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Hi,
I have a polar watch and I am very satisfied with it.
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Hi,
Ask your mom what she suggest as a solution to the grocery and cooking problem.
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Hi,
It is very exhausting to be a caregiver for a long time. Your mom could join a caregiver support group.
You could negotiate with your mom that she does the grocery and you help with cooking and washing dishes.
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Hi,
I went to rehab for 6 months and it did help me. I stopped because I could not handle to go to that hospital anymore.
The employees believe my POTS but they don't monitor me besides taking my vitals before and after I start exercising which I find very annoying.
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My Dear Friends,
Thank you very much for the well wishes and the advices.
I am leaving in about 4 hours and arriving at the hotel at 11:00 p.m. tonight.
I will be thinking of you all.
Love
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Hi,
Proamatine or Midodrine.
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Hi,
I got diagnosed with my medical proof at NIH by Dr Goldstein. I could not find a competent specialist in Canada and was diagnosed with all kinds of garbage can disorders. So one day I decided that I needed to find a real specialist.
In 2007 I was in the hospital for 3 months. All the doctors wanted to send me in a nursing home for the rest of my life and I refused because the medical care here is so rotton and I knew my life expectency would be around 6 months. So I pleaded to go to rehab. So they sent me to rehab and I fainted every time I stood up. The doctor did not want to rehab me because she did not want to assume the medical risk of my injuries. So I escaped at night and trained on my own. After I was stooled by my roomate the doctor gave me permission to train with an employee. But I was always the last one on the list and was only permitted to walk at around 10:00 pm when the other patients were asleep. So I escaped my room some more and the doctor gave me more freedom. They still wanted to send me in a nursing ome because I could not wash myself or go to the toilet without fainting. I told her that I wanted to go home anyway. So she accepted. It took me 9 months before being able to take a sitting shower. A year after I lef the hospital I was well enough to go to rehab twice a week.
They made a special program for my needs and it helped me improve some more. I just joined a group of elderly people where I train once a week. I know I am much younger then them but it feels good to be able to do something that other people can do.
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Hi everyone,
Well the big day is coming. I am flying to Mayo tomorrow and will see Dr Low. This is my last trial at getting answers to my problem. I hope he can help me.
Ernie
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Hi,
I have both diagnosis. I was bedridden and in a powerchair for 7 years. I almost died twice in the hospital in 2007 and managed to get out and went to rehab for one year. I am now able to walk. My main medication is Proamatine and Procrit.
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Hi Janie,
I am really glad that you got a throrough visit at Mayo.
Thanks for the update.
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Hi,
Wow, I don't know how someone can survive at that temperature. I hope the temperature gets back to normal very soon.
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Hi,
I am also a lab rat and I feel the same way about most researchers. They only care about their study. Once I was paralysed and doing a postural study. The nurse forced in a pill in my throat and I was so afraid to choke to death. I could not swallow so the pill sat in my mouth for about 5 minutes. Either they didn't believe that I was really paralysing or they just did not care if they killed me.
Researchers believe that they are doing us a favor and that we are dependent on them. I stopped being a research rat at many hospital because of the abuse going on. My family does not want to participate in research for that reason.
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Hi,
For the past 8 years I have never stopped pushing doctors and other professional to get diagnosis and treatment. Now I am so tired of going to the hospital 4 days a week that I stopped going to the PT and another professional last week.
After I will have gone to Mayo I will stop investigation and start living my life with the limitations I have.
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Hi,
Welcome home!
You must be so excited to finally be able to sleep in your own bed.
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Hi,
I took it for low blood volume. I don't remember what side effect I had but I stopped it after a few months.
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Hi,
Thanks everyone.
I am not happy to have another disorder but I am happy to know what I have. It's such a relief.
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Hi,
Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions.
I went to the hospital with my husband this morning. It was about 10F. He had no trouble breathing and I had to stop walking every 20 feet or said to take my air in. I was wearing a fur coat and breathing in the fur and even then I was hard.
I also have trouble eating cold. I have to eat a room temperature otherwise I get sick.
I will mention it to Dr Low and see what he thinks.
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Hi,
I took it for about 6 months and did not find any effect.
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Hi everyone,
Thank you for your suggestions.
I decided to try a pillow mattress, which is a 2" mattress that I put over my regular mattress. I tried the most expensive, which was too hard, and decided to try the cheapest which I like very much. So tomorrow I will return the expensive one and keep the cheap one.
If it wouldn't be for all my meds which cost a fortune, I would consider myself an unexpensive woman!
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Hi everyone,
I just received my medical file by mail to prepare to go to Mayo. So I finally have a diagnosis for my GI issues:
Thanks again for your continued support.
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Hi,
I had an abnormal EMG but the neurologist never followed through.
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I always have my blood drawn supine to avoid syncope.
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I sweat in all position but when I am standing it is as like I just came out of the shower.
A normal person standing should have a HR of no more than 15 BPM from the resting HR to the standing HR.
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Hi Maxine,
I am sorry for all the stress you are going through. It is hard to have a loved one being sick and even worst when having a disorder that stress is a trigger. You are very devoted to helping your brother and his family. You have to be careful about yourself because your health is fragile.
I don't know if I have the same arythmias as you do but sometimes I feel that my heart will stop and it frightens me. The doctor said it were PAC and PVCs. I also have the K+ problem which makes my heart feel like jello and unable to contract. It might be safter to go to the ER when you have those episodes.
Update On Ernie
in Dysautonomia Discussion
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Hi,
I am back home.
I had a safe trip both going and coming back. I had a lot of help at the airports and even on the shuttle. I had my scooter and this permitted me to be independent.
The purple is gone now. All my clothes were stained. I hope I will be able to wash them.
I will not get my medical report before another 2-3 weeks.