Checking In

Unless you are feeling Billy Joel’ish, than I am also Checking Out

Spent a month wearing a heart monitor. It was not too bad until I got to the 2nd pack of sticky pads which were apparently different because I started breaking out in itchy hives! Luckily I only needed them for three days. Very glad I did not open that pack first.

The monitor said I am in aFib 1% of the time. I have no idea if that is good or bad. The funny thing for me is that the toprol xl and exercise keeps my HR low enough that my FitBit no longer counts it as aFib. It’s really quite an unpleasant feeling though. Having your heart rate go from 64 to 120 and then back down just make you nervous my Fitbit though says as long as it’s not 140 I’m fine. I wonder if there’s a way to change the heart rate norms?

I ran into the same problem when I was on Toprol and doing circuit training because it would tell me I was burning like 50 cal for 50 minutes work and it would make me so so mad! But it was just because the Toprol regulates your heartbeat

I am also on Eliquis to keep the aFib from potentially creating a clot and then a little stroke. I am not overly enjoying the Eliquis because it makes my ankles look like little water balloons.

Bridge to the next issue….

The bloodwork shows my liver is still pissed off. I go back to that Dr May 11. From what I am reading having heart issues and liver issues makes things weird because the drs are looking at the same results but wanting opposite reactions in my blood.

Bridge to next issue……

After my last blood work and appointment with my oncologist to discuss the fourth thing trying to kill me I made the decision to stop chemo. This is a really really big one for me. Stage 4 for 12 years and still alive and then to just stop and say, okay, let’s see what happens. It was just figuring out the balance on the scales. The chemo drug causes heart and liver damage. I have monitored for both this whole time but SHOCK my heart and liver damage do NOT fall into the medical warnings. They’re both a little different so theoretically not from the chemo. But, either way that chemo is powerful shit and my body is getting weaker and sicker and that is not the direction I want to go. So, scans and bloodwork will continue looking for any new nastiest to pop up and I guess we will all just hope!

Thank goodness the weather is finally starting to warm up! It was wonderful to be outside in the sun yesterday! I found my 1st cup flower open, and also my super ugly iris’s

Okay. Off to make the morning protein shake for breakfast after workout. Haven’t been going through all this to just go through all this. Enjoy some sleepy animals to start your day!