Guest guest Posted June 29, 2005 Report Share Posted June 29, 2005 My 85 year old dad had this done and it was just OK, they went down his esophagus and got between the chambers, they can tell how big it is, if the blood pushes through the ventricles, arteries, and the elasiticity of the walls. My Dad had a hole and his does not back flow but occasionally and it rectifys itself. His doctor said he was born with it. All babies have them and most holes grow up but some do not. So Dad chose not to do the hole block....He takes Endur and this medicine has been a God Send for hip. Hope the information helps. It was quite a simple exam. Good Luck! Bennie > > At the cardiologists' office they wanted to do another test because > my heart > was considerably larger on the right side. They shoot die into the > vein and > watch it go thru the heart chambers. Well... I have a hole in my > heart. It > is exacerbating the COPD a lot. On July 19th they want to do > another test > where they put a camera down my throat to look at the heart and > decide how to > fix the hole. It scares me to think about having this test done. > Why can't > they just go in and fix the hole without doing another test? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 I just wanted to write you about SSDI and owed money. I was on SSDI from 1972 to 1975. Fortunately, I recovered and got my regular life back. They put me back on Social Security Disability about two years ago. About a year later, I got a letter saying that I had overpayments of about $6000. There were two things I could do. If I had the documentation, I could apply to have the debt forgiven, especially if it would be a real hardship to pay it. The other option, which is what I had to go with, was for them to take money out of my check monthly until it was all paid off. They originally wanted $125 a month, but because of hardship...SSDI was my only income...they changed that to $57 a month, allowing me to string it out until I turned 65. Look into this. Good luck. > > I can not apply for SSDI because I had it years ago and they say they > overpayed me and I need to pay that back first. It's only a mere $12,000. Drop in > the bucket, right? I'm going to ask for an accounting of this because I > only received this for about 3 years and only got at the most $320.00 per month. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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