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Am I still Amiodarone dreaming?
Day 1141. I had a noticeable increase in vivid dreams since I started taking Amiodarone. Last year that escalated to some pretty intense...
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Jul 121 min read
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I should be happy
Day 1135. After 3 years of treatment for cardiac sarcoidosis my most recent PET scan shows no active sarcoidosis. Organs that had shown...
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Jul 92 min read
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Infliximab infusion
Day 857. This week it was time for my Infliximab infusion. Sometimes that's also called a Remicade infusion. I have mine every 6 weeks,...
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Oct 5, 20242 min read
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It’s been a busy week
Day 592. I have had a few medical appointments this week. This is on top of returning to work on Wednesday and solo-parenting my son...
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Jan 12, 20242 min read
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Anti-arrhythmic half-life
Day 552. I have been on Amiodarone as an anti-arrhythmic medication since December 2022. It has helped keep my ventricular arrhythmias...
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Dec 4, 20232 min read
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Being immuno-compromised
Day 529. Ever since I got diagnosed with sarcoidosis and started my treatment I have been waiting for a wave of colds and flus to get me...
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Nov 11, 20231 min read
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Time for new medication
Day 315. My latest PET scan showed the inflammation in my heart is back. I visited my rheumatologist today and he advised that we will be...
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Apr 11, 20231 min read
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Medication side effects - months 4 to 6
Days 91 to 180. The last 3 months were quite the roller coaster of side effects. After upping my Prednisone in month 4 I felt rubbish,...
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Nov 26, 20222 min read
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Medication side effects - months 1 to 3
Days 1 to 90. In general I felt quite well in months 1 and 2 of the treatment of both my heart problems and my cardiac sarcoidosis. For...
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Aug 19, 20223 min read
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Meeting the rheumatologist
Day 54. 22 July 2022. I met the rheumatologist for the first time the morning after my ICD shock in the hospital's cardiac ward....
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Jul 24, 20222 min read
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