Justakid Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 My Pulmonary Doc has been cutting back my beta blocker and steriods. Woke up last night with a racing heart and wheezing. Get to go see him at 12:30 today. I pray he doesn't put me in the hospital! I am so ready to quit this whole thing! Everytime I get one step forward, I take two steps back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnmynatt Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Oh Beth!! Praying for more steps forward. Please Lord let this be just a small setback that goes away TODAY!!! Take care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Lamb Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Beth,I know exactly what you mean.I call it 2 or 3 rungs up the ladder and then 4 or 5 back down again with splinters to boot. We have to keep going back up the ladder tho.One rung at a time & we'll get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gail Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Maybe it's big steps forward and little steps back? Or remember Chutes and Ladders? Just take the little chutes down, not the big ones. Thinking of you gail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treebywater Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 UGH.... ((((hugs)))) to you. I'm praying that this is a small type chute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cindi o'h Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Beth. Hopefully this will turn out to be a balancing act with your medications and simply be a small setback. love, Cindi o'h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Wood Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Hang in there, Beth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhutch1366 Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Hang tough, sweetie. Quite likely the racing heart was due to the med changes, maybe they happened too fast. Praying everything is alright.... and that you can let us know you're ok. XOXOXOX Prayers, always, MaryAnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shineladysue Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Beth, Hang in there. Sure sounds like it could be due to medicine change. It doesn't sound like a step back. No one can take those good results from you. Hope your pulmonologist comes up with a quick fix so you can bask in some good news for a change. Let us know what he says. Praying for a quick fix. Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay A. Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Beth, I sure wish you could get some relief from all of this. I am wondering if they are trying to stage you down from the steroids too fast. Not trying to practice medicine without a license, just basing my opinions on my personal experiences. My son had to take large doses of steroids every day for about a year and a half (exercise induced urticaria and anaphalaxia.) It took a year to stage the dosage down and bring him off the drugs. The good news is still there, Beth. You have some challenges ahead, but the good news is still there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathy Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Keeping you in my prayers Beth that there is a easy solution to this..Waiting to hear how it goes.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieD Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Beth - Hang tough kiddo. Sounds like the Doc went just a little too far on one of the meds he was adjusting. I'll bet a little adjustment the other way will smooth things out. Praying for good results with your appt this afternoon. Please let us know. We're pulling for ya. CharlieD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justakid Posted April 15, 2005 Author Share Posted April 15, 2005 LOST 4 POUNDS SINCE MONDAY! Skinny little smart a** Doctor told me I had 100 to to go, almost sat on him! Go back in a month, staying on 20mg prednisone till then. He is weaning me off my beta blocker, he thinks between the two meds and the pollen/mold that's why I'm having so many problems. Also said I had Asthma, first I'd heard of it! He was gonna bump the steriod up a little and I begged him not too. He said if my heart rate went to 150 to go to the emergency room, I said I would. He said it could be a month before my body would settle down from coming off the beta blocker. I have a Peak Flow Meter I'm supposed to use to monitor my wheezing twice a day. That's about it, supposed to take it easy this weekend. Thanks for everyone's support!!!!! Couldn,t make it without you guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbays Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 God Bless you, Beth. Hope everything starts going your way. I think YOU SHOULD HAVE SAT ON THE DOC. Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Hang in There Beth! Paddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boysmom Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Glad to hear you will be home for the weekend rather than in the hospital. Take it easy and I hope you have a good weather weekend to enjoy it! Leah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggiesmom Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 You rest up and feel better soon. ((())) Joanie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellakc2 Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Hang tough Beth, praying that things calm down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ry Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 Beth, I hope your heart settles down, sit back and take it easy this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elnodel Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 Have a good weekend, Beth, and enjoy being home. And I agree, you SHOULD have sat on him. So, instead, just chill, keep wheezing to a minimum, and get better! Thinking of you, Ellen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addie Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 I'll say this: Life with you is never boring, Beth. Even cyberlife. I'm glad you're home, I'm glad the pred. is reduced, I'm glad you've dropped four lbs. and I'm LMAO over the idea of you sitting on the doctor!! But see...just when you thought things were taking a turn for the worse again....it all shook out okay...didn't it? Well...if not totally okay...better than you thought, eh? As others have said....hang in there, enjoy the weekend, find reasons to smile and crack jokes...and BELIEVE in the power of positive thoughts. Positive thoughts are working for me....I've had a great week. Now it's your turn.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nushka Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 Beth, At least you are home for the weekend and not in the hospital. I believe I would have sat on him. First they give you drugs that make you gain weight, then they give you heck about the gain. A doctor of all people should know that. Praying that you feel better fast. Nina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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