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July 19, Saturday, 6:24 am, 2008 - Fatigue Mood

Saturday, July 19, 2008 | A General Update story

All along since I was diagnosed in March I've had less energy than I used to. I also stopped exercising for quite awhile from fear that it would aggravate my heart. The result has been that it seems like my body is breaking down in certain ways - mainly my lower back muscles. Lot of difficulty going from sitting to standing without pushing up with my arms. I was NOT in this shape in February. This week I feel the tiredness even more than before. I wonder if a change in beta blocker would help. I read this morning that there's a new one called Nebivolol that doesn't caused to much fatigue so I sent a note to my EP to ask about it. Also I know I must start taking my current BB on a more regular schedule - 7 am and 7 pm. I've been pretty random about it. That might make a difference. Plus I've been taking 3 Calms Forte to sleep at night this past week, so last night I didn't. I slept pretty well anyway thank god, but then it was a reasonable temperature. So I'll see if that makes a difference today. Otherwise, I'm kind of disappointed that my new support group person has dropped back. She had a setback and didn't show up for our meeting this week. Hasn't rescheduled yet either. I mentioned shooting for this coming Monday, but it's looking like that may not happen. So on the one hand it's been beautiful summer weather that I bliss on, and on the other hand being so tired makes me sad. This coming Thursday I'll turn 69. My son suggested a day trip to the beach and I can't believe it but I feel like I may not have the strength. How crappy is that?

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I was on Atenolol for a couple of months and it made me so tired that my EP took me off of it. She put me on sotalol. Sotalol made me tired sometimes but not like Atenolol. Sorry to hear about your support group not going as well as you would like. Hopefully things will work out. Can you advertise your support group on a local town channel. My hometown has their own cable channel for community info. Does yours? If so, maybe you post something on there.

jbtwin
Sorry you're still having trouble getting a support group going. I have a feeling that people prefer to stay home and taking a more impersonal approach via the computer. I understand it to a point, but computers and virtual networking and social sites are not a subsitute for human contact. Too bad people don't get it.

I've had all sorts of obstacles that have prevent exercise over the years, but I've found that slow, steadily increasing exercise has been critical to my survival. It's always hard at first, but usually gets better. Lately, I've had some overwhelming fatigue that I though may have been drug side-effects, but I'm not sure now. I sure do miss my old vitality!

Hope you make it to the beach!

bc2