Stephen’s Diary

2014-07-24 Thursday

• Breakfast - 1 egg, raspberries, coffee, pills, milk
• 9.00 am Went to Dr. EKG, stop adrenal medicine til maybe Monday. lay low.
• 10.30 am Took 200 CoQ-10 feeling blah.
  • 12:43 Put on a jacket. Suddenly felt cold. working in office.
  • Starting weight at original Office visit - 178 lbs. all as per ready for shower at home in mornings.
  • In Bebruary 2014, I was as high as 184.

2014-07-26 Friday

• Breakfast - one egg, coffee, blueberries.
  • Things normal, strong regular beat. Went to Bethel Park to funeral viewing. 6 hrs driving, 3 hrs standing and visiting with family.

2014-07-26 Saturday

• 6:45 am leg cramps, both legs.
• 7:10 Went to Wilson’s farm
• 8:00 Breakfast - out of schedule (usually up, shower, breakfast, activity.) Two eggs, coffee, Blue berries, nuts.
• 8:45 noticed heart irregular - 1st attempt at blood pressure failed, 2nd attempt other are 128/106 - 99
  beats 3 - 4 fast, then slow next few, then fast again.
• 9:00 called Dr. and at 9:25 not an emergancy so left off.
  • Q. - is it the Iodine (six drops in water), in water? Seems to be happening esp right after breakfast. At Breakfast, I also had 2 Co-10 (200 per tablet)
    11:12 BP right after shower 117/69 - 111
    Lunch Chicken soup including cabbage and carrots + ?
• 3.00 p.m. Dr. called.
  • Went and had another ekg. pulse 130 and irregular. saw one event.
  • He put me on nattokinase 1 twice a day.
  • Metroprolol 1/2 twice a day.
  • He suggested that I go off all the extra vitamins until the heart returns to regular beat.
  • below is the list of how it is set up now as of 5 p.m.
    

• I noticed that I may have not been taking my regular Magnisium this week. Confused by all the changes. also Selenium not added.
• 7.28 p.m. 103/76 86

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2014-07-27 Sunday

• 7:10 am weight 171.8 Refused BPressure Right out of bed and shower,
  • I felt pretty punky.
  • After the 8:00 am breakfast and taking of medicine and vitamins, I began to feel almost half decent in about 15 minutes.
• 12:40 pm
  • Went to church.
  • Did normal duties,
  • Sang a solo special music.
  • BP 111/77 151 many of the pulse beats were slow, strong and normal. As the #s got below 100 then got a series of fast beats. I think that is the 151.
    • Two hour nap this afternoon. Then went to church.
• 7:40 p.m. 141/78 78 regular heart beat.
  • about 6:30 I counted 120 beats without a skip. (While listening to the sermon. I really was trying to pay attention.) Feel reasonably good most of the day. Waiting for a late supper, Hungry.

2014-07-28 Monday

• 9:00 119/70 64
• 2:00 128/70 59
• 8:30 107/65 61
  • Laid low all day. Two hour nap in afternoon.

2014-07-29 Tuesday

• 9:45 a.m. 141/77 61 Just come back from haircut and AutoZone for Alternator part.
• 1:50 p.m. 135/76 67 Repaired car and had lunch
• 9:52 p.m. 139/77 64 Did hospital visit, had 1 hr nap, and Attended a meeting in Elderton
  • All day had regular steady pulse rate.

