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Chest Pain
Having had the extreme pleasure of reading the words "anterior infarction" on an EKG printout this afternoon--which I'm assured is no doubt a false positive, blood test results pending--I'd be very interested in hearing your reports of apparent cardiac-related physical symptoms while on treatment and the medical explanations for them, or the lack thereof. In my case, the benign explanation (thus far) for a sharp persistent pain of several weeks duration is an inflammation of the costal bone bordering the heart. Huh? No jokes about bleeding heart liberals, please. Well, if you insist....
I go to the Podiatrist this morning. Then I have to follow up with my PCP on the 11th. I've never been checked for Hemochromatosis or Raynaud
Enlarged spleen and yellow stool are a sign of liver desiese. No, my man never had discolored while he was sick with the gallbladder.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Well the Podiatrist wasn't helpfull. He said he'd have to see the color discoloration. He said it could be gout. I told him I've been had a history of gout and this isn't it. When it changes color it is very cold to the touch and gout is warm, and a different kind of pain. So this visit was a waste of time. at least I got to soak my feet in a warm whirlpool bath. That felt really good.
You brazen thing, you--welcome back! And thanks, once I did all the diagnostic tests and had the results back along with a persuasive explanation, I stopped worrying. If anything I've lived with this increasing pain for weeks before reporting it, assuming that is was just another tx quirk. But I lost my mom to heart disease three years ago and I agree with you strongly about the importance of staying on top of these things. The casualness with which these tx drugs are dispensed and the general lack of monitoring truly boggles my mind. What, are they nuts, these practitioners?
The words on the EKG report gave me a very bad hour before my doctor counseled me never to take machine-generated evaluations at face value. Duh, of course....but it's hard not to give in to panic when you see the words "borderline" and "infarction" staring at you. Anyway, just a heads up to everyone: EKG printouts make good paper airplanes.
The words on the EKG report gave me a very bad hour before my doctor counseled me never to take machine-generated evaluations at face value. Duh, of course....but it's hard not to give in to panic when you see the words "borderline" and "infarction" staring at you. Anyway, just a heads up to everyone: EKG printouts make good paper airplanes.
While diagnosing costochondritis on the Web I came across your Aug 17th MH post--looks like I've joined your club. It WILL be interesting to see how long this lasts, and as it seems to be commonly associated with autoimmune disease, we might as well chalk this up to another interesting aspect of treatment. Let me know how you're doing, yes?
Well, here's the medical news bulletin, just in: I'll live to treat another day. And the day after that. And the day after that. All the blood tests for cardiac damage are negative, although the pain kept me waking me through the night. Official verdict: costochondral joint inflammation, which is apparently the chief benign cause of chest pain. There are viruses which are specific to the breast bones, and my internist speculates that anything is possible right now given the immune dysregulation we experience while on chemo. Raher than being a magic bullet, tx can make us vulnerable to a full range of exciting pathological possibilities! Oooooh I just tremble with the thought, you know? (Uh, sorry. I get carried away.) Cheriums, a friend of mine who had no history of heart problems also had a heart attack one month after she stopped treatment, and the doctors would only acknowledge a "theoretical possibility" of a connection. Kim, Cuteus, Fubarcat, thanks to you all for putting a smile on my face at 8 am, which is no mean feat. PK: my liver, thanks for asking, darlin', is enjoying normal enzymes for the first time in over a decade. Simply fahbulous!
And bs1961, my heart goes out to you. My dad was diabetic, too, and I know how tough it is. Looks like you've been given more than your fair share of grief and I wish you all the best. You're one strong human being.
And bs1961, my heart goes out to you. My dad was diabetic, too, and I know how tough it is. Looks like you've been given more than your fair share of grief and I wish you all the best. You're one strong human being.
bs 1961,
really it is such a hard moment. I hope, while I'm writing, your dad will have recovered to some extent. I know it may feel heavy to you, but surely your dad is in good hands (his children's) and believe me, this is a great luck in his bad luck. take care, I'm wishing all the best to you all.
CUTEOUS
THANK YOU so much for your technical help reply that I found, you are always so kind. actually, today a friend of mine told me about a 2nd hand portable - 1 year old, DVD and all... 700 euro. he is a good expert and he calls it a very good offer so I want to sleep over it because, yes... it is a PC, grrrr! I dislike microsoft as much as you, but you can't imagine how exhasperating life is here for a mac user, multiply what you call monopoly by ten and you'll have a little idea of how it looks like here. I'll let you know what I'll choose. but thank you, in any case.
CALIFIA
sorry for your heart pain, sure our liberal hearts are not seeing their best days !
I find it so unfair that it seems you have to deal with also autoimmune problem, WHICH ONE should it be ? seems to me that you guys have more than enough when you must deal with your virus. but it sounds a little early to speak of autoimmune problems, which antibodies are you positive with ? each one is practically a "signature" for its own particular disease, as I get it.
btw, I have seen my hepatologist today and he explained me up a few things (ehm, I kept him there for two hours asking him questions, hihihi...). well I found that I have not one, but two distinct autoimmune problems, when I was thinking of just two different stages of the same one. primary biliary cirrhosis and immune cholangitis. oh, well. however, it was worth going there not only to clear my ideas but also because the doc must have felt in a good mood and he lowered my prednisone daily dose. I am already getting plump (started therapy only a month and a half ago), so I am pretty happy, relatively speaking.
