Well I always wonder when the other shoe will drop. Well today one of the shoes dropped. I am not sure if it is "the other shoe" but it is a shoe. I called my cardiologist to see if my test results came back in, they did.
Let me back track a little, in January my cardiologist found I have a 75% blockage of my left subclavian artery ( artery near my clavicle that feeds my left arm) this seems to be the reason for the low blood pressure in my left arm. I have high blood pressure in the rest of me. I have been on 3 different blood pressure meds. to try and regulate my pressure. The first two I ended up getting a rash from them so I had to be switched. I also have borderline high cholesterol so I am no on meds for that as well. Well I had an MRA which basically an MRI that checks your blood veins and arteries. My cardiologist was looking for some sort of blockage going to my kidneys. Well sure enough there is. I have 73% blockage of my right renal artery and some blockage of my left renal artery as well.
I have an appointment with my oncologist tomorrow and I am sure we are going to discuss these new problems. I have a feeling he is going to think these heart related problems are related to my meds. If so I see another change in CML meds coming soon. I have already been on 3 of the CML meds and there are only 2 more that are FDA approved. None of them are perfect and all have their own side effects and concerns that come with them. At this point CML wise things have been going quite well. I don't like change so I guess all I can do is wait and see what is going to happen.
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