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213398 tn?1202670474

Chest Tightness/ exhaustion

Does anyone have this?  i feel like i get a pressure feeling in my chest, almost like a butterfly feeling you get in your stomach except its in my chest. its not painful but its extremely uncomfortable. like someone is sitting on my chest. dizzy, electrical twinges and pains that last a second. never in the same place . travel around the chest area. sometimes i feel like i ran a marathon like i can't quite catch my breath. i'm a heavy smoker have been for years . so i dont feel like its a lung condition. lungs are clear. i feel like it can be cardiac. i've been to tons of emergency rooms about this and 3 cardios. have done a million tests. ekg, stress, holter, echo, event monitor, blood work. they say all is normal. but this does not feel normal. yes i get anxiety but i really dont think this is an anxiety symptom. i've had anxiety for 10 years but this feeling only happening last 2 months or so. i feel like i get anxiety attack after i feel this feeling. i hate when doctors chalk everything up to anxiety. i have slightly high cholesterol so i feel like maybe these are warnings to a heart attack or something and that maybe docs are missing something because i'm 35 so they say that is too young for heart attack. anyone feel like this?
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213398 tn?1202670474
hi, no i'm from u.s.  i'm from new york very flax seed oil is very popular health in the health conscious community . not ionized water though.
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Micheal, are you from one of the South East Asia country?  Organic Flaxseed Oil and ionizer water....  Those my mum and my sis used in their country which is very popular.  Over here, no one mentions or knows what is ionizer water.  Yes, organic Flaxseed Oil sold here but hardly heard people used it.  May be it sold mainly for tourists only!

I got the patch that can reduce weight.  It can stick on the body (arm of leg).  I want to reduce my bloating tummy so I stick it on my tummy.  I only try 2 times.  It sticked too hard and unable to pull out so I gave up.  I'll try again.
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213398 tn?1202670474
ok . you can find flax seed oil in any high end grocery store or health food store. organic preferably and look up the possible benefits for the heart. and definetly look into water ionizers and alkalinizing your body for better health and rebuilding healthy tissue throughout the body. also i read a book the other day. well actually still reading it and it is helpful in many things, mental, physical and emotional well being and getting over and curing anything you want to. its called "the secret" and some people swear by it
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natural methods never sound silly.  i will look into the suggestions michael.
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213398 tn?1202670474
teko      thanks for the website i will definetly check it out and see if if works for me

fl brat    it may sound silly but are you taking flax seed oil?   you may benefit from it. it is a natural anti inflamatory and as far as i know chf is inflamed and enlarged heart walls. every little bit would help right? you may want to look into a water ionizer and its benefits. it basically oxygenates the body so the heart has to do less work .
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CHF can be compensated.  Everything in life is improved with proper diet and exercise.  Genetic?  My mom has it.  Eating...I have never had really bad dietary habits.  Worst is that I am southern and everything was seasoned with salt pork.  Always very low cholesterol #s.  I am and always have been active, hiking to gardening.   I loved riding my bike.  I had the ICD because two very intelligent and caring doctors advised me to do so.  It works, so that is all that matters.
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213398 tn?1202670474
so is chf reversable? i mean if you completely change your eating habits and everything. ? i would think that it would be. what caused it anyway? genetic? eating? lack of exercize? why do you need an icd for cardyomathy? arent icd for arrythmias?
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I am 50.  Dx at 48.  I dont think that CHF or cardiomyopathy gives a rats butt how old you are though.  Just happens I guess, then you overcome what you can. Sometimes I wonder if the hurricanes didnt blow something nasty my way.  I am on the east coast of FL and got to experience the three hurricanes that  season.  Frances, Jeanne and the other one.  I am being treated.  I had a BiV ICD "installed".  In fact, I am headed to Mayo on Monday for my twice-yearly check.  I use Carelink during the rest of the year to "call in" my device interrogation.  Pretty cool thing.
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213398 tn?1202670474
i'm so sorry to hear of your heart troubles. how old are you ? arent you too young for chf? are you getting it treated? my friends dad has it but he is obese and he is around 65.
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so, consider what you spend going to the doctor or the ER, it is a bargain.
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I am sorry, just as I hit enter I noticed I said $125, it was actually $175
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$125 US.  I had the option of a second free session, but my health problems put the kabosh on that.  I have CHF and cardiomyopathy.  The doctors were talking transplant and believe me, no second session was needed.  Hmmm, breath and have a beating heart or suck butts....no problem.  By the way, the company I worked for reimbursed $150 of the treatment, you might check your HR people and see if they have wellness incentives available to you.
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213398 tn?1202670474
so laser worked for you ? how much was it and how many times do you have to do it? what happened with your heart? what heart condition did you get? are you ok?
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I WAS a heavy smoker, and it worked for me.  It was somewhat reinforced with the diagnosis for my heart three months later.  (and before you suppose, it (laser) had NOTHING to do with my heart condition.)
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198506 tn?1251156915
There is a new "Smoke Addiction" forum on this board.  
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213398 tn?1202670474
any other heavy smokers here? did you quit? how?
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213398 tn?1202670474
sounds like i'm going to try this laser thing. hope its not some fad or scam but hey i guess we'll see.  
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Benjamin has a cold.  Are you posting about a cold on a heart forum?
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eca
I got the almoust same symptoms like Benjaman47; but no pain when i laying down.Just an intense paine wen i am sneezeing,for about 1 minut in same spot.And hard to  get back to my breath rythm.Got it for 3 wecks now.Can someone help me to?
                   Ty
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they place the cold laser behind the ear, at the length of skin between your forefinger and thumb and around the sides of your nose.  you feel nothing.  from what I was told, the spots work for control the need for the cig, calming your nerves and to reduce appetite.  all I know is that after I had it done, I didnt think about a cig, slept like a baby and actually lost a few pounds.  DO IT.
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216614 tn?1195665072
Michael...if I remember correctly, they use the laser on certain areas sort of like acupuncture?  At any rate, my one friend had it done a number of years ago when it was new.  He had to go to Canada.  I think it was one or two times...and he had a free follow up if needed also.  Seriously check into it.  But make sure whatever you do, you find someone reputable.
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213398 tn?1202670474
that sounds great.  i don't even remember what its like not to smoke or taste food or feel air
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You'll find that the craving goes way quite quickly once you get all the toxic chemicals out of your system. After a couple of months you won't even want a cigarette and then you'll start finding them quite repulsive.
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213398 tn?1202670474
i think i saw something about laser treatment once. and i thought it was a joke or a spoof or something. i mean why would a laser help you quit? but now i see its real . so how does it work what do they do zap with a laser everytime you want a cig?? lol
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