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Misdiagnosis & impact having an unnecessary pacemaker.
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@gloaming Thank you for posting some good ideas for questions that @latuma could ask her EP and cardiologist. I agree that there should have been more investigation pertaining to glaucoma meds causing a temporary drop in heart rate. Knowing the possible side effects of the glaucoma drops would have been helpful, surely others have noted that during studies. One of the problems is that there is such a vast and increasing fact base that medical personnel may have trouble keeping up with (a reason for specialization, why would a cardiologist know the latest on glaucoma drops)? Another issue we have in dealing with medical personnel is that they do not talk to each other or even read charts (I have My Chart) to get the full patient picture. I had a friend that was a NP (nurse practitioner) who encouraged people with multiple issues to have a case manager coordinating their many details. @latuma I am impressed that you are jogging at 79!
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@walkinggirl Linda, I am no longer the runner that I was. I had to stop when I developed atrial fibrillation. It is the OP who is still running. 🙂
My questions were designed to help him to situate his next visit with a cardiologist who would be keenly interested in the conflicts between glaucoma treatment and the outfall, changing blood pressure, and his own work for his patient's cardiac circumstances. Patients soon learn, as you would know only too well, probably, that they often have to tend those fields themselves. Just today I had to call my ophthalmologist's office who did my vitrectomy 11 days ago and ask that they forward a requisition for the 'two-week checkup' to my local ophthalmologist who normally sees me. The local hadn't received it when I called to set up that appointment. It's not the same thing as not being up to date with meds, but it is a typical example of how actively involved and vigilant, and informed, a patient must be these days.