I wish everybody a very (relatively speaking) good evening. here it's time for bed. so, goodnight as well.
anna
Hey Califa,
I'm sorry to read that you have to deal with HEARTACHE...aka "anterior infarction" as well as HCV.....aka LIVERACHE.
I would like to emphasize or insist that I'm very, very liberal.
I had no HEARTACHES as of yet.....but who knows what lies in store for us????>>>><<<<.....LOL.
Good luck all,
Ben
PS-I would like to quote Sam Hall by asking: How's your liver?
My dads ok. He went into Diabetic Shock last week sugar was unmeasuarable with the machine. I was able to get him to drink 2 pints of OJ with sugar added to it. That pulled him up to 72 and it took an ambulance 12 minutes to get there. While in the ER it went up to 94. It took them 50 minutes to get him some food and insert a saline/glucose drip going. Then it went down to 56. When he went down to 56 they didn't do anything (I had stepped outside for a minute, If you have never seen Diabetic Shock depending on the person it's not pretty). I came back in and he was repeating a story over and over then my sister told me he's sugar was 56. So I ran out to the desk and told them he's going back into shock then they finally gave him pure glucose his sugar by then dropped from 56 to 50. I had it out with the doctor then. Someone's sugar is 56 and you don't do anything? What are you waiting for a coma to happen before you do anything. Maybe saving people is a career for me.
I've given mouth to mouth on a heart attack victim for 4 minutes both compressions and breathes while others just watched, he lived.
I've given the Heimlich Maneuver twice, stopped them from chocking. One was in a resteraunt I was the only one to do anything.
And this is the third time I've had to deal with my fathers diabetic shock.
I've given mouth to mouth on a heart attack victim for 4 minutes both compressions and breathes while others just watched, he lived.
I've given the Heimlich Maneuver twice, stopped them from chocking. One was in a resteraunt I was the only one to do anything.
And this is the third time I've had to deal with my fathers diabetic shock.
I forgot I was going to comment to you...duh!
In my bout with anemia, a left chest pain worried me to death(well, not quite). once the anemia stabilized I did not get the pain. It makes me think it was related, it took about two weeks. If the Procrit do not take care of the symptom...get that Thallium stress test.
In my bout with anemia, a left chest pain worried me to death(well, not quite). once the anemia stabilized I did not get the pain. It makes me think it was related, it took about two weeks. If the Procrit do not take care of the symptom...get that Thallium stress test.
Sorry to hear you are having this new development. I don't have any words of wisdom for you, but I do know the very first question my MD asks me when I see him is if I have had any chest pain since the last time I saw him. That leads me to believe there must be some connection with the meds and it must be a pretty big one if he makes it his first question every time. Make sure you MDs stay on top of this and let us know what you find out. Bless your bleeding liberal heart anyway!! Whoops - no politics intended, just good thoughts for you.
that is a tough one, all right. HTN is a big possibility the first 6 wks of tx. mine went up considerably, then stabilized to a tad above my normal. It could have been the anemia that precipitated it. That is been treated.
You have so many complications, I do hope they can keep them under control so that you can get rid of hcv soon/
How is your dad doing?
You have so many complications, I do hope they can keep them under control so that you can get rid of hcv soon/
How is your dad doing?
I'm trying to get my Diabeties and Dental work done so that I can plan doing treatment again.
My PCP had me take a tests for a bunch of things like lukemia, testicle cancer and other things all negitive except for an enlarged prostrate.
Now my PCP tells me that they need to find out why my blood presure is high. The last 4 were 162/100, 168/102, 146/98, 144/94 with chest pain daily.
I have to see a Podiatrist (big toes turn red/ purple/gray color and go numb occasionally also neuropathy that's a 10 on the pain scale occasionally.
I have to see an Enodcronologist because the medicine I was taking for Diabeties doesn't work any more.
I just got my sister to take care of my credit card bill and car insurance ect while I treat. I'm trying to find a part time job that keeps my income lower then $700 a month so I can keep on Family Health Plus.
So it looks like all this stuff is putting a damper on things. Will they let you treat with high blood pressure? A year ago my blood pressure was 120/70
My PCP had me take a tests for a bunch of things like lukemia, testicle cancer and other things all negitive except for an enlarged prostrate.
Now my PCP tells me that they need to find out why my blood presure is high. The last 4 were 162/100, 168/102, 146/98, 144/94 with chest pain daily.
I have to see a Podiatrist (big toes turn red/ purple/gray color and go numb occasionally also neuropathy that's a 10 on the pain scale occasionally.
I have to see an Enodcronologist because the medicine I was taking for Diabeties doesn't work any more.
I just got my sister to take care of my credit card bill and car insurance ect while I treat. I'm trying to find a part time job that keeps my income lower then $700 a month so I can keep on Family Health Plus.
So it looks like all this stuff is putting a damper on things. Will they let you treat with high blood pressure? A year ago my blood pressure was 120/70
I had a heart atttack about 2 months after finishing tx a couple of years ago. Now, I'd had one about 10 years before so this wasnt my first and it was the day after my mom's funeral which is a stressfull time.
That said, I think the meds and Hep set us up for other problems.
Kim
That said, I think the meds and Hep set us up for other problems.
Kim
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