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Afraser
5 years agoMember
@Brenda5
While acknowledging that many of these significant problems are not something your GP can easily fix, he doesn’t have to live with it and would be pretty grumpy if he did!
My feet/toes are still affected by PN but happily not my fingers. Heels are out (hooray, flats are fashionable) but I can walk. I hope your hands improve (my feet have, nerve endings do but the speed is glacial).
My cardiologist took me off sotalol ( it stopped working and he didn’t want to just up the dose) so I’m on betablockers only. Which has been working well now for almost four years. My heart is getting more regular (another glacier-speed improvement) but the rate is fine, blood pressure good and no tachycardia.
My lymphoedema doesn’t bother me much but a sudden attack of cellulitis two days into a lockdown and on a weekend was a pain in the neck! I did not need that.
Almost nine years! Mind you, the AF might have happened anyway and I have no regrets. But if I had your GP I might send him off for empathy training!
Here’s hoping for some positive changes to brighten your spirits. Best wishes.
While acknowledging that many of these significant problems are not something your GP can easily fix, he doesn’t have to live with it and would be pretty grumpy if he did!
My feet/toes are still affected by PN but happily not my fingers. Heels are out (hooray, flats are fashionable) but I can walk. I hope your hands improve (my feet have, nerve endings do but the speed is glacial).
My cardiologist took me off sotalol ( it stopped working and he didn’t want to just up the dose) so I’m on betablockers only. Which has been working well now for almost four years. My heart is getting more regular (another glacier-speed improvement) but the rate is fine, blood pressure good and no tachycardia.
My lymphoedema doesn’t bother me much but a sudden attack of cellulitis two days into a lockdown and on a weekend was a pain in the neck! I did not need that.
Almost nine years! Mind you, the AF might have happened anyway and I have no regrets. But if I had your GP I might send him off for empathy training!
Here’s hoping for some positive changes to brighten your spirits. Best wishes.