Heart conditions?

[orangeman]

Ok, thanks for all you guys help. Makes me feel so welcome lol. The orange part was also hilarious lol! Man, I'm gonna have to go soon. I really hope I get some good results. I dont wanna hear something I didnt expect. Wish me luck once again for the future .

[birdgirl73]

Good luck, sweetie. Dave says the same thing. He's sitting behind me, trying to tickle me in the ribs. (He's about to get it.)

Can I say "I told you so" when the doctor gives you a clean bill of health? You can say "I've been telling you I was sick for six months" if he gives you any other news.

Good luck. Let me know when you get an appointment on the books. I'll try and take a picture of my Orangeman kitty for you!

[orangeman]

Good luck, sweetie. Dave says the same thing. He's sitting behind me, trying to tickle me in the ribs. (He's about to get it.)

Can I say "I told you so" when the doctor gives you a clean bill of health? You can say "I've been telling you I was sick for six months" if he gives you any other news.

Good luck. Let me know when you get an appointment on the books. I'll try and take a picture of my Orangeman kitty for you!

Lol ok cool, will they take any x-rays?

[Breukelen advocaat]

Lol ok cool, will they take any x-rays?

They probably won't take X-rays. I had a carotod Doppler a couple of times, because my GP's heard a "whooshing" sound with the stethoscope, in my neck.

If you go for an echo, be sure to ask them to send a copy of your results to your GP, and a copy for yourself as well. Youâ??ll probably be given a good report, he or she may not think that you have anything worth worrying about, and they may just say that you're fine and leave it at that. This has happened to me, and I found out about several abnormalities, which confirmed my suspicions, after receiving the reports. Because most cardiologists are used to seeing much worse problems, they usually donâ??t pay any mind to leaky valves. Many people are affected by this condition, and the symptoms that we experience not just in our heads.

I have, according to my last exam:
IMPRESSION: Echocardiogram:
Thickened aortic valve with normal valvular opening - remaining valves appear normaL.
Normal chamber sizes.
Left ventricular wall motion is symmetrical and systolic function is normal.

IMPRESSION: Doppler Color Flow Doppler:
Trace mitral regurgitation
Trace aortic regurgitation
Mild tricuspid regurgitation
Normal mitral and aortic flow patterns
No significant aortic or mitral valve gradient
No significant left ventricular outflow tract gradient

The first Echo I had, a few years ago, only reported a "mild" mitral valve prolapse. I guess you can get different results at different times. I don't feel any worse now, and actually much better because I've been taking care of myself more dilligently.

Those "stabbing" and â??heatâ?? sensations that you wrote about sound like MVPS. I get both, and many people have high pulse rates and panic attacks as a result of these, and other, sensations.

You don't have to eat much fish to help your heart - a couple of ounces a week is sufficient. Or, you can just take fish oil capsules and avoid the taste altogether. This is what I've been doing for a while, but plan on incorporating some salmon into my diet soon. I'm going to glaze it with some high-quality maple syrup, from Pennsylvania, that I picked up recently while on vacation.

[birdgirl73]

No X-rays, babe. None really needed. But your GP or gatekeeper doc might take a chest X-ray just so he can bill you for one. I hope he doesn't, but they sometimes do that just because they can.

[LIP]

I was just wondering, is the pain only when you breathe in or is it all the time.

I have really bad acid reflux, i never chewed my food as a kid, and still dont, and i find its actually worse after i've smoked weed or cigs. But the real pain comes as i breathe in, and like you orangeman, i cant really explain it.

Luckily im ok, i got some pills to take after everything i eat. Im only meant to take one with each meal, but i take two because 1 dont work for shit.

Well, like everyone else has said man, at least if you have got something wrong, you'll know, and so will the hospital. Belive me, it'll be a relief just to know.

And i bet your fighting fit!

Take care man, good luck!

[orangeman]

Well actually ocassionally when I breath in it hurts but not all the time.

[birdgirl73]

I wonder if you're having some anxiety about something and are somatizing that. And also whether you may have some asthma, like BobBong suggested. It will not do you any harm to have a chest X-ray to make sure your lungs are clear. They can also determine that by listening to you breathe.

You still feeling unwell today, sweetie?

[orangeman]

No actually I'm feeling quite good today. Nothing has bothered me yet. Every since I cut out the fast food my heart has seemed to be doing a bit better (even after just a 2 days break it feels better wow). I just hope I dont have something wrong with my lungs or throat now .

[the image reaper]

Lol sometimes I just dont like it. I can handle being high off my rocker but when my heart starts paining me or my brain feels like it's getting tight that shit bothers me, my heart scares me the most when anything is bothered in me because if my heart stops I stop. And I dont wanna stop right now . Sometimes it feels like it burns or it feels like some one stabbed me or something, not a sharp pain but..it's hard to explain, anyways obviously, I live through it and it only happens ocassionally. But I rather not have it happen at all. And Bird I dunno, I've been bothered by my heart for some time now, but I dont want to get it checked out because I dont want to end up having something fatal and having that on my mind. The last I can recall was the doctor said I had a heart murmur or something like that. And yes, I will try to cut down on McDonalds, I know it isnt helping. And also sometimes my throat bothers me when I smoke blunts. Sometimes my lungs (or what seems to be my lungs) bother me also. God I dont wanna take too long of a break but I know I need one.

if smoking made me feel like that, I'd quit smoking .... simple ... :smokin: