Get another opinion on that propranolol. It can make you feel like crap and have poor exercise tolerance. Ask if there’s something else you can take. There are other ways to control your blood pressure and heart rate, so keep asking😊.
I would like to say you are too young for me, being a few weeks away from 84 and still working full time. BUT, I keep an open mind, what's left of it. I must admit, I am a first time reader here, BUT, I already feel I see who you are. I am an editor & publisher of a monthly magazine, UP Magazine / Porcupine Press, and also have a substack page, Yooperville Sunday Report. In our print magazine, one of our most read columns written by me is called "The Old Fart" and I am checking to see if you would allow me to use this post as a guest writer for that column with full credit to you and your substack page. - Mike VDB / mike@upmag.net
Ashamed to add. Aside from a tinge of arthritis in my shoulder from tennis I’m heathy. All same moving parts. No surgeries. I’ll keep watch for my gradual decent. I’m a defiant medical patient. Great doctors (yup portals ). 2 percent blocked on your creative writing heart ? That’s not disastrous. Drugs aren’t always the answer.
Teresa, It was a first for me. Happily, I have a positive inner voice that was cooing, 'YOU'RE SITTING ON A PARK BENCH! LIKE AN OLD LADY!! GET UP OFFA THIS BENCH AND MARCH, SOLDIER!'
Leslie, Well, we talked about that. If you want a great anything, work with an artist. His name is Robert Altemus. When the first cover we tried wasn't working, he whipped up another with not a mention of 'This will be a lot more work, we need to discuss money'. We were both psyched by the new one, I think. Then he offered to design the spine and book jacket on the house so the book would look good. (I raised his fee. He deserved it.) But that, folks, is why I never bargain with artists. They bring something special and I think the more appreciated they are, the better the work.
Wishing you great success with your book!! The world needs its gifted and creative writers now more than ever! I used to drive a Mustang too - still miss that car. It made me feel so very cool 😎
Propranolol (aka Inderal) also works for tremors (hmmm...Katherine Hepburn) and what is known as stage fright. So there. Anyways, what I find amazing is that all of us who write, muse, and all that are just so literate and thoughtful, and mostly kind. Sigh, who knows where the times goes.
You’re not alone! Had some odd chest sensations. Saw Dr. Clogged arteries. Couldn’t believe it. How could this happen? I was the same as I’d always been. Expressed that to the NP. She said “what do you expect, you’re 78”.
Good to hear from you. I'm about 6 weeks from 67. I've been fortunate with my health so far, just aches and pains and allergies. I'm hoping that luck holds out.🤞🤞🤞 Good luck with the new book.
Hi Joyce! This made me laugh while I am splatted flat on my back in my bed, worn out - like OUT - after my first immuno suppressant infusions this week, and my first hepatitis B shot the day before. I feel about a 177… but I’m only 63. When stuff starts to go wrong as of 55 I think it hits harder. Like you, I want to scream “but I drive a mustang “ although I never did, however I rode high level dressage (equestrian) until four years ago. Then my body gradually began playing bad tricks. And finding good doctors who listen?! Pff! I think I’ve just about sorted out my specialists. Keep on being Mustang Sally! And I will order your book🤗
Joyce: I’ve been on high blood pressure meds since I was 47. For me it’s genetic. You’ve dealt with far worse - really. That your cardio didn’t tell you that he put you on a beta blocker for the tachycardia and the blood pressure and that beta blockers really do make you tired and dizzy - I know -I had to take them when I was 47!! As for a 20% blockage - see Lucian’s comment above ! 20% sounds bad, but it really isn’t ! They won’t even do a balloon 🎈 for that, let alone a stent.
As for the meds- I had to go back on beta blockers along with the other Hypertension meds I’m on because I developed tachycardia. Yes I have that too.
And that made me feel bad for myself but never made me feel old— cause I had it young. Or middle aged.
So reach out to me if you want the best hypertension center in the city - it’s at Weill Cornell, I go every 3 months and I have gone every 3 months for 27 years. Oh and I have a cardiologist there as well. And he is hysterically funny.
But to your point… I’m 75 and in Jan 2024 I slipped and fell ON ICE and broke my hip - and that’s what did it for me. What you’ve gone through, I went through. I’m old? And I don’t fall- last time was in 2021.
