Update on Dr Visit
Hi everyone and welcome to the new members! Wanted to give a quick update on Frank's dr visits/test this past week. He had the renal artery test and everything looked good, no problems with it for which we are thankful. We met with his dr. yesterday and he explained a good bit to us for which I am also thankful to finally have some answers. Frank is now on the 2nd med for his micro-valve disease problem or whatever you call it (help, Ann?). They have him on 6mg now and plan to eventually bring him up to 25mg by continuing to increase it 2 weeks at a time. Dr. said they want him on as much as he can tolerate. Sometime in January after he has been on the max dosage they will do another treadmill and test his breathing. Hopefully this will show that he is responding to the meds. (Ann, does this make sense at all? LOL, I hope so!) Dr. also said that all the numbers from his heart cath last month look "super" and "couldn't have been better". However, he did warn us that if the treadmill in January shows that the meds are not working they will try a few others but we may have to begin to talk transplant at that point. We are hopeful that the meds will work! Once again, I am so glad I found this great list. It makes me feel better to be able to share! Sharon in Alabama