I was just wondering. Im coming up on my 5 yrs of breast cancer free. I think My question is. Do we use the anniversary date of our surgery and the docs saying they got all the cancer or do we go by...
Hi Bellas gma,Yes i had to do my radiation after chemo also. I had a double masectomy. I felt that if my cancer was that bad and grew that fast...I wasnt going to take the risk of having to go...
Hello Bellas gma, Very nice to meet you. Im very sorry its under these circumstances. My name is Lori. I am 50 yrs old but was diagnosed at 48. No one in my family was ever diagnosed with breast...
Hi Jo-Ann, Thank you for your input. I am so sorry that you also had to endure the tragedies you have gone through. After i got out of the hospital about three weeks later i started having...
Thank you both. I did go to my reg doc because even the hospital left me with no answers as to how to even treat this. So now I will go to the burn unit but not til next week. The wound is still just...
So very tired, Hello my name is Lori, I have R.A and have had it about 6 years or so. I have had pleurisy many times. In 06-07 I had pleurisy, pericarditis, myocarditis all at the same time. It...
Hello My name is Lori I am 48 years old. I was diagnosed with breast cancer 10/09. I had dcis and inflitrating ductal carcinoma. So I had a double masectomy in 11/09. That all was fine. I did my...
Hello, Sorry it took me a bit too get back to you. The herceptin did affect the function to my heart. It brought it down to 40%. So not as bad as I thought but still. They said by quitting it soon...
Hello, my name is Lori, I am 48 years old. No cancer runs in my family. I have 5 daughters and four sisters. I had a mammogram, sonogram and biopsy done on the 14th of october 2009. I was diagnosed...
Hello Ducky, How are? Thank you for your response. I don't know why he would keep that from me. I was diagnosed with R.A. 2 1/2 years ago. A few months after my diagnosis I started getting...
Hello, I hope all of you are not in too much pain..I have a quick question. I was wondering if anyone has had Feltys Syndrome. I just found out that I have had it. I was never told by my Rheumy, but...
Hello Livefree, I am sorry for you having to go through this. I also had RA attack my heart and lungs. 11/06 I was diagnosed with pleurisy, then 12/06 pericarditis, then 1/07 vasculitis in one of the...
Hello, just reading your stories and wanted to reply. I had been taking zocor for only 2-3 months. All the sudden I was unable to walk, the pain in my legs and hips were pretty intense. I callled my...
Hello everyone. I pray for all of you who are suffering.. I am writing because I wanted to let those who remember my recent history how things are going now. I am so much better now. I just got the...
Morning!!!! First of all, I hope you all are not having too bad of a day. I don't post on here everyday but I think of all of you everyday. You all are in my heart. Well, Good news..NO DAMAGE !!! She...
Hello Maxx, I know exactley what you mean about the palps. Yesterday was just terrible for me with them darn things...I had them all day. Well I have good news. It showed that of course the palps are...
Well, AnnieInOz and Maxx, I get my results tomorrow....I hope I do not have any damage. I do not want to take anymore meds. I will fill you in tomorrow. Thanks for your responses..Maxx how are you...
Tomorrow I get the results from having to wear the holter monitor for 30 days. I had to wear it because I have Myositis on the heart muscle caused from RA. It has caused me to have some pretty crazy...
Marji, Hello I usually post in the Arthritis forum but ran across your post and thought I would reply... My grandson was born with WPW. They let his go for 8 1/2 years. Then one day his heart rate...
Hello katelynn, I have missed you to!! I'm feeling alot better today, thank you. Wow!! you sure have alot of info. I'm sure it will come to use to someone in need of answers. And you sure have been...
Good morning katelynn, Oh so far my grandson is doing just fine. And I hope he remains that way. So far the docs think he won't need another operation. Wow! I'm sorry to hear that your mom has WPW...
Razorbackfonda, Are you having other symptoms? I had the sweating, shortness of breathe, I did have the crushing feeling, severe fatigue to where I was unable to walk. I did go to the ER but they...
Katelynn, My grandson was born with Wolfe Parkinson's White. He was ten days old when we just knew something was wrong with him. We took him to a regular doc. and he said he was fine. The next day we...
So sorry katelynn, Just been feeling pretty tired lately. My gosh you have been through alot!! Unfortunately I am still wearing the holter monitor..one more week. My daughter is getting married this...
