know which I'd prefer.
This is pissing me off because it feels like I'm back to square one - feeling rough and not knowing what to do about it. One stupid little pill has stolen my energy. Aaargh. |
Reply #2929. Jun 27 11, 8:21 AM
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| lesley153
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Ray - I'm only on the 1.25mg pill. How on earth do you keep going, on 10mg?
I registered with this one almost a year ago. On two separate occasions, he has "expressed surprise" that I'm not taking something-or-other, and said "let's give you a mild one." One thing was something I stopped taking, don't think I need, didn't want to argue, because I was new. Bit paranoid about the ex-GP labelling me a trouble-maker.
The other thing was something the cardiologist had said I could stop taking when I was an in-patient in March last year, just to reduce the load on my system. He didn't say anything about going back on it, and I kept very quiet, but this new man is too cute.
I have an appointment with him in just over a week. That's as good a time as any to talk about looking after myself, not just popping pills. And I shall ask him about my blood pressure - surely 120 over something is quite low enough? *sigh* |
Reply #2930. Jun 27 11, 8:29 AM
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| lesley153
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Thanks, Gary. Just measured mine - it's 130/77, pulse 66. The 130 is OK but I'm not sure what the gap (130 - 77) means. Will investigate.
If yours is 85/110 I am very confused but 110/85 is well within the "good" parameters. |
Reply #2932. Jun 27 11, 10:27 AM
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Professer
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got the numbers the wrong way Lesley Glad yours is ok
Reply #2933. Jun 27 11, 10:47 AM
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| lesley153
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"got the numbers the wrong way"
That is a relief! :)
Thank you. it's higher than it was, which may explain why I feel slightly more capable.
Going shopping now. If I'm not back by bedtime, please ask Sainsburys to send out a search party. |
Reply #2934. Jun 27 11, 11:22 AM
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| lesley153
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| Mission accomplished. Got in the car and sailed off. Not the best shopping experience... where's the bread I want? where's the organic bananas? how did this hazelnut-sized Desiree get into this bag of Jersey Royals? why don't you put things where I can reach them? ...but my misgivings were unfounded. Confidence now boosted. |
Reply #2935. Jun 27 11, 1:51 PM
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| C30
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Ray - I'm only on the 1.25mg pill. How on earth do you keep going, on 10mg?
I started off on "yellow ones", then "red ones", now on "blue ones"...........effect on body...zilch, as far as I can tell.
Energy levels seem unaffected....and as today I mowed the lawn, washed and polished "plastic pig", hoovered house & blitzed bathroom, I'd venture to say nothing wrong with energy levels..........but I still get dizzy!
Ahh well........Cardiac MOT on Friday........might (and it's a big "might") find answers as it is with the Practice Nurse and not GP.
Reply #2936. Jun 27 11, 2:01 PM
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Professer
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These pills sound about as good as my quarterly injections of B12, i feel no better for havingthem
Reply #2937. Jun 27 11, 2:05 PM
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| lesley153
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I'm going to have to ask him why I'm on them at all. I suspect that they're at least partly to repair or stem potential damage done by others meds which may or may not but probably are making other conditions worse.
Good luck Friday, Ray. Full report anticipated. Thank you. |
Reply #2938. Jun 27 11, 3:42 PM
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Rowena8482
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They are supposed to take blood and test kidney function every time they up the dose of ramipril (just in case anyone wantd to know that snippet lol). Mine were red and yellow but are now red and white. All together now.... "We can take a rainbow, take a rainbow...."
Reply #2939. Jun 27 11, 4:35 PM
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satguru
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If we could keep the banned advice out of it, I think a new general blog for medical stories would be one of the most popular around. White and pink for me btw.
Reply #2940. Jun 27 11, 5:24 PM
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