Mike Mayer's Heart <3

It has been awhile since I’ve posted an update here. I’ve been very careful to keep my mind off my problems. You’ll understand why I’d do that after reading this…
Trip to the ER
On Tuesday, January 12th I was having crazy vitals. My pulse was jumping up and down by 40bpm just by standing up and [...]

I submitted my questions I had for my cardiologist on Friday. They got back to me just now:
I’m cleared to have caffeine. I’m cleared to have spicy food. She didn’t say anything about salty food… and I guess we both forgot. Oops. My kidneys should be OK with the midodrine. And finally, taking baby aspirin is a good idea.

I didn’t post anything here yesterday.
I’m still getting used to the Midodrine. The side-effects aren’t as intense as they were at first and I’m figuring out the best ways to handle how I feel.
My chest is still tight. It has been since the Tilt Table Test.
I’ve been making calls and dealing with things. I’m not [...]

Last night after I wrote the other blog post I started feeling really bad.
I felt really unstable and I had to lay down immediately. This was after (6-8?) hours of sitting up and hanging out at Sharon’s. I did some homework and pretty much took it easy. I guess sitting up was too hard on [...]

Today is the first day that I took Midodrine twice. A full normal medicated day.
Overall I’ve felt better than I have recently. I don’t feel unstable.
I don’t feel like my body has acclimated to being medicated. The side-effects aren’t bad. Lots of tingling and a kind of electrical wave feeling that pulsates from the top [...]

“Druggy Mike” is a nickname that I had in middle school from some random girls who decided that I had a very Jim Breuer-esque look on my face. Of course, I wasn’t a druggy and I guess in some way it was funny?
Although every time the doctors asked me if I used drugs I wish [...]

By Android I mean have an implanted computer and by Jedi I mean taking Midodrine.
Dr. David Pan called me this morning and essential apologized for haphazardly suggesting that I might need a pacemaker. He said that he spoke with colleagues of his regarding my case and they came to a consensus where I could avoid [...]

Well I suppose the first entry should cover anything that happened prior to right now. I will certainly miss some details but I’ll try to remember as much as possible.
On March 7th 2009 I had my first vasovagal episode which induced syncope (Sync-O-Pea). Basically my brain sent wrong signals to my body causing me to [...]