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So, I have a heart condition. It might be a side effect from chemotherapy. It might be anxiety. It might be something that shows up in type-A women in our early 40s. My resting heart rate is high, and sometimes it spikes. It makes me feel really rotten.
The problem has been evaluated and I’m on medication, a beta blocker, that seems to work well.
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When I remember to take it.
I don’t like to take medication every day. Intellectually, I know that I need to, and I try to remember, but I don’t always, and I should, and it’s actually pretty important.
I have a lot more sympathy for old people who kvetch about all the pills they have to take.
Dance with the Reaper 
Would you like me to call you every day, so that either I tell you to take your pill, or you get so sick of hearing from me that that you remember on your own? jf
I will never get sick of hearing from you, and yeah. That actually would be a very nice thing to do, and it would take that much weight off of Chris’s shoulders.
I am with you here. Somehow, I managed to organize all of Joe D’s meds and ensure that he took them when he was supposed to – but the one pill I’m supposed to take, I never remember. I’ve even tried the “set the alarm on my phone” trick – and still forget.
I put pills like this next to my toothbrush. I mean, you brush your teeth every day, right?
I have a fast heartbeat also (typically under 95 but that’s still high). Does not matter if I weigh what I did in high school or what I weigh now. Does not matter if I exercise 5 days a week aerobically or not. So, I know what you mean….Beta blocker makes me feel crappy so I don’t like to take it. I’m trying a combination of deep breathing and an occasional xanax. That helps! Hugs, my sweet friend!
I would kvetch about my pills, too, if I were certain of what “kvetch” means. Something like complain or whine about, I think. So many pills, so much money, so little time. But, I’m still here, more or less in one piece. So I take them.
Besos,
Peter