More seriously, thr Second Amendment solution is a deep and serious solution. It needs to wait for something more severe than a show trial.
Friday, May 31, 2024
Whining Helps
The PA at the cardiologist who does most of my medical care went on vacation just after my test results can back. Rather than wait, I copied part of a medical journal article that said that unselected beta blockers such as carvedilol are contraindicated for patients with asmatha and mentioned that I have allergic asmatha. One of the doctors in the practice put me back on metoprolol which is a selective beta blocker. I have already taken my carvedilol this morning so it may take a day or two to see any benefits. There are different half-lives listed for carvedilol but this indicates 28-50 hours for elimination. Please, do not start the Revolution without me. :-) BP 133/63 pulse 60.
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Getting doctors to listen can be quite difficult. I had a scare a couple of weeks ago. I had a Transient Ischemic Attack, but by the next day I felt fine, and I was convinced it had been something else. My more medically aware friends said "No, that sounds like a stroke, Hie thee to the doctor and get checked out." The local clinic I normally use has all the imaging gear, but they were booked for the rest of the day, and so they forwarded me to the local hospital. That turned into a nightmare where I was admitted for two nights just to schedule the various scans (Which were all clear, thank heavens.) but the docs were obsessed about my high BP (Because I had missed my afternoon pill) and my Cholesterol, which while normal, didn't have the right ratio. I don't know who these doctors were, because I don't think I met them and they didn't consult with me, they just defensively prescribed all kinds of BP meds and statins and I had to practically beg for my regular prescription, that I only got twice (out of five needed). After I got out, I broke out in an itchy rash that eventually went from my chin to my toes. Clearly a reaction to one of the meds. Local clinic took care of me very quickly, and recommended some OTC drugs that are different anti-histamines that have a synergistic effect, and wow did that work! Still don't know what random drug they threw at me unnecessarily that I reacted to. And my BP returned to normalish once I got back on my prescription. It totally derailed an argument I was having about the superiority of American medicine....
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