Hello katelynn27, I think when I had the pericarditis it was just very inflammed, so inflammed that the inflammation moved onto the heart muscle itself. That turned into Myositis. Inflammation of the...
lula2ya, Hello, I usually post on the Arthritis forum but I always poke around in here to see how everyone is doing. And they are fantastic people. Very caring and informative..as you will see. I...
What I did was got a note from my regular physician..just like shaleygirl said. My flares were so bad I was missing up to ten days at a time. And I missed alot of work. It took me quite a long time...
katelynn, Welcome to healing well. You will find some pretty awesome people here. I'm so sorry you are having heart problems and on top of that the fibro. I too have and Fibro and the heart...
Hi Maxx, Myositis is where there is inflammation in the muscle. There was a big part of the heart muscle (where I had the myositis)that was unable to move at all. What happened was I had the...
Hey Maxx, I pretty much get mine every day. Good I'm glad you are seeing a cardiologist. My cardiologist said that it may be the electical conduction of my heart that may be not functioning correctly...
Maxx, I have never tried the regular one. This is my first time having to wear one. Yes the rate of 120 is fast but I usually get close to 200's. I haven't noticed any missed beats. But I do have...
Hello Maxx, How are you doing today? Yes they tried it at the docs office when they first put it on and my they told the nurse that my heart rate was 120.. yesterday, I felt the palps so I recorded...
I was just wondering If anyone has tried this yet. I think it is called Cardia Super.(single use patient event recording kit)I have to where it for 30 days and I am so happy because it is so small. I...
Annie, Sorry I haven't responded for so long. I think I am going to give the boost thing a try myself. I did gain alot of weight with taking the prednisone. I am sort of going through this thing...
Thank you Lyn, No matter what life throws you.....you just have to accept it and deal with it. I did work in a detox hospital and I ran groups, so in some way I was able to get help through that and...
Twiggy, I don't know your history and this is not an attack on you in any way but I would like to share a little of my experience of not going through detox. I was very stubborn. And still am. So I...
CaMama and Erin, Oh thank you both so much. I think I am starting to feel what it is actually like to FEEL a little normal (Mentally and Physically) maybe 65%..like I said I'll take it..Tomorrow I go...
Oh Annie, Thank goodness for you, Boy you have been through alot I see. My goodness, the strength you must have...what a blessing. It was the zocor that I was taking and only 20mgs. for only 1 and...
First of all I pray that you all are not in too much pain. Finally after several months, (Symptoms started in July 06) I think I might be getting better. Whew, what a flare that was, or is..so far I...
Hello AnnieInOz, I don't mean to scare you but this is what happened to me. I was already having pleurisy and a month after that I was diagnosed with pericarditis and vasculitis, (dates are in my...
Erin, Yes it is a pain in the butt, all of it..Right now I am back to the trouble with breathing, tight chest. It feels like I am going back to where I started with this flare. I go back to the...
momwithra, Thank you so much, It's very encouraging to hear kind words as yours. I have been through alot but I am getting through it. That's the key word. Knowing you're going to get through it. It...
momwithra, I too am sorry for the pain you are in. We all are in some kind of pain wether it be severe or moderate..we still have pain. I remember how scared I was too and still am in some ways but I...
Thank you Yalinda and Ducky, How have you's been feeling? I pray, not too bad. I went to my cardiologist today and she said I still have the Myositis on the heart. She said it is like a cut, some...
Well, I hope all is not doing too bad, This is a rare disease so I thought I would post a little info to let anyone outhere who has it or gets it...some of my expierience with it. I went to my...
[b] them because I knew he had talked to my cardiologist. I guess I am not out of the woods just yet. He listened to my heart for a long time with the stethoscope. Then he asked me if my...
Sorry for the late response, I have seven children. My first borns were identical twin girls, then three more girls and two boys. I am 45. My twins made me a grandma at the age of 35. I have 8...
AkiPuppy, Thank you for your prayers. I still feel like I am going in the right direction. Ducky, No I haven't taken Ambien before. I did keep waking up quite a bit through the night but I am not to...
Hello everyone, I sure hope you all are in not too much pain. I have had my seventh enbrel injection as of yesterday. I get pretty tired the day I take it and sort of feel like I have some what of...
Keah, Thank you and that is what I intend to do. I am just going to talk to him about what had happened. I am going to take this up with my cardiologist because now I am finding out that this med....