2014-07-30 Wednesday

• Stopped the Metroprolo, last pill last night
• 9:30 am 141/72 67

• Spent Morning working in garden, tying tomatoes, cleaning out the raspberries
• Slower afternoon and a late afternoon nap.
• Led the prayer meeting tonight.
• 8:25 p.m. 142/78 63 Regular pulse all day

2014-07-31 Thursday

• 9:35 a.m. 172/73 71
• 9:50 a.m. 140/77 70
• 11:00 p.m. 131/73 66
  • Took the trailer in to weigh, and evening at the Festival

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2014-08-01 Friday

• 11:10 a.m. 144/75 75
• 11:00 p.m. 136/68 66
  • I have returned to the full list of supplements at your suggestion.
• *I determined that the Magnesium with Chelated Zinc bottle says 400mg/15mg. The bottle dosage is 3 pills a day. I have been taking 1. Is this what you want or do I change?
• *Do you still want me on the same dosage 1 2x daily Nattokinase? Or is this to cease? I ceased taking the Metroprolol Wednesday.

2014-08-02 Saturday

• 10:30 p.m. 143/77 64
  • Weight 171.6 I was this approximate weight for about 4-5 previous days.
  • Leg cramps 5:30 am

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2014-08-03 Sunday

• 7.30 p.m. 143/79 64
• 11:00 p.m. 139/70 69
  • weight 170.2
  • leg cramps 5:45 am

2014-08-04 Monday

• weight - 168.8
• leg cramps - twice 6:30 and 7:00 a.m.
• 9:00 a.m. Irregular heart - will not take blood pressure. 4 good drop, 1 or 2, then 2 good, drop 2, variations. Tried 4 times. I seemed to be fine when I awoke, was in shower, and before breakfast. Breakfast fare - 1 cup coffee, 3 scrambled eggs, small bowl of blue berries, half glass milk, half glass water with iodine 3 drops (take other half at night), and supplements.
  • This Noon - pulse came back regular (pretty much)
• 3:00 p.m. 123/73 79
• 9:00 p.m. 118/72 66 Regular pulse omitted iodine supplement tonight

2014-08-05 Tuesday

• leg and foot cramps both legs twice last night.
• 10:00 a.m. 136/68 69 normal pulse
• 9:30 p.m. 136/75 64 normal pulse
• omitted iodine supplement today

2014-08-06 Wednesday

• Weight 168.4
• Pulse - irregular after breakfast. Could not take blood pressure.
  • Went to Dr.
• Stop Iodine for until next week
  Stop Adrenal supplement for now
  If pulse does not settle down in about 48 hrs. begin Metroprolol if Dr. says so.
  Start two more magnesium pills at night for heart and aslo leg cramps
  Return visit Next Wednesday at 11 a.m.
  by evening pulse was some better, somewhat in and out.
• 09:51 p.m. 122/72 78 still missing some of the beats but few fast ones.
  • Took 2 Magnesium pills.

2014-08-07 Thursday

• Leg cramps only once and light case of them. Both legs mostly left leg.
• Weight 168.4
• 9:50 a.m. Cannot take BP Pulse wacky esp. after Breakfast.
  • Pulse was Semi-OK before. I.e. same as night before.
    Did not take Iodine or Adrenal Supplement.
• 10:02 a.m. 115/77 149 both slow and fast pulse
• 12:25 p.m. 95/74 150 both slow and fast pulse
• 10:45 p.m. 109/69 83 pulse regular . Who knows why?
  
  

2014-08-08 Friday

• Weight 169.4
• 10:30 a.m. 132/78 68 Regular
• 01:50 p.m. 128/70 70 Regular
  
• 07:50 p.m. 112/74 69 Regular

2014-08-09 Saturday

• Weight 169.4
• Right leg cramp today 6:30 a.m.
• 07:50 a.m. 126/73 73 Regular
• 10:30 p.m. 135/79 60 Regular

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2014-08-10 Sunday

• no leg cramps
• weight 169.6
• 06:55 a.m. 127/75 70 Regular
• 05:00 p.m. 137/65 74 Regular
• 11:20 p.m. 138/81 67 Regular

2014-08-11 Monday

• No leg cramps
• Weight 169.0
• 10:15 p.m. 146/73 69 Regular Worked the Dayton fair all day

