is this normal

[etIII]

Howdy beebsqtip!
This is very strange that the following day after I responded to you, I had to call 911 for my mother-in-law. She had called my brother-in-law who called me, I considered it necessary to get an ambulance there immidiately. I'm about 10 miles away and didn't have a vehicle handy. When the ambulance got there my m.o.l flagged them down. They asked who the patient was and she said it was her. They took her blood pressure and it was 230/120. HEART ATTACK! They couldn't believe she was still up and around. She spent a couple days in for observation and they're going to send her off island to Anahiem (Disneyland) CA. She's 76 years old. Here's a list of the meds they gave her: ISOSORBIDE MONO. E 60mg 1/day
METOPROLOL 50mg 1/2 twice daily
ATORVASATIN (Lupitor) 1/day
LISINOPRIL 20mg 1/day
ATENOLOL 25mg 1/day
CLOPIDOGREL (Plavix) 75mg 1/day
ASPIRIN EC 325mg 1/day

She was just by the house here awhile ago and looking pretty good! Off to satisfy her addiction, playing cards (nickle & dime type). My wife is going to have to go with her for a couple weeks so I'll be holdin' the fort down for awhile. I do hope your hubby will get to feeling better! With a young heart, he should make it! Good luck!
Ed

[K9Mom]

I have Graves disease, which is the #1 cause of hyperthyroidism. It is common for our Endocrinologists to put us on a beta blocker to help control the cardiac symptoms along with an anti-thyroid medication.

You and your husband need to educate yourselves on autoimmune thyroid disease. Patients that educate themselves do MUCH better with treatment than those that do not.

My best recommendation is the book "Thyroid for Dummies" by Dr. Alan Rubin. It is an easy read and it really helps to be able to go back and re-read sections as new issues pop up.

Treating autoimmune thyroid disease is a LONG haul....don't give up and please don't opt for a permanent, irreversible treatment (such as radioactive iodine or surgery) until you FULLY understand the disease.

Best of luck to you.

Originally Posted by beebsqtip

Thank you again for responding. He has been doing okay lately. He is still snappy. Its stressing me and my daughter, but I understand that its his thyriods that is doing this to him.

Hopefully he'll get better.