Guest guest Posted October 1, 2002 Report Share Posted October 1, 2002 Take care, Bernadette That is fantastic!!!!!! It sounds like you are definately headed in the right direction... I found that the longer one goes without those things......the less you miss them!!! I remember "craving" water after a couple of weeks, when I first started. How about you? Good job! Live long and prosper! Khepri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2002 Report Share Posted October 3, 2002 Hi Bernedette, I hope you are feeling well today .How ild are you? if I may ask.You know I find it very hard to change my life style to but a little everyday . My mom just had a heart attack but she is very old school for being only 59 she won't listen to a thing I say.I hope you are ok now ,how are you doing with the anxiety. Sincerely, Cher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2002 Report Share Posted October 3, 2002 Hi Cher, I am feeling great. I used to really have a hard time with arthritis in my hands and my back used to hurt all the time. And I loved doing all the feminine things like nail polish and I have beautiful jewelry, and of course the makeup and I was a perfume nut. But after I gave all of that up I feel great No more pain anywhere. I am 51, my doctor said working two jobs when I became pregnant at 40 (Yes God does have a sense of humor )and then taking care of my mom who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's had a lot to do with the load on my heart. I just got married again for the second time 5 years ago. I married my childhood sweetheart, of 40 years ago.. Just typing that I can just imagine how old that makes me sound. But I am a very young 51, I can still dance with my 10 year old son, and he could make sit down and watch him LOL I also have a 27 year old son and both of my son's are gorgeous, according to all the girls who hang around LOL . As far as anxiety the only time I felt that was when my mom would get out the front door and I could not find her. I had a digital lock put on and that problem was taken care of. When she called 911 when I first moved in with her, and all of my furniture was out in the driveway in a moving van and she convinced the police that someone was stealing all of her furniture and putting it in the van.. The SWAT team arrived and broke the door down, and scared my eldest son to death because they all burst in with their guns raised. Good thing I am real laid back HUH ? I am not really a worrier. I have a great sense of humor, and I think you need one no matter what is happening in your life, my husband is the same way, actually he is crazy but that is another story I hope that your mom is taking care of herself. My mom was my best friend and I shared everything with her. She was so smart, before computers and cds came out she used to make her own programs for her computer, and she learned to drive at 59 and got her GED at 60. She was a math wiz. My mom recently passed away, and I really miss her. Things got really bad in the end, she quit walking due to a blood clot in her leg, she forgot how to walk, because by then her short term memory was only seconds long. My husband helped me take care of her and she died at home with all of us here. She loved to hear my husband sing and whistle and when she would strip all of her clothes off and throw them he would make her laugh by asking her if she used to be a lap dancer. So treat your mom well , we only get one and when you lose your mom your whole sense of home is lost forever. This year I am homeschooling my 10 year old for the first time, what a challenge. I actually love it though because I am fascinated with the science and math. It really is true when you hear "To Teach is to Learn all over again" My son is so funny, he is a big joker and has a wonderful sense of humor. Cher, you know change is hard but doing it a little at a time makes it so much easier, and I think a longer lasting change Don't you ? I know I have to quit writing books LOL Sorry Bernadette Re: Heart Problems Hi Bernedette, I hope you are feeling well today .How ild are you? if I may ask.You know I find it very hard to change my life style to but a little everyday . My mom just had a heart attack but she is very old school for being only 59 she won't listen to a thing I say.I hope you are ok now ,how are you doing with the anxiety.Sincerely,Cher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2002 Report Share Posted October 3, 2002 My mom just had a heart attack but she is very old school for being only 59 she won't listen to a thing I say.I hope you are ok now ,how are you doing with the anxiety. Hi there.....you know, your friends and relatives are usually the *last* ones that will listen! At least thats been my experience. When my cousin was at the height of her battle with lymphatic(?) and brain cancer , the "doctors" haad given her "x" amount of time to live, the family got to the point where they would try most anything...I then told them about Dr. 's therapy and said I would give her my device and a copy of the book....I was politely told that it wouldn't be necessary and she would be consulting a spiritual healer.....pretty much blew me off...... She's been gone for a couple of years now. I remember teaching her how to ride her bicycle when we were kids...: ) She was 31 and had to children, a boy and a girl....6 and 9.... I had a hard time dealing with that episode in the beginning. I just absolutely *knew* that if she would have applied Dr. 