i don't know what happened but cecilia stopped ringing my bell to go for walks.
i wrote her to ask if she just preferred going to central park and that i understood. what a gap it leaves in my small life. i can't yet seem to force myself to take a walk by myself.
my rent is also going up significantly. i made the decision and i hope it was the right one. before it was frozen but i was afraid down the way i would go above the income level because i have to start using my annuity. I finally sold some stock.
I have also been getting stomach aches and a lot of times i feel dizzy and have loss of balance after getting up.It doesn't happen all the time but it happens with frequency.
tomorrow i hope to force myself to go to a chabad class for over fifties. the rabbi is said to be very wise.I am not good with change. my world has gotten so small.
bobby

Oh Bobby,

I'm so sorry about Cecilia... did she answer you to let you know what was up?

The feeling dizzy and losing balance when you get up sounds like orthostatic hypotension -- a transient, rapid drop in blood pressure that happens with rapid change in posture, usually when getting up too fast. Be cautious to sit up/ stand up very slowly -- we don't want you falling.

A doctor should check to make sure nothing else is going on. Also, I think you are taking bp meds also, right? It's possible the dosage simply needs adjustment (up OR down), and this would be important, so do please call the doctor.

waves

I hope Cecelia starts ringing the door again. Is it possible she
hasn't been able to take the dogs. Because of her own health.

Really hate reading your feeling so bad.

Donna

thanks Donna
i hear her taking out the dogs so i know that isn't the problem. it happened so suddenly.
bobby

the dizziness doesn't happen when i first rise but a few minutes afterwards.
i had my bp taken a month ago and it was 120 over 80 which is good. I take bp medicines. it hasn't happened in the last couple of days. i am under so much stress and have been so depressed. I don't know if that has anything to do with it.
cecilia didn't answer me. i did have an exchange with her. she doesn't have an account at ebay so i sometimes buy things for her.she liked the articles and told me she liked my hair twice and that was it
love
bobby

Bobby, right after they take your BP stand up and take it again. When dh is sitting it was fine, he stood up and it dropped...even though he complained of stress and freaked out, it was actually dropping.
He didn't feel well either right before his TIA, that and the off feeling standing we learned were signs of the TIA. (He does take BP med since this?)
Hope it is nothing but a bug or stress but keep a eye.
Gosh on the doctors last week I saw they said to take ...brain fog, not bran, a roughage , dang brain!, every morning because if under stress it messes with nerves in intestines and make you feel better.
Hugs di

thanks...will do that with the bp. i am not sure if you mean to take it sitting down and then standing. I will try both.
I didn't understand the last part of your message about brain fog. i suffer from constipation and i thought it was because of welbutrin. what a pain and worry.
thanks again
bobby

Exactly. The one reading sitting doesn't check for orthostatic hypotension. It takes comparative readings.

That's consistent with orthostatic hypotension. The dizziness is a consequence which doesn't happen right away... and need not happen consistently. When I had it, like I would get up, go to the kitchen, be getting something out of the counter, and then I'd feel dizzy and weak ==> BP drop. Then it restores itself. Often but not always I'd also have vision go black for a couple secs. Once I fell on the floor, when it came on really suddenly -- I was 20 so even if I'd cracked my butt-bone then I would have healed ok ... at our ages I am a little more uptight about falls.

This always needs to be reported to a doc if the cause is unknown, but it's even more important when on BP meds. During the summer, if there are dietary changes, or if other precipitating conditions change, the meds can have a greater effect than desired.

Has it happened in the past week? If it has not happened again, you can probably ignore it at this point. But if it has happened, call the doctor and just see if he wants you to go in.

In the meantime, if it is still happening, try getting up very slowly and not doing anything too vigorous (walking, raising arms) in the first couple minutes after getting up.

waves

I will take your advice. I usually get up slowly anyways to lift myself up off the futon. I have to use my hands on the floor to do it.
I haven't had it in the past week i don't think. I keep waiting for it to occur but it hasn't. I still feel stressed about cecilia and not walking which i have to force myself to do. I do enjoy spending more time in bed in the morning though.....lazy? I am still obsessing about selling the stock and having my rent go up about 250 a month. I am definitely looking forward to wednesday when i hope to meet the rabbi. I will try to find out what parsha he will be reading by checking on the net. Last week's was on the net.
If i have TIA i wonder what i can do. I am trying to lose weight but i am three pounds over my low weight which is quite heavy. I started eating more salads. I plan to go to the senior center all the time because of my isolation.
love
bobby

i took my bp a few times on a cheap monitor and it jumped around a bit. the second number was usually 60 but before it was 80. I don't know if it was because of the cheap machine or what.
bobby