Still getting tired after 4 weeks

New Meds?

by BOBTHOM - 2018-09-29 19:44:43

If it came on suddenly they may have put you on some new medications.  Beta blockers are notorious for making people weak and tired.  Some people get used to it and tolerate it better as time goes on, some never get used to it.  

So far no new meds

by loblolly - 2018-09-29 21:10:23

So far I'm still on the calcium channel blocker for years.. My internal medicine doctor doesn't want to make any changes until I see a   cardiologist.  (I didn't have a cardiologist at the time this happened, but I do have an appointment with a  cardiologist my awesome rheumatologist recommended, who specializes in women's heart conditions and is very familiar with autoimmune diseases.  I'll see her in a couple of weeks. For now, I'm going to continue monitoring my blood pressure and keeping a bp log for my new cardiologist.

I guess I need to just listen to what my 72 year old body is telling me th

continued

by loblolly - 2018-09-29 21:13:58

Sorry! Comment interrupted by my cat.

As I was saying, I guess I just need to listen to what my 72 year old body is telling me about my recovery.  I am trying to make that my priority right now- going for walks, taking a nap when I need one, meditating, and saying no when I just don't feel up to doing something for a while!

Bradycardia

by Modg22 - 2018-09-29 23:57:40

I had a TBI in 2014 due to being thrown off the back of a truck going 60 mph. My brain was bleeding and my heart wasn’t keeping up. They released me after 13 days and put me on a heart monitor. I was at home and passed out as I got up to pee in the middle of the night. So they had to insert the pacemaker. There  wasn’t a doctor that I seen that could explain why my heart did that. 

You've got a lot of....

by donr - 2018-09-30 01:38:55

....catching up to do!  Whemn I went through stomach surgery at age 76 (or thereabouts)  my cardio told me the following:  At that age, expect to spent a week recovering for every day tou spent in bed or indolent.  I spent about 13 dqays in a bed or just sitting.  By golly, the Great Man was correct - took about 3 months to get back to where I was the dayb the opened me up.. Considering the distance yopu were walking, you may take a bit longer.  It requirews WORK t5o recover, so you cannot do it sitting in a chair watching GilligansIsland re-runs.  As soon as you feel able, getout & start walking, & expect to NOT walk as far as you could just prior to PM implant.  (Actually, that should have been the day after surgery.)

I once upoin a time got some great advice from an old gentleman nam,ed Louis W. TRuman, Harry S. Truman's cousin - & just as irrascible))  Don, he said, whenever you wind up in a hospital, get out of the bed & walk.  Walk every day, just as far as you can.  Lyimng in that bed will lead to pneumonia, & pneumonia will kill you faster than you can imagine.  It took 6 bouts of pneumonia to get to ols Lou - at age 96.  So get ut & walk.

The best to you from Lou & me!

Don

Good advice

by loblolly - 2018-09-30 10:46:44

Completely agree about getting out and walking! I started doing that two days after my surgery- increasing the distance gradually. Now it's been 4 weeks, and  I'm up to 3 miles a day, most days. I find just being outdoors improves my mood. Guess I just need to realize that although I can go for a brisk walk in the morning, some days, I still may need a nap in the afternoon .

Don't worry about...

by donr - 2018-09-30 11:44:50

...the nap!  That will take care of itself.  Focus on the AM walking.  My cardio would approve of your efforts.   (So would Lou Truman!).  When I started the walking post surgery, I could not walk the circle around the floor I was on without resting by leaning against a wall.  No, I don't do 3 miles per day.  My lower back is now 125 yrs old, whle the rest of me is only 82 (as of last Thurs), while my brain is about 15 - sorta like Robo Pop.  I keep mobile by working  for my MD Daughter as her practice manager.  That keeps me moving all day.   Yes, in the late afternoon the battery runs down & i start falling asleep at my computer, but not to worry - the patient behind me kicks my chair to wake me up. 

Donr