Coming out of Beta...

As any development manager worth their salt will tell you, the transition from Beta to a release worthy version of a piece of software is rarely a smooth event. Pressure of timings from executives, poor quality testing and just silly oversights can guarantee that a release date will invariably be missed no matter how much will may be present from the interested parties.

So it is with my own first attempt at coming out of Beta blockers and into a full Jon 2.0 release!

The 80mg timed release capsules have done their job well for the past month so it seemed logical to try to migrate off them once I had the procedure done (PMs look out here, major dependent task not delivered as planned so the migration was pretty premature to start with). Armed with a batch of 10mg standard tablets and instructions to take 20mg four times a day, what could possibly go wrong....?

Well, lots. 20mg seems to last about two hours before those tell tale signs of impending anxiety attack start to manifest; so at the rate of 20mg every two hours that would put me up in the seriously addicted league if I were to continue for long, as well as put me into the category of pill popper that is usually only populated by windy geriatrics.

So, back to the 80mg timed release version - stable release - and postpone the migration until after the actual procedure.

Next date to watch is the 9th March - the day after my birthday and I'm expected at clinic by 7.30 am. I guess I won't be partying too hard this time around, unless of course I opt for the all-nighter and then directly to surgery...!

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Later that day....

Guess what happens when you add a 80mg slow release Beta Blocker to the 80mg you'd already taken during the course of the morning? Well, your heart slows right down, your blood pressure drops and you feel like you're going to pass out and throw up all at the same time.

Note to self - beta blockers are fickle beasts that need a little more careful management than originally thought.