Heart aflutter again.
I just spent the day in hospital with a heart flutter. I am on beta blockers, as it happened about March last year too. Not sure if it is my age or a follow on from the 2016 chemo but it is annoying t...
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New Dr, same clinic which is good because he can access all my past records. First appointment last Saturday he put me on antiobiotics, changed the heart meds from Atenolol to Metoprolol and did a referral to a psychiatrist. Second appointment yesterday he did a medical certificate for the centerlink newstart claim I have in so I can get a pension concession card so I can afford to the the Dr in the first place without paying $70 weekdays or $120 weekends. The psychiatrist will cost $500 and the appointment is next week. I have also been referred back to the cardiologist building as my old one left and I need a new one too. He won't be free either.
None of this Drs ducking out and abandoning me helps toward me trying to get a disability pension claim done for the 3rd time. I haven't been able to work since 2015 when this breast cancer saga started. Just makes me so angry and frustrated which doesn't help me either.
Good news is the Metroprolol seems to be working and my anxiety isn't quite as bad now. I looked up a side effect of Atenolol and it can be anxiety. Why the previous GP didn't twig about it way back when I asked to see a psychologist because I had agoraphobia come on suddenly I don't know.
None of this Drs ducking out and abandoning me helps toward me trying to get a disability pension claim done for the 3rd time. I haven't been able to work since 2015 when this breast cancer saga started. Just makes me so angry and frustrated which doesn't help me either.
Good news is the Metroprolol seems to be working and my anxiety isn't quite as bad now. I looked up a side effect of Atenolol and it can be anxiety. Why the previous GP didn't twig about it way back when I asked to see a psychologist because I had agoraphobia come on suddenly I don't know.