I'm sorry about the interruption but this sounds serious. I agree with Dianna that water around the heart and pressure in the area sounds like congestive heart failure. Whether or not it resulted from quad, a cardiologist should be able to remove the fluid. If there's concern about the physician knowing nothing about quad maybe the primary physician could refer you to someone who knows. Might have to do a lot of googling to find a qualified physician in your area. www.webmd.com might be helpful.
On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 04:38 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >Do you take valum? > > > >Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Water Around Heart > > > > >Do you take valum? > > > >Merrill > > > >As I use Valium I'm curious as to why you ask him him this? > > > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 7:33 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] >Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Water Around Heart > > > > > > > > > >In a message dated 8/22/2008 10:05:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > >I haven’t heard of other quads getting it, but a few months ago I ended up in the ER. One of the things they did was take some x-rays of my chest area. One of the things in the report from the techs was that there was some water around the heart. It was not related to my UTI and they said it was no big deal. But for some time now when I lay totally flat, my breathing feels weird. I can’t really describe it right, kind of like it’s heavy, but not like when it’s pneumonia. It sometimes feels like it groans, then feels better. If I sit up a little, it goes away. I’m going to go see my primary, but he knows nothing of quads. I’ll ask for another x-ray so they can compare them to see if it is worse. And ask if I should see someone about it. It’s not bad feeling, kind of like lightly tight muscles. It might just be my abdomen area muscles tightening a bit from my muscles stretching when laying flat. Or irritated from the SP cath. It’s just hard=2 >0to pin point the exact area and feeling. > >Greg > > > > >It doesn't sound like a quad problem to me but rather a heart problem. Those are the symptoms my dad gets when he's having problems. He'll sleep in a recliner because it gets to the point where he can't breathe. (Laying down)Talk to your primary, he SHOULD have you see a heart specialist. It sounds like congenital heart failure and I don't see why they would say it's no big deal. It could stem from weak lungs. I'm not a specialist but I lost my mom in 06 to emphyzema & her heart would do this from lung complications & my father has heart problems so I know what he does. Water on his heart has been a big problem. They might start you out with water pills. > > > >Dianna > > > > > > > > > > >It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. > > >
