Guest guest Posted April 19, 2002 Report Share Posted April 19, 2002 Seems that women have a hard time finding help when it comes to silicone residually left behind by other surgeons, I guess this is why I feel so strngly about Fengs methods and determination in using her own ultrasound to do this. ----- Original Message ----- From: " Kathi (by way of ilena rose) " <1pureheart@...> <Recipient List Suppressed:;> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 11:04 AM Subject: More answers > 1 - I was born with arrhythmia's but 3 years post implant I went from > one or two attacks a year to 5-9 attacks and a resting rate of 180. No > reason was ever uncovered but I underwent cardiac ablation in 96 and > have done great until this last vascular exasperation and now I feel > every heart beat in my throat and my resting rate is at 122. This is > totally unrelated to my problems from birth and my heart is also missing > several beats. I have been on a monitor for three weeks now. My primary > care put me on hrt about 8 months ago and the cardiologist told to me > quit taking them, because they can also cause problems if there is any > already existing basis. > > 2 - I cannot find a doctor who is willing to operate on me to remove any > of the silicone although it can be clearly felt in masses under my skin > and seen on mri's and ultra sound and with xrays, we can tell where it > is solely by the fact that it totally blocks the view of whatever they > are trying to see. > > 3 - My doctors are here in Des Moines. They are internists. They are > still in a quandary over all this themselves but I print out all info I > find and the PA more than gladly reads it all and reports the new info > to them. We are all learning together. It will still be a very long > road ahead but we will make it! My doctors put in no less than 14 hours > a day and six days a week with 3 days off every third week. It is very > difficult to get into them. Talking to doctors in ER here and to the > nurses in the hospital, it seems that a great many DO's are now going > back to " WHOLE " istic healing and not competing with MD " s so much but > getting back to their roots of treating mind, body and spirit and using > alternative medicine along with traditional. > > 4 - There was never a diagnosis for the tremors. My hands and head > would just start shaking uncontrollably and neuroleptics would not help. > I had this for 5 years but seldom see it happen. > > 5 - The inflammation is generalized inflammation. It is through out all > my organs, muscles and blood vessels. Nothing seems to help it, just > wait it out I guess. > > I would like to add that today I took a zyrtek that the doctors had > given me and for the first time in several years, my nose and throat did > not swell today and I did not have any post nasal, or junk inmy throat > which in turn stopped the coughing. My lungs feel lighter than i > remember. Nothing has ever helped with this before. It also seemed to > help the inflammation. I have tried to tell the doctors for along time > that I believed that it was hypersensitivity since all allergy tests > came back normal. Unless this is a fluke, I have had some relief for > the first time since this began. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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