2014-08-12 Tuesday

• leg cramps 5 x
• Weight 169.6
• 10:00 p.m. 152/86 55 Regular
  

2014-08-13 Wednesday

• Had Dr. Appt. - possible new regimen
• No Leg cramps
• Weight 168.2
• 08:00 a.m. 132/72 73 Regular
  • Took 1 drop Iodine tonight at 9:00 p.m.
• 12:00 p.m. 150/82 70 Regular - 1 miss in 12 or 25

2014-08-14 Thursday

• leg cramps 2 x
• weight 166.0
• 08:00 a.m. BP - failed - IRREGULAR
• 10:00 a.m. BP - failed - irregular
  • Suspect that I am allergic to Iodine.)
     
• 11:30 p.m. 127/73 69 Regular - Returned so at 6:00 p.m.

2014-08-15 Friday

• Weight 166.4
• 09:10 a.m. 140/75 72 Regular

2014-08-16 Saturday

• Weight 165.4
• 09:35 134/89 98 Irregular
  • Last night I added 1 saw palmetto pill upping to daily dose according to the bottle.
• 11:15 a.m. Pulse returned to regular
• 10:00 p.m. 125/76 77 Regular
  • omitted extra pill of saw palmetto because tomorrow is extra big day with preaching.

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2014-08-17 Sunday

• weight 166.2
• 06:45 a.m. 149/63 43 ???
• 08:45 a.m. 144/78 80 Regular
• 10:00 a.m. IRREGULAR
  • Preached two messages this morning
  • took 2.5 hr nap in afternoon
• 6:00 p.m. became regular
  • Preached 1 message this evening
• 10:30 p.m. 122/73 76 Regular

2014-08-18 Monday

• weight 166.6
• 9:45 a.m. 141/73 69 Regular
• 9:35 p.m. 136/78 70 Irregular drops 1 in 3 or 4

2014-08-19 Tuesday

• weight 165.4
•   7:50 a.m. 126/71 77 Regular
• 12:00 p.m. 135/72 70 Regular
•   9:20 p.m. 145/76 67 Regular

2014-08-20 Wednesday

• weight 164.6
• Tested 3 times - FAIL - Irregular this AM
• 11:15 p.m. 124/109 85 Probably too irregular to get a bottom number

2014-08-21 Thursday

• Weight 163.6
• 9:00 a.m. 115/68 87 Regular
• 9:00 p.m. 132/72 76 Regular

2014-08-22 Friday

• Weight 163.2
• Not taken - probably regular
• 6:30 p.m. 124/72 67 Regular

2014-08-23 Saturday

• Weight 164.0
• 8:45 a.m. 132/77 73 Regular
• 7:30 p.m. 141/68 74 Regular

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2014-08-24 Sunday

• Weight 164.2
• 7:30 a.m. 141/70 69 At first Regular then twice dropped 1 in 3 ??
• Basically Good all day

2014-08-25 Monday

• weight 165.2
• pulse OK

2014-08-26 Tuesday

• weight 164.8
• 7:00 a.m. 131/67 69 Regular

2014-08-27 Wednesday

• weight 164.6
• 3:30 p.m. 133/72 58 Regular

2014-08-28 Thursday

• weight 163.0
• 8:30 a.m. 126/65 68 Regular
• 1:30 p.m. 118/66 68 Regular

2014-08-29 Friday

• weight 163.4
• met with Dr.
• 8:10 a.m. 124/69 71 Regular
• 10:30 p.m. 133/76 62 Regular

2014-08-30 Saturday

• weight 162.6
• 07:45 a.m. 147/(55?)114 140 Irregular
• 04:10 p.m. 116/65 77 Regular
• 8:00 p.m. 147/78 70 Regular - just climbed stairs
• 10:30 p.m. 131/72 69 Regular
• Purchased most of new regimine see next month for use chart.
• Started some this evening

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2014-08-31 Sunday

• weight 163.6
• 07:25 a.m. 126/76 76 Regular
• 06:55 p.m. 142/82 61 Regular