Health Matters

It has been some time since I did a health post because on the whole I've been comfortable with where I am, but having woken early again today the problem of poor sleep is still a recuring niggle. The one thing I have realised is that it's pointless trying to get back to sleep, so picking up a book and carrying on reading is much more relaxing. It may well be last night I had nearly got to the end of another Anne McCaffrey book and was thinking about the ending which despite having re…

Now this is a little silly. I've normally got at least a weeks worth of tablets in hand so when I start the last sheet of Rivaoxaban I KNOW it is time to pick up the new prescription! SHOULD have done that last week, but even though the sheet was going down I still did not twig until last night that I was late collecting a new script. Just heading out now to pick it up before I forget again. At least checking the NHS app it seems that the Bisoprolol Fumarate has been dropped from the new…

Had a nice day out at the Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition on Friday. Actually stayed all day and saw all three lectures. Then on the way back to the car I took a tumble and ended up on the floor. I think I just slipped on the steps going out of the Events Centre but managed to avoid actually hitting my head, just bent my glasses and took a few knocks. Mainly on my right side, but having a problem still with my left hand which has swollen up and am having fun trying to hold a fork or do…

For the last month I have been back on the Bisoprolol Fumarate at it's lowest dose, and as anticipated it's effects are hitting my daily activities. The paperwork specifically says 'do not take if your pulse rate is below 60BPM, which mine is, but the consultant 'thought it was worth trying to reduce the messy pulses'. As last time I was on it, my light-headedness has returned, and I'm struggling to get the raised heart rate exercise anything near the recommended 150 m…

Starting point on looking at 'Am I stressed' bbc article today

That was yesterday. Having had another interrupted nights sleep, I was awake at 5AM reading. The continual push by the Samsung health apps that this must be down to stress perhaps does not help along with it's insistence that I need to go to bed and wake up consistently! I am happy with my nighttime routine and have been going to bed at 9PM for the la…