Yesterday my heart continued to race and I became more and more agitated by it. I was getting horrendous palpitations every few minutes, my heart skipping beats, and it basically freaked me out. The swelling in my feet seemed to get worse too. Poor G ended up coming home from work to calm me down.
The Doc told me that the only way to get the swelling down is to lie on my left side with my feet elevated (not the most comfortable position) so I've decided to impose bed rest on myself for the weekend to try and reduce that swelling and also relax and get my heart rate down.
It's not been too bad today (although the bed rest is frustrating and my back is starting to hurt!), resting rate of around 85 on my left...95 if I turn on my right. The palpitations are fewer. I've also increased my dose of the Atenolol to a whole tablet like the Doc said to do if the half wasn't working. Fingers crossed that by Monday I'll start to feel somewhat more human??
Posted by katie at February 17, 2007 07:56 PM