Guest guest Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 Lots of talk from the newbies about spasms so here is my 2 cents (pence?). Below is a post of mine from January 2006. As always, we are all different,so your mileage may vary. I've been lucky, I have always been able to control the spams with cereral, once I figured out the trick, I was alreay 10 months post heller when I found this support group. My spasms are a lot less after the heller, but still occurr, now almost always 3-5 AM, wierd. Davster State of Jefferson (California) http://www.jeffersonstate.com/ (it was 112 on my front porch yesterday, we were 5 degrees hotter than Las Vegas!) =============================================== I posted on this subject a few weeks ago, but don't know the subject line, so I'll basically repeat it. You didn't mention if you have tried a little food to stop the spasms. And when you 'spasm' I'm guessing you mean 'chest pain'. Before I was diagnosed with A I went to the the emergency room twice thinking I was having a heart attack, but they just said it was indigestion (yep, I was misdiagnosed for years). I also found it insulting when they think I don't know my body well enough to know there is a problem, but that is a different story. Anyway, before my diagnosis I accidentally discovered that when I eat dry cereal (small shredded wheat seems to work best for me) the chest pain goes away. My theory is that the muscles are fighting each other and when they have real work to do, the spasm (chest pain) goes away. It usually takes 2-3 minutes for relief. I joke and call shredded wheat " my heart attack medicine " . I hope it gives you the same relief it gives me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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