If it’s heart ❤️ and it is, you’ve got this. The inventor of the stent went through exactly what you did on a run - when he got home he called the hospital, they had everything ready for him to get one of stents.
Heart disease is very prevalent in women - but few researchers study it. I met the cardiologist who no longer sees patients because she started the major research programs on women and heart.
So you’ve really got this - as in you have it under control. What you have is very treatable and you can get it a lot younger based on lots of things including going into menopause, genetics and more.
But do get lots of specialists : hypertension specialists are nephrologists because the end organ of high blood pressure is not the heart but the kidneys. Get a great cardiologist. And make sure you don’t have metabolic syndrome which I don’t think you have - you would have known it .
Get a cute young guy to sit next to you a few times in the Mustang - and I’ll make sure that everyone I know and I buy the book! We all can’t wait !
As the old saying goes: Getting old is not for sissies. I just turned 85 and am slowly returning to my normal self after a small stroke in November. I too have arteries with plaque which resulted in me being on 2 blood thinners. Happily the nose bleed only happened twice so have not had to deal with stopping a bleed. My neurology team will coordinate how we find out how blocked I am. Wishing the best for you. Hopefully your meds will settle things down for you. All the best for you
We’re in the same decade; I get it. According to an article I just read (I think it was in Air Mail), over 60% of women think they look younger than their age. I’m one, and I think you are, too. The problem is we young-lookers are probably all a bit Dorian Gray, with insides that betray our true age. Nature will have her way with us, one way or the other. Take heart 💜
In my experience as a medical transcriptionist, almost all of the reports I’ve transcribed start out the same way, “Patient is a…” It’s just an identifier.
I was also on a beta blocker for palpitations, and it stopped working after a while. It had also made me very tired. My cardiologist wanted me to switch to a different drug of the same type. I asked him some questions about it, and I could tell he was getting annoyed. He obviously wanted me to try the drug without attending to my questions. Not good medicine.
Get another opinion on that propranolol. It can make you feel like crap and have poor exercise tolerance. Ask if there’s something else you can take. There are other ways to control your blood pressure and heart rate, so keep asking😊.
Carole, I'm off it! What a horror show.
I hope you’re feeling better.
Much!
I would like to say you are too young for me, being a few weeks away from 84 and still working full time. BUT, I keep an open mind, what's left of it. I must admit, I am a first time reader here, BUT, I already feel I see who you are. I am an editor & publisher of a monthly magazine, UP Magazine / Porcupine Press, and also have a substack page, Yooperville Sunday Report. In our print magazine, one of our most read columns written by me is called "The Old Fart" and I am checking to see if you would allow me to use this post as a guest writer for that column with full credit to you and your substack page. - Mike VDB / mike@upmag.net
Mike,
Thank you! Just as long as you spell the name of my substack right.
Just hit a milestone . 74. I’m
Ashamed to add. Aside from a tinge of arthritis in my shoulder from tennis I’m heathy. All same moving parts. No surgeries. I’ll keep watch for my gradual decent. I’m a defiant medical patient. Great doctors (yup portals ). 2 percent blocked on your creative writing heart ? That’s not disastrous. Drugs aren’t always the answer.
Funny, I am turning 78 in April and I can relate! Had an ablation for a fib and I am off my blood thinner and beta blocker. 👏👏
The 11th Street church yard bench? You can sit on it? I am as we speak t pre-ordering "Satyr."
Teresa, It was a first for me. Happily, I have a positive inner voice that was cooing, 'YOU'RE SITTING ON A PARK BENCH! LIKE AN OLD LADY!! GET UP OFFA THIS BENCH AND MARCH, SOLDIER!'
Sending sympathy. Just pre-ordered your book which I've been waiting to read (you had me at a satyr colony in the Catskills). Great cover!!!
Leslie, Well, we talked about that. If you want a great anything, work with an artist. His name is Robert Altemus. When the first cover we tried wasn't working, he whipped up another with not a mention of 'This will be a lot more work, we need to discuss money'. We were both psyched by the new one, I think. Then he offered to design the spine and book jacket on the house so the book would look good. (I raised his fee. He deserved it.) But that, folks, is why I never bargain with artists. They bring something special and I think the more appreciated they are, the better the work.
