Checking In On Everyone !

[Kathleen Sheffer]

Thanks for explaining your defect and what the surgery will do – I have been a bit fuzzy on it. I keep telling my friends and family about how amazing you are and how you haven’t been able to eat for months, but I didn’t know enough to explain why (that’s probably on me – I will remember this time). I’m so glad you have a surgery date and can have it done non-invasively!

My mental health has suffered recently with multiple friends dying of cancer, anniversaries of other friends’ passings, and other life stressors (I wrote about this last week). My boyfriend has been a trooper through panic attacks and incoherent sobbing and I finally feel like I’m on the mend.

I’m consolidating my commitments so I can feel more productive and less overwhelmed by how much I need to get done each day. The weather is getting nicer and I’m enjoying the sunshine, as well as outdoor exercise. Hoping to do a big hike with my parents this weekend!

[Brittany Foster]

Hey girl!
It’s great to hear that your boyfriend is so supportive and understanding. It can be so hard to be having a hard time mentally especially because without talking about it, nobody would really know all the pain you’re going through on the inside. That’s what has always been hard about mental illness in my own life is gettin people to understand that just because I may “seem okay” doesn’t mean I am mentally okay. I’m glad you have people in your life who support you and just know I’m always a phone call away too if you ever need to vent. I’ve had my share of breakdowns and I get how much it means to just have someone listen. Hope the weather stays nice and you can get out for a walk or something fun. It has been raining in RI and should be rainy for the rest of the week which leaves me more in the house and trying to stay busy with distractions! Hope you enjoy your weekend and text me any time too! Xo

[Wilma Doan]

Wilma here. Happy to hear you will soon be enjoying food again Brittany. I wish you the very best.
I have finally started with 1 mg of Adempas Am looking forward to good things happening. So far – so good. I may be having some slight side effects but barely noticeable. Thank goodness I do have fairly good tolerance to those things. My blood pressure did drop for a few days last week but that was expected. I read that when arteries flatten out the pressure is reduced. This week will probably be graduating to 2 mg.

I was hoping the doctor would say I didn’t need oxygen any more at night but that didn’t happen. He said I needed more so am getting more. Now tis all day and all night.

Hope to hear from others successes on Adempas.

Wilma

[Brittany Foster]

Hi Wilma,
I’m sure there are many that have had success with Adempas and I’m glad that you are tolerating things as well as you can right now! I know sometimes the titration process can be a lot, but it sounds like you have a pretty good tolerance to medications. Is this the first medication that the doctors have tried you on or have you been on others before trying this? Looking forward to hearing more about how it’s going. Please keep us updates because I’m sure there are others who are in the same boat as you! Thinking of you!

[Jimi Mcintosh]

I am so happy that you have light at the end of the tunnel. Your spirit is positive and you have a great medical team. Praying for your healing

[Brittany Foster]

Thank you Jimi. I am grateful to be in the right hands !! I am hoping for a speedy recovery but will give myself a break knowing that it might be a long process. Taking it slower is usually better for my healing and trying not to push myself too much before the surgery. How have you been doing ? Any recent updates?