I went and saw my GP Tuesday morning. It was great seeing him first thing in the morning, he is way more relaxed.I ended up getting two prescriptions.
The new Beta blocker dose was changed to 25mg twice a day. The other prescription is for a Nitro patch. It helps my breathing at night. This way I don't have to sleep on a pile of pillows. I tried it last night and got to sleep in a normal fashion. There is only one catch, Nitro drops your blood pressure and gives you a headache. Fortunately for me, I didn't have the headache until about 5:45 am. After staggering into the kitchen and finding the Tylenol I climbed back into bed and then peeled off the Nitro patch.
It's great to get medication to resolve health issues but the side effects are really irritating.
I did a little research on Stem Cell implantation to revive heart muscle. If I went to Duesseldorf treatment is available. Researchers have been working on this precedure for about 10 years now. When you start digging for information on this work it's like a maze. UBC keeps coming up but I can't find anything solid about their research. I would gladly volunteer for clinical trials.
Here's a link to the German site.
http://www.xcell-center.com/treatments/diseases-treated/cardiovascular-diseases.aspx
Dusseldorf musn't be that far from Switzerland, which means you could be close to me! You could always get in touch with the cardio department at UBC. I'm just glad that you're a bit more comfortable despite the side effects. Hopefully a more permanent solution isn't too far off.
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