Wishing you great success with your book!! The world needs its gifted and creative writers now more than ever! I used to drive a Mustang too - still miss that car. It made me feel so very cool 😎
Propranolol (aka Inderal) also works for tremors (hmmm...Katherine Hepburn) and what is known as stage fright. So there. Anyways, what I find amazing is that all of us who write, muse, and all that are just so literate and thoughtful, and mostly kind. Sigh, who knows where the times goes.
You’re not alone! Had some odd chest sensations. Saw Dr. Clogged arteries. Couldn’t believe it. How could this happen? I was the same as I’d always been. Expressed that to the NP. She said “what do you expect, you’re 78”.
What a nerve!
Good to hear from you. I'm about 6 weeks from 67. I've been fortunate with my health so far, just aches and pains and allergies. I'm hoping that luck holds out.🤞🤞🤞 Good luck with the new book.
Hi Joyce! This made me laugh while I am splatted flat on my back in my bed, worn out - like OUT - after my first immuno suppressant infusions this week, and my first hepatitis B shot the day before. I feel about a 177… but I’m only 63. When stuff starts to go wrong as of 55 I think it hits harder. Like you, I want to scream “but I drive a mustang “ although I never did, however I rode high level dressage (equestrian) until four years ago. Then my body gradually began playing bad tricks. And finding good doctors who listen?! Pff! I think I’ve just about sorted out my specialists. Keep on being Mustang Sally! And I will order your book🤗
Joyce: I’ve been on high blood pressure meds since I was 47. For me it’s genetic. You’ve dealt with far worse - really. That your cardio didn’t tell you that he put you on a beta blocker for the tachycardia and the blood pressure and that beta blockers really do make you tired and dizzy - I know -I had to take them when I was 47!! As for a 20% blockage - see Lucian’s comment above ! 20% sounds bad, but it really isn’t ! They won’t even do a balloon 🎈 for that, let alone a stent.
As for the meds- I had to go back on beta blockers along with the other Hypertension meds I’m on because I developed tachycardia. Yes I have that too.
And that made me feel bad for myself but never made me feel old— cause I had it young. Or middle aged.
So reach out to me if you want the best hypertension center in the city - it’s at Weill Cornell, I go every 3 months and I have gone every 3 months for 27 years. Oh and I have a cardiologist there as well. And he is hysterically funny.
But to your point… I’m 75 and in Jan 2024 I slipped and fell ON ICE and broke my hip - and that’s what did it for me. What you’ve gone through, I went through. I’m old? And I don’t fall- last time was in 2021.
If it’s heart ❤️ and it is, you’ve got this. The inventor of the stent went through exactly what you did on a run - when he got home he called the hospital, they had everything ready for him to get one of stents.
Heart disease is very prevalent in women - but few researchers study it. I met the cardiologist who no longer sees patients because she started the major research programs on women and heart.
So you’ve really got this - as in you have it under control. What you have is very treatable and you can get it a lot younger based on lots of things including going into menopause, genetics and more.
But do get lots of specialists : hypertension specialists are nephrologists because the end organ of high blood pressure is not the heart but the kidneys. Get a great cardiologist. And make sure you don’t have metabolic syndrome which I don’t think you have - you would have known it .
Get a cute young guy to sit next to you a few times in the Mustang - and I’ll make sure that everyone I know and I buy the book! We all can’t wait !
You made me laugh AND worry. That’s talent. (Take good care!) 💕
As the old saying goes: Getting old is not for sissies. I just turned 85 and am slowly returning to my normal self after a small stroke in November. I too have arteries with plaque which resulted in me being on 2 blood thinners. Happily the nose bleed only happened twice so have not had to deal with stopping a bleed. My neurology team will coordinate how we find out how blocked I am. Wishing the best for you. Hopefully your meds will settle things down for you. All the best for you
We’re in the same decade; I get it. According to an article I just read (I think it was in Air Mail), over 60% of women think they look younger than their age. I’m one, and I think you are, too. The problem is we young-lookers are probably all a bit Dorian Gray, with insides that betray our true age. Nature will have her way with us, one way or the other. Take heart 💜
In my experience as a medical transcriptionist, almost all of the reports I’ve transcribed start out the same way, “Patient is a…” It’s just an identifier.
I was also on a beta blocker for palpitations, and it stopped working after a while. It had also made me very tired. My cardiologist wanted me to switch to a different drug of the same type. I asked him some questions about it, and I could tell he was getting annoyed. He obviously wanted me to try the drug without attending to my questions. Not good medicine.