My appointment today was not as eventful as I expected! He upped one of my medications to try to get my blood pressure up even more. I am going up to taking the florinef 2x a day 3 days a week and 1x a day the other days. He also wants me to start on Prilosec which is a stomach acid reducer. This is to try to help with my mild acid reflux and the chronic nausea and low appetite. I also need to start exercising very gradually to try to condition my heart and blood vessels. This was not an option before medication and he did NOT want me to even try for fear of me passing out. I need to exercise laying down and very carefully so that I do not dislocate or otherwise injure my joints which I am prone to due to the EDS. I am looking into a recumbent bike because this is very low impact on my joints and is done in a reclined position. I will check back in with him via email in about 3 weeks to see how the increase of florinef is doing and how the prilosec is working.
The sad news is is that I have to drop sign language :( With my wrist we are too worried of doing more damage to it this semester and then since it happened in sign language class we do not want it to happen again or to a different joint. Both my orthopedic surgeon and my neurologist agree that this is necessary. I am pretty upset by this, but not surprised. Oh well, these things happen!
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