redbear, thank you for sharing your story with me. did the doctors at mayo ever tell you your outcome of what they expected prior to the surgery, if it would give relief in your symptoms, if i am...
hi redbear, i had seen that mayo was the most aggressive on total pericardectomy , this is why i feel more comfortable with them, i am not sure how much calcium he has, i know this causes more...
hi redbear, real quick add to my last post, today seemed ok, he wanted to go to the woods ( he loves to hunt) dear season is coming up soon, he wanted to check his abilities in the woods, as you know...
hi redbear, hmm alot the same on him as with you.... he has had edema in both legs for appox. 6 years, we thought along with docs this was due to leg injury, now idk. but he tells me he has what...
hi redbear, great hearing from you and ty for your help here, glad you are doing well and this horrid thing is behind you. i have made some headway but not without a struggle, trying to get a...
hi leo , sorry your not feeling well, this is scary stuff, it was for us, but his is advanced, (constrictive) most of the text they do is to confirm the pericarditis, the heart cath tells them there...
hi leo89 i am sorry you have this condition or possible , and yes it is scary , very! i hope you dont but i do hope they get to the bottom of it soon, i know when we were told about my husbands...
hi melina, the levels for heart failure/stress on the heart, is a symtoms of the disease, this is what im told, there is nothing wrong with the heart in this case other then constriction due to a...
hi melina, the troponin levels, are the bnp here, it is a test to show heart failure. people who get this has symptoms of heart failure...did they do a MRI of the heart again? this may need to be...
hi melina, what you have is hard to diagnose unless there is a lot of swelling in the pericardium or calcium, i hope you get some answers, i know for me, this is hard, i called the docs for him,...
hi, melina, i was doing some reading last night, on your condition as welll as my husbands, reading on yours i found that it is highly recomended that a heart cath is done, they also can get tissue...
http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/guide/pericardial-effusion melina, there i link to read..... i would call docs or nurse on call, when it comes to medical i want great care as we all should have,...
hi melina, i am no doctor but i do have medical experience and was at one time married to a doctor for several years, but please dont take my advice as a medical professional. i do understand that...
hi melina, it took us 2 weeks to get in to a cardio here as well, things are just not as speedy as they once use to be in the medical field. the scan you had i am sure showed them what they wanted to...
sent you email..... :) daniele he has edema in th feet and lower legs,but for some time, years..... mild chest tightness with some fluid behind the heart... non n lungs and i am sure some n stomach,...
dstein, how are you feeling now? any better then you had been prior to? i am sorry to hear you had to have this surgery, ive read its not a easy one, but i am glad its behind you now, my husband has...
hi marie, your condition sounds more like pericarditis,which is inflamation and causes fevers as well at time... i hope you get to feeling better soon, it is no fun to not feel well. yes, i keep...
melina, i am understanding from many cardio docs that the true only way to find this is via, heart mri or ct and on some this is even hard, ( on some people), i am understanding that your condition...
marie, this is great news!!!! i am happy for you and that it is not cronic or clacium. for him i am not sure how much calcium he has, it was put clear to us that he will have the surgery but not till...
hello mellina, well i am sorry you are not feeling well. my husband has constrictive pericardits, knowing now what i know i get very upset thinking back on things when he had some signs like you have...
newheart, can you explain to me the bloating and eating thing? my husband has this as well, i noticed he burps alot and gets these new odd hic ups. read my post to music man.... so u can see my...
hi musicman, wanted to share my fast education on this condition as my husband was just told as well he has this..... some odd stuff i must admit... well anyway,his is unknown at this time on how and...
Hi Marie, yes, i have noticed him laying around more.. which is so not him... simple things wind him more then they should, his chest feel tight as he calls it, in the center, i notice more winding...
marie... glad to hear from you.. :) its nice chatting with others that understand what your talking about, on the other hand i am sorry for your newly found condition, constrictive pericarditis. i...
ell, today was husbands cardio apt. i think im more confused then i was before! if that is possible. doctor asked him if he could walk 3 blocks, answer was yes, asked if he could lay down and sleep,...
hi, doodle * my hubby was recently told he had constrictive pericarditis, docs can not find cause at all. i do know my hubby had leg injury(crush) appox 6 years ago, his leg had been swollen, never...
hello, my husband is 44 and has constrictive pericarditis as well, im very worried as he has always been in tip top shape, seems to be moving fast and at times scares me as no doc has told us what to...
hi, glad i found this place, my hubby that is 44 just was told from docs he has this, they stumbled on it from labs and some minor complaints back in july, 2012, its now sept, 2012, wow what a month...