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To: 2Jedismom
Talked to my cardiologist today. He's actually a specialist in Cardiac Electrophysiology. Since what I have in effect is a wiring problem, he's the guy to see. My guess is that he handles all kinds of arrhythmia problems.

He said what I did was fine, but that I don't need to stay on the Warfarin. I told him I only took the one, now I'm back to aspirin. He just said to keep track of the episodes, and if they become too frequent, we'll have to look at the possibility of Cardiac Ablation. That's a procedure like catheterization, except with ablation, they actually zap the area of the heart that's causing the arrhythmia and kill the tissue, so it won't keep happening.

Hope your Doc can give you some good info, or at least some good suggestions.

188 posted on 05/06/2008 11:56:36 AM PDT by SuziQ
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Ok...here’s the low-down.

He said he thinks I have pheochromocytoma.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pheochromocytoma/DS00569/DSECTION=1

They tested me for it when they did the 24 hour urine tests, but he said it’s rare to catch it that way. He wants to do a scan like a heart cath. They inject a dye and the pheochromocytoma glows.

He also wants to do an MRI of my brain to find out if I have a tumor or an aneurysm in there causing the vision loss.

I don’t know when this will take place. Will keep you posted.


192 posted on 05/06/2008 4:51:58 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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Oh...and when they went to take my bp in the office, two nurses tried and couldn’t get it. The doctor tried and got 60/40! Way low!

So I get to stop another pill. They’re pretty sure it’s my double strength patch that’s doing the trick.


193 posted on 05/06/2008 4:56:29 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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