Doc took me off of Atenolol on Friday since it wasn't controlling my
BP and put me on atacand HCT.
Saturday night had a rebound effect from going off of Atenolol and
went tachycardia (100 BPS).
Added back in 1/2 dose of Atenolol and will wean slowly.
Everything seems OK now.
...Jim Thompson
My doctor (a very nice Chinese lady) put me on Atenolol. It's a beta
blocker and makes bp go down by reducing heart output. That made me
get so easily winded that I couldn't get any decent exercize, which
makes one get fat, raising bp! Not good to mess with your heart!
Now I'm taking cheap stuff, an ace inhibitor and a diuretic, and they
work great for me. I tune the dosage to just below the point when I
fall over getting out of a chair or bed. 115/75 is easy, with a little
exercize and weight control. Some MDs think everybody over 45 should
take these routinely, along with aspirin and a statin.
This is relevant to electronic design: older people have the tricks
and experience (and just plain balls) to do great design, but they
have to stay in tune, not to mention alive, to keep their brains
working at top form. I know too many engineers who have gotten fat and
lazy, and mostly sleep at their desks in the afternoon.
John
back to hacking this uP code. Some days, like today, I seem to break
everything I touch. This keypad thing - membrane switch, up/down the
menu list, variable jogging, typematic, title flashing, special error
messages with timeouts, raw 16-segment VF drive - is getting hairy.
Time to test the latest pass.
VSEGS: ; VF DISPLAY SEGMENTS ARE :
N = 0800h ; AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
P = 1000h ; FH L KB
D = 0008h ; F H L K B
R = 2000h ; F H L K B
C = 0004h ; F H L K B
H = 0080h ; F H L K B
K = 0100h ; F HLK B
L = 0200h ; GGGGGGG MMMMMMM
A = 0001h ; E RPN C
B = 0002h ; E R P N C
F = 0020h ; E R P N C
G = 0040h ; E R P N C
M = 0400h ; E R P N C
E = 0010h ; ER P NC
VDP = 4000h ; DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD VDP