Re: Imogene- update from Sandie

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Thank you Imogene. Grinning and blushing here. :-))

Love-

Sandie

-- Iward27663@... wrote:

Sandy, you do have a heart problem. No wonder the month long monitor. I had

chest pain for years, and they found it to be Variant Angina. Spasm. I am

fine, Although most of my family have died with heart problems. I am so glad

that you are getting the help you need. You are too special to be like this, so

do get well.

Love you precious little one,

Imogene

In a message dated 9/7/2008 5:10:09 PM Central Daylight Time,

sanclown@... writes:

Hi Imogene-

Thanks for jumping in and sending your well wishes. I think the problem

with hospital monitoring is if one has an episode during the 24-48 hr.

monitoring, bonus. If not, nothing is caught. I appreciate that my doctor

ordered

the King of Hearts Events Monitor to be worn 30 days. This monitor doesn't

continually record. Only records when I push the " record " button, however, it

does record the minute prior to pushing the button as well as 30 seconds or

maybe a bit longer after I have pushed the button. I have had an irregular

heart beat for years, heart murmur when I was in elementary school. It became

even more noticable as recent as June of this year and I could usually get

myself out of it. I was in the hospital the month I turned 45. Thought I had

a

running lead on one year older but it caught up with me. I did bring down

the average age at the Iowa Heart Center by quite a margin.

I have been doing studying and researching on the heart to find out the

lingo of it all. I don't plan on figuring out my own diagnosis, however,

knowledge is power so when I go to the cardiologist on the 17th I will have an

idea

of what I am being told.

Amazingly high systolic pressure at 300. I, too, wonder why your mom never

had a stroke when she was younger. High BP runs in my family as does heart

problems so I plan on staying on top of this for my lifetime.

Interesting that you wrote " smell the roses " ...as yellow roses always remind

me of my mom. A blessing that you were a messenger. :-))

I have followed your journey with Don. My heart goes out to both of you and

I continue to send up prayers for you and Don.

Huge hugs-

Sandie

Des Moines, IA

dad, Merle, passed from LBD 9-20-02, at age 65

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