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EVEN THOUGH ANGIOGRM SHOWS NO BLOCKAGE COULD THERE BE ONE IN ANOTHER PART OF MY BODY.... BRAIN, LEGS OR ARMS??
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This all began back in Augusts. I had had the flu and had been in bed for some time. During this time I noticed a lot of pain in my left leg and then in my right arm and across my left shoulder and back of neck. After I thought the flu was past the pain didn't go a way. It became more and more painful.
I went to see my Docor but was seen by his Nurse practioner. He gave me pain killers, Iburprofen 800mg. This didn't seem to help. A few days later he prescribed Tramadol 50mg as needed every 8 hours. He told me I could mix the two medicines. Over the next few months I did my best to deal with the pain. I tried not to take the medicine because I'm very sensative to any kinds of medicines. ( Not that they work but they nock me out)
Example: a few months earlier I took Lipitor. My cholestoral and Try dropped in 3 months to a dangerous level. The doctor told me I had to stop taking Lipitor because my body needed some Cholestrol and ect. Some time later He told me to start taking 1/2 a tablet of lipitor. I had so much pain every time I took a different statin I couldn't stand it.
On Nov 17th I had pain in right arm and left leg ( pain at night or when laying down)became unbareable. I took one 800mg of Ibprofin and it didn't help. An hour and a half later I took a Tramadol. The doctor told me I could mix. Within the hour I made a trip to ER in Houston because my HEAD was exploding and I couldn't stop vomitting. CT was done of my head but they said they didn't see anything and but kept me over night and medicated. The truth is since that day the pain in my leg and arm seem to have gotten somewhat better. The ER doctor told me to get with my Primary when I returned home. It took a while to get in but I got in on the 15th of December.
When I returned home my Primary doctor did an EKG around the of 15th of Dec. The doctor didn't tell me anything except that my ekg was ABNORMALl. He sent me to a heart doctor. The heart doctor asked me if my Primary doctor had told me about my ekg. The heart doctor told me that the ekg done by my Primary Doctor was a picticularly nasty one but the one he (the heart doctor just did in his offices was even wosre). He told me it appeared I had a blocked front arterial artery. He but me throught a battery of test and then ordered an Angiogram. In time had four EKG at 4 different locations or offices. All of these EKGs showed I have a blocked arterial artery or restriction. On the 28th of this month I had an angiogram. They went in through my groin to heart. A few days before my angiogram my PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR"S nurse called and told me that the doctor asked me not to miss my next appointment on 1-03-2012 because my cholestrol and trys are over 300.
AFTER MY ANGIOGRAM ON THE 28th The HEART DOCTOR told me he couldn't see any blockages and is sending me back to my primary doctor. I have been running a low grade fever for almost 6 months and I'm tired of being tired. and in pain.
While waiting for the Angiogram the heart doctor prescribed Alpazolam 0.5 MG 3times a day and Cartia 180.MG XT Capsules a day. The pain seems to have become a lot more bareable since taking this medicine. Now the heart doctor says that the Angiogram showed no problem and he is sending me back to my primary doctor BUT to stay on the Medicines he Prescribed.. ??????? What
I'm really afraid. Does this mean my heart is ok or is something else somewhere else in my body causing the abnormal ekg. This morning I was walking to my pantry and I felt like I wasn't getting air to my head. I felt myself going down so I grabed a hold of the door knob and sit down on the floor. It wasn't the tirst time this has happened but it really frightened me because I now know I actually have ekgs showing that it isn't all in my mind.
Now today 12-29 I'm laying here in bed waiting for the wound from the angiogram yesterday. I'm tired of being tired. Do you have an answer. I'm 53 and have always had more energy than one deserves but now I feel like I am dying and no one hears me. facebook Christine Hulsey
Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic. I can understand your concern. First of all, no need to worry for heart diseases because you are having normal angiography report. So be relax and calm. You are improved with alprazolam and cartia. Both are anxiolytic drugs. So possibility of stress and anxiety related symptoms is more in your case. Counselling plays very important role along with anxiolytic drugs in control of these symptoms. So consult psychiatrist and get done counselling sessions. Try to identify stressor in your life and start working on it's solution. You will mostly improve with counselling sessions and anxiolytic drugs. So avoid stress and tension, be relax and calm. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
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Thanks for your question on Healthcare Magic. I can understand your concern. First of all, no need to worry for heart diseases because you are having normal angiography report. So be relax and calm. You are improved with alprazolam and cartia. Both are anxiolytic drugs. So possibility of stress and anxiety related symptoms is more in your case. Counselling plays very important role along with anxiolytic drugs in control of these symptoms. So consult psychiatrist and get done counselling sessions. Try to identify stressor in your life and start working on it s solution. You will mostly improve with counselling sessions and anxiolytic drugs. So avoid stress and tension, be relax and calm. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.