Question on PAF symptoms

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Hi:

Since I seem to have inadvertantly sent a private message to the list, I

may as well jump in now with something I've been mulling over for a few

weeks. The one other list I belong to, automatically sends replies to

the sender ONLY, not the entire list. I have to re-program my brain on

this one. )

As you know my mother has PAF. She was diagnosed about 6 1/2 years ago

at the age of 73. She had been having problems for 3 or 4 years before

that, I believe, but since she was so involved with my Dad and his

health problems it was pretty much put down to stress of worrying about

him and tired because of looking after him.

However she has had PAF symptoms all her life - poor circulation,

constipation, low hemoglobin, dizziness and fainting spells. She used

to faint when she was a child/teen and was on iron pills pretty much her

entire life. She always had low blood pressure as well as a low resting

heart rate. I don't think she had dizziness or fainting spells as an

adult. I certainly don't remember anything like that as I grew up. She

was always so physically active so there were no signs of being tired or

low on energy. It wasn't until sometime in her 60's that the PAF

started effecting her, though. She looks back and figures the first

signs were when she could barely drag herself through the last 9 holes

of golf. ) She'd come home so dog-tired, she could barely function so

decided it was time to give it up. She was about 68 or 69.

I'm just wondering if other PAF people on this list have similar

experiences with having had many of these symptoms throughout their life

with the PAF coming on later in years?

Thanks,

-Jane

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