I have seen my Primary care provider and made some adjustments to my meds. We have increased my Metoprolol to pre surgical norm of 25 mg twice daily and my blood pressure has stabilized, hovering about 120 / 75 +_ 5. Damn near perfect, but still fluctuating. And we have reintroduced Multaq ~ Dronedarone 200 mg which has lowered my heart rate from 90s to 80 and below. We took another look at Lasix for a day and removed 2 more Liters from accumulated fluids. But ended up back in the ER for opioid induced constipation, so I have to lay off the Oxy 5mg acetomenaphen 325. And set aside the anxiety drugs as well.

I still have a little blurred vision. And a low level whole body burning has replaced the tingling and numbness in my fingers and toes.
I no longer get dizzy and light headed every time I eat. The knots in my stomach have untied a little, and I can breathe a little deeper each day that pass, my resting 02 has risen to 94 generally, where my active o2 has remained higher, while not sitting.
But here in Vegas the daytime temps as indicated on my truck dash board have risen up to 109 degrees.

All in all I know the day the nurse called out that my BP was 200/100 and rising, the Cravedilol saved my life, but the following three weeks have been living hell. Here it is 4am and I did get a couple hours (3) sleep so far. I need to get off here and try to get some more. So I guess at 26 days post surgical CABGx6 w Maze I am doing fairly well and I should stop complaining and get some more sleep...

Gnite

@cabgx6maze517 Hi Gnite: Thanks for the update after your appointment. It does sound like things are in the process of getting back to normal. I am very pleased for you! Keep in touch with us at Mayo Connect as you need encouragement and support in your continued recovery from the procedure as well as the medication problems. (Stay cool as the temperatures rise!) Teresa