here is a weird question from your resident hypochondriac

bertha katzenengel

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Sat Apr-23-05 04:26 PM
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here is a weird question from your resident hypochondriac

Ever felt a feeling in your chest that can only be described as light-headedness? Yes. I feel light-headed but the feeling is in my chest.

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purr

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Sat Apr-23-05 04:29 PM
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1. Is it like anxiety?

I get that type feeling and its usually anxiety.

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bertha katzenengel

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Sat Apr-23-05 04:30 PM
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2. Me too, but right now I'm not anxious at all.

How're ya, Purr? :hi:

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purr

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Sat Apr-23-05 04:33 PM
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3. I'm good!

Just got back from my cousins daughters first holy communion. My hormonal self yelled at a bratty 6 yr old for holding the bathroom door shut on my 4 yr old son. I knew he was too little to go in there alone but he wouldnt go in the womens with me :(

What about indigestion?

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Liberal Veteran

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Sat Apr-23-05 04:36 PM
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4. Your Sphinx kitty is pretty.

Tell me all about him/her!

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purr

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Sat Apr-23-05 05:16 PM
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20. Shes my pride and joy!

Well, after my kids she is :)

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Ariana Celeste

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Sat Apr-23-05 04:39 PM
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5. I am, too. And yes,

I've had a weird feeling like that, many times. Usually it is because when I'm nervous or talking a lot, I swallow air that starts to come up, but then just sits in my chest. Sometimes it feels kind of like the ephedrine tingles you get in your spine, only in my chest instead.

More often than not, it's something most people wouldn't notice, but then there are people like us who actively search for odd feelings, and usually, it intensifies until we figure out it is nothing and can safely move on to the next odd sensation... letting that intensify... lather, rinse, repeat.

Doubt it's anything to worry about. :hi:

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bertha katzenengel

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Sat Apr-23-05 04:49 PM
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6. "lather, rinse, repeat." Great way to describe it!

That's funny. It's perfect. A mole becomes melanoma becomes stage four cancer... inoperable, fly-the-family-out cancer. Of course, the last mole I had a doctor look at was a tick....

Thanks for the reality check, Ariana Celeste. :hi:

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Ariana Celeste

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Sat Apr-23-05 04:52 PM
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8. Lol. Np, man.

Edited on Sat Apr-23-05 04:55 PM by Ariana Celeste

I have to tell myself about 100 times a day, "I am just reading too much into this," or, "Last time it was only indigestion," and so on and so forth. I check medical websites like some people read their Bibles.

I think the reason I'm like that, is because I have never been seriously hurt and never had any big problems with my body, so I have developed a fear of something happening to me! :scared:

On edit: My husband checks my pulse for me so often it has become as natural as recieving a kiss. ;)

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Quakerfriend

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Sat Apr-23-05 04:51 PM
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7. Could be a symptom of Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP)

a relatively benign heart condition.

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bertha katzenengel

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Sat Apr-23-05 04:57 PM
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11. My heart's fine. I have the big scar down the middle of the chest to prove

it. ;)

Thanks for the info -- I didn't know that. I'm due to go to the doc anyway and I'll surely tell her about this.

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purr

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Sat Apr-23-05 05:21 PM
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22. I have that!!

I have a borderline MVP with minimal regurgitation.. I get feelings like an occasional skipped heartbeat..

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Catchawave

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Sat Apr-23-05 04:54 PM
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9. Please call your doctor !

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bertha katzenengel

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Sat Apr-23-05 04:58 PM
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13. Oh, I plan to. Tho't I'd consult the DU MDs since I have to wait for

Monday, though. :hi:

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bigwillq

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Sat Apr-23-05 04:55 PM
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10. Bertha, you and I should get together

I always feel like I'm dying. I've been to the docs four times since the end of January. They keep telling me I'm fine but I still feel like shit everyday. It's one thing or another. And I'm only 27. What is wrong with us!:hug:

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bertha katzenengel

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Sat Apr-23-05 04:58 PM
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12. I dunno, bigwill... an intense need for attention?

Edited on Sat Apr-23-05 04:59 PM by bertha katzenengel

;) :hug:

Seriously, I'm sorry you're feeling poorly.

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bigwillq

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Sat Apr-23-05 05:02 PM
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14. I've stopped complaining

about feeling shitty! (well, ok, I'm doing it here) but if they say I'm fine I guess I am!
Sue the docs big time if I happen to drop!
I'll let you in on some of the money!:hi:

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bertha katzenengel

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Sat Apr-23-05 05:04 PM
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15. I don't want money. I want you on the planet.

Please take care of yourself.

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bigwillq

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Sat Apr-23-05 05:06 PM
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18. Well then...

I should stop smoking and stop drinking almost every night but to be honest with you one of the other times I feel really good is when I'm drunk. I know, it's the alcohol messing with my brain but it's true. I feel good when I'm drunk mainly b/c I am not thinking about feeling shitty.

All my blood work, urine reports came back fine. They said via the tests that all my organs were working properly.

I'm still getting panic attacks but have yet to take any of the meds they have given me.

I think it's more of a mental thing but right now I am so dizzy and it's hard to concentrate and focus on much of anything.

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purr

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Sat Apr-23-05 05:23 PM
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24. Me too!!!

I'm only 24!!

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ScreamingMeemie

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Sat Apr-23-05 05:04 PM
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16. That's exactly the feeling I had before I was put on heart medication

I have an erratic and tachy heartbeat. Please see a doctor ASAP.

:hug:

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bertha katzenengel

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Sat Apr-23-05 05:16 PM
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19. BS! Your heart is not tachy! You have one of the most stylish hearts I

know! ;)

I have HBP. I will see my doc soon. :hug:

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ScreamingMeemie

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Sat Apr-23-05 05:20 PM
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21. I'm bringing you with me to my next cardiologist's appt. Maybe

you can get him to get me off these drugs, since I've got a stylin' heart.. :loveya:

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MollyStark

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Sat Apr-23-05 05:05 PM
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17. Your heart can flutter a little if you have high blood presure... or

You might have a hiatal hernia. Neither of those things will kill you.

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bertha katzenengel

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Sat Apr-23-05 05:22 PM
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23. TY Molly

:hi:

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