's recommendations (or Beck or Rife combined with ) she would at least have had a shot at making it. Then it occured to me that the family had probably not informed her of my suggestions at all! Everyone has choices that they make in life. Whether those choices were right or wrong can only be viewed in hindsight. After much introspection, contemplation, meditation...it also occured to me that they did what *they believed* was right. Whether the decision made was the correct one was a mute point. It was their *intentions* that really mattered. And in the end, really I had done all that I could and had made the offer, with my own beliefs and intentions....: ) Hmmmmm......and life continues. Well. LOL! That wasn't reallt the intention of my reply! I was writing to point out that the HeartMath Intstitute has ahd some positive results with their recommendations concerning patients with congestive heart failure. Here's a link to the related abstract; http://www.heartmath.org/ResearchPapers/abstracts/ab6.html Offered with good intentions! LOL! TTYL Khepri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 Hi Shirley, I've seen a few women reporting heart issues. Kristi, whose story was told on MTV a few years back and which can also be read in our files section, discussed her many symptoms that included a heart attack...and she was only 20! Here is part of it: " I had my implants put in May of 1996. I had no prior medical problems and was very active, no allergies or anything. Six months after I got my implants my blood pressure started suddenly dropping and I would pass out. Finally to the point that I was clinically dead for a few minutes. My cardiologist put me on meds which worked for awhile, but I steadily became worse. Eventually I was fainting again. Next the doctors found and ulcer, so I was treated for that. Then my vision started getting really bad and I was having terrible headaches. So my prescription was changing every few months. Well by 1998 I was having seizure like spells and diagnosed with epilepsy. I didnt believe I had epilepsy so I ended up making an appt with one of the best neurologists in the U.S. He saw no epileptic activity. Once again I was told it was my blood pressure. By this point I was seeing doctors all over the south. By the summer of 99 I could not even function. My hair had fallen out like crazy, I could not remember anything. Went from a 4.0 to a 2.0, eventually got to the point where I would not even recognize my parents. (I was back living at home by this time) So my parents packed me up and brought me to Houston to a diagnostic center. After many doctors, tons of tests and 18 tubes of blood.. The doctors told me that I had an autoimmune disease caused from silicone and that I needed to have my implants removed. I had them removed about a month later and now a year later I am fine. I have not passed out in over a year, i no longer need glasses. I graduate college tomorrow and I feel great. I left out many episodes in here like the heart attack. " I can also tell you that my stepdaughter, who got implants behind her father's and my back after telling us she would never get them, ended up in the hospital with some mysterious heart problems. They were trying to say that these were congenital heart problems that were there since birth (although never evident before), and lo and behold, just decided to show up after her implantation. It all sounds too fishy to me. So, my belief is that the implants can affect our hearts, either through the autoimmune process, (lupus can have a negative affect on many organs, for instance) inflammation issues (also bad for organs), or whatever it is that is making us sick without clear abnormal bloodwork. Looking at it from a physical standpoint, they are RIGHT THERE, ya know? Pretty darn close, almost too close for comfort.... Shirley, are you having symptoms that you are concerned about? Let us know, Hugs, Patty --- In , " Shirley " <toshirl20022002@y...> wrote: > > Does anyone know if there is any corrolation between breast implants > and heart related problems? Shirley > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Shirley - I know my blood pressure suddenly became high after I got implants, after 45 years of low blood pressure, so nothing would surprise me when it comes to implants. I would think that anything that damages a person's health/immune function, has the potential to damage any organ as well. Sis --- In , " Shirley " <toshirl20022002@y...> wrote: > > Does anyone know if there is any corrolation between breast implants > and heart related problems? Shirley > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 : How scary for you, I am so sorry that you are having these problems. I have developed high blood pressure due probably to the medications I take for RA and FM, but have never had any chest pains. It might be that one of the medications you are on is causing the problems. I hope that your doctor can get it figured out for you quickly. Kathe in CA --- <melissahull_1975@...> wrote: > Has anyone had pericarditis or any sort of heart > inflammation related > to their RA? I do not have a definite RA diagnosis > though I am being > treated with mtx and prednisone. I am suddenly > suffering from chest > pains and high blood pressure (at the ripe old age > of 30 y.o). Any > info and/or past experience on this would be > helpful. > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Kathe " To ride a horse is to borrow freedom. " __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Thanks, Kathe. Do you have a guess as to which med is causing your high blood pressure? Are you on mtx? I am hoping an easy solution will be when I finally start weaning off the prednisone which should start next week. It was such a bummer to have this new symptom/complication arise when the mtx was finally kicking in and I was feeling better. --- In , Kathe Sabetzadeh <lv2ryd@...> wrote: > > : > > How scary for you, I am so sorry that you are having > these problems. I have developed high blood pressure > due probably to the medications I take for RA and FM, > but have never had any chest pains. It might be that > one of the medications you are on is causing the > problems. I hope that your doctor can get it figured > out for you quickly. > > Kathe in CA > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 : Yes, I am on Mtx, now 12.5 mg. weekly, but I think the main start of my problems with high blood pressure came about two years ago, and probably was influenced first by Effexor XR (which is an anti-depressant) that I have been taking for about 5 years now. Over that time I have also been on several different RA drugs, including Prednisone, Arava, Celebrex, etc., as well as meds for FM, such as Ultracet (now on Ultram)for pain medication, so it could be other meds are also not helping the high blood pressure problem. Also, my gaining some weight during the past 7 years has probably not helped either! Anyway, I think that many of the medications that we take could cause a problem with blood pressure, and we also have a lot of pain, and that needs also to be taken into account. Hope this helps - Kathe in CA --- <melissahull_1975@...