may flowers

I can't believe how much better I feel now that I am a couple of weeks away from the cylosporin. Even the small dose I was on at the end of the taper still gave me the exhusted feeling. I'm still taking some two hr naps most days but I feel much more myself and able to focus on things like mothers day cards and the ordinary events of day to day living. The drug was also elevating my blood pressure so I stopped the blood pressure med but my bp started to go up again. I am taking the bp every day and have been in touch with the Dr. who said to monitor it and take the med accordingly so I am. I am taking the bp med again started with a 25mg instead of the 50mg I had been taking but the bp kept going up- 150/90 so I went back to the 50mg.
I must say my caregiver, my husband, makes life supremly comfortable for me. He fixes breakfast every morning, does the dishes laundry grocery shopping vacumming and sets out my morning and evening meds including recording everything. So every time were at the Dr.S, monthly now, and he asks what medications are you on? He just whips out his up to the hour list and I don't have to remember or say anything.

May flowers and getting back on the treadmill is my program now. Fortunatly I was offered the use of a treadmill in my neighborhood, just accross the street. I would love to return to the gym but I am afraid of the chance of infection. So this will fill the bill. I know I have lost muscle mass as I pretty much stopped exercising the last four months- I'm ashamed to say it- because I know totally it's importance and I've mostly had a consistent exercise program in the past. In fact I got a reward- tangible proof- of my efforts when I had the test to evauluate lung capacity. The technition showed me on the graph when you exhale with all your might, the graph will just show a small hill if your abdomenals are weak, but if your abs are strong the graph will show a high spike and mine was way up there even tho I hadn't done situps for several months. God that was good to hear and see! It
almost made that miserable test worth it.

Love to all, Margie