Walking The Thin Man

In May 2005, I learned that I had developed amyloidosis, a rare protein folding disease. This is my story.

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Exhaustion

Next weekend marks my one-year anniversary of my second treatment. During my treatment, I knew that I would still have some health issues one year later, but I don't believe I'd have nearly as many problems I'm still experiencing today.

I'm still having some issues with my low-blood pressure, and I tend to tire out much easier that in the past. I've also started to lose a bit of weight, which is probably the last thing that I need at this point. I'm always a little jittery right before an evaluation, but this is a little too much to be the sole reason for all this fatigue.

Since I've tried everything else to get my blood pressure up, I'm doing the last thing that could possibly help -- getting off of the ACE-inhibitor I started about two months ago. I'm hoping that it's the reason for all of this fatigue. My edema has been behaving a little better now, especially with this cooler weather, so I'm comfortable getting off of it to give my body a breather.

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