I wrote1 two months ago about peripheral edema: how my legs - especially the right one - swell. Since then, I've attended an appointment with a cardiologist who tended to discount the theory that one of my blood pressure medicines is causing the problem. As he said, medicines don't distinguish between left and right, and so there should be swelling in the left leg and foot.He sent me for an ultrasound scan of the veins in my legs; this showed nothing unusual.
When I returned to my GP, I pointed out that the swelling is much reduced, implying that the weather is the primary cause and the bp medicine a secondary cause. She opted to do nothing for the time being, and to wait until the swelling becomes problematic, probably in another eight months time. The most important thing, she told me, is that my heart is fine. As I told her in my previous appointment, "I keep a close watch on this heart of mine"2, but she didn't get the reference (hardly surprising).
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