> wrote: > Thanks, Kathe. Do you have a guess as to which med > is causing your > high blood pressure? Are you on mtx? > > I am hoping an easy solution will be when I finally > start weaning off > the prednisone which should start next week. It was > such a bummer to > have this new symptom/complication arise when the > mtx was finally > kicking in and I was feeling better. > > > > > > > > : > > > > How scary for you, I am so sorry that you are > having > > these problems. I have developed high blood > pressure > > due probably to the medications I take for RA and > FM, > > but have never had any chest pains. It might be > that > > one of the medications you are on is causing the > > problems. I hope that your doctor can get it > figured > > out for you quickly. > > > > Kathe in CA > > > > > Kathe " To ride a horse is to borrow freedom. " __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Interesting that you mention the Effexor XR because I am on that as well. I've been on Effexor XR for about 1 1/2 years or so. I didn't even think about that possibly playing into it. I will look more closely. Thanks for the info. > > > > > > : > > > > > > How scary for you, I am so sorry that you are > > having > > > these problems. I have developed high blood > > pressure > > > due probably to the medications I take for RA and > > FM, > > > but have never had any chest pains. It might be > > that > > > one of the medications you are on is causing the > > > problems. I hope that your doctor can get it > > figured > > > out for you quickly. > > > > > > Kathe in CA > > > > > > > > > > > > Kathe > > " To ride a horse is to borrow freedom. " > > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Hi , I have been treated from Pericarditis, and the doctor told me it was RA related. You really need to get checked, and find out what's causing these problems. I had bad chest pains, I thought I was having a heart attack. You really need to see a rheumatologist to get a diagnose. Is your GP giving you the mtx and prednisone? Tawny --- In , " " <melissahull_1975@...> wrote: > > Has anyone had pericarditis or any sort of heart inflammation related > to their RA? I do not have a definite RA diagnosis though I am being > treated with mtx and prednisone. I am suddenly suffering from chest > pains and high blood pressure (at the ripe old age of 30 y.o). Any > info and/or past experience on this would be helpful. > > Thanks, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 There are many reasons for chest pains. I would always suggest going to ER for any chest pain that you don't know the cause. Have you ever had costochondritis, which is inflammation of the ribs? It could be lung related. There are just to many things it could be to guess. I hope you can see a doctor asap. a On Apr 27, 2006, at 9:50 AM, wrote: > Has anyone had pericarditis or any sort of heart inflammation related > to their RA? I do not have a definite RA diagnosis though I am being > treated with mtx and prednisone. I am suddenly suffering from chest > pains and high blood pressure (at the ripe old age of 30 y.o). Any > info and/or past experience on this would be helpful. > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 Has anyone experienced heart disease with the RA? and if so what kind? I was Diagnosed with mitrovalve prolaps recently. Chest pains increase with rheumatoid flares. Heart doctor says I was born with the condition, but I can't help but wonder if it isn't from the RA because of the increase of pains during RA flares. I am currently not on any of the classic drugs, due to chronic ear infection. Have had the dry eye, dry mouth, thyroid, and breathing problems for a couple of years now. Deal daily like everyone here! Just curious about the heart condition thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 I had pericarditis once. That is a buildup of fluid in the sack surrounding the heart and the pressure affects function of the heart. I don’t know just how this is connected to RA or even if it is connected. The problem was easily overcome by a short treatment with Prednisone and Ibuprofen. That was about 5 years ago and it has not happened again. God bless. From: Rheumatoid Arthritis [mailto:Rheumatoid Arthritis ] On Behalf Of candobears Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 7:51 AM Rheumatoid Arthritis Subject: heart problems Has anyone experienced heart disease with the RA? and if so what kind? I was Diagnosed with mitrovalve prolaps recently. Chest pains increase with rheumatoid flares. Heart doctor says I was born with the condition, but I can't help but wonder if it isn't from the RA because of the increase of pains during RA flares. I am currently not on any of the classic drugs, due to chronic ear infection. Have had the dry eye, dry mouth, thyroid, and breathing problems for a couple of years now. Deal daily like everyone here! Just curious about the heart condition thing! No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.10/1811 - Release Date: 11/25/2008 8:29 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 Take 2 tablespoons of virgin olive oil 3 times per week. Avoid polyunsaturated fats, and enjoy saturated fats in moderation. Go to Weston Price Foundation for more information on the true story of heart healthy foods.....and other truths. http://westonaprice.org/ http://westonaprice.org/know-your-fats.html > > I live in a low testosterone environment and preview heart problems > sooner or later. I wonder what I can do alternatively to avoid hard > allopathic drugs. here is what I'v been doing so far > > 100 mg Co-Q10. > Hawthorn > Ribose > VeinLite by Chi Enterprises, which is a mixture of salvia miltiorrhiza, carthamus tincorius, paconia rubra. and > ligusticum chuanxiong > > Anything else I can do? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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