Today I’m off to the clinic for blood work and to see the Onc. I’m sure hoping my liver function is better so that I can go back on Brivanib.
Last night I prepared my list of items I wanted to talk to the Trials Nurse and the Onc about.
Firstly I want to talk to them about this awful coughing I’ve had for the past week or so. I have to find a solution. It’s exhausting and I just want to cry when I think about it. The mornings start out pretty good but somewhere around the late afternoon I start coughing and it only worsens into the night. Phone calls can be especially difficult … I become short of breathe and cough like crazy.
Secondly, I wanted to talk to the Onc about my bp medication. Last week his orders were to keep reducing my bp meds until I got a top number of at least 95. I’m not sure that meant stopping the meds completely tho … but I did. My bp this morning was 106/75 and being that my bp monitor is about 5 points higher than the clinics, I figure it’s pretty close.
The third item that’s been bugging me for quite some time now but I haven’t mentioned is … since about spring, every few months or so I gain about an inch on my waist … it seems to be expanding. I've always thought it was swelling from the cancer but since I’ve been on Brivanib and the tumors are shrinking I was hoping my belly would too … not.
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Daria, I was on Lisinopril for my BP and I developed a terrible cough! I wonder if you're having a similar problem.
I wonder what blood pressure meds you are on. I had one of those crazy frustrating all-night-long coughs, which only stopped when I stopped taking Lisiniprol. I had told my doctor about the cough and he didn't mention it as a possible side effect of Lisiniprol. Someone told me he had the same problem, so I asked if I could stop, and when I did, the cough went away.
Hi Daria,
I am cheering for you liver to function excellently. Go liver go! I hope you get back on the Brivanib.
Well I have heard that some blood pressure medication do cause coughing. I hope that is what might be causing my coughing.
The two meds I was on were Amlodipine and Ramipril. As of January 5th I am off both bp meds because I'm not on Brinavib until my liver function improves.
Hope all went well today Daria, been thinking about you and that cough......:-)Hugs
Daria, hoping for good liver function results for you.
Glad the bp medication has been mentioned as a possible cause for the cough. That did happen to my Mum.
Good luck!
Hoping it all went well & you got your questions answered. And mostly hoping that cough subsides!
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