Guest guest Posted December 1, 2001 Report Share Posted December 1, 2001 You are quite correct in what you are saying but that is fine for a normal person. In somebody with Chronic AF , I could feel the pressure of taking Thyroxin on my heart. C Re: Re: News In a message dated 11/30/2001 7:12:16 AM Pacific Standard Time, trudyjh@... writes: << Imagine looking at a graph of the chemical in you body. At the > point of intake it would be on the high scale and just before the point of > intake, the graph would be low. >> It's my understanding that one builds a thyroxine level in increments, similar to the way in which a digitalis or Digoxin level is built. Doctors have told me, for example, it takes at least four days for a change in thyroxine level to register. I don't think that individual doses have such a drastic effect on the body, but rather it is the cumulative dose over time which is built slowly and which can only be measured accurately after weeks of taking the drug. Presently I am taking Levoxyl only four days a week (under my doctor's directions), but when I recently had a TSH test after two days of no pills, my level was fine. The level didn't drop due to the hiatus in pills. in sinus in Seattle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2001 Report Share Posted December 1, 2001 In a message dated 11/30/01 1:58:23 AM Pacific Standard Time, john.codling@... writes: > Fizzy drinks because of the Caffeine The phosphorous acid in most soft drinks leaches the magnesium out of your system. MK in Louisiana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2001 Report Share Posted December 7, 2001 there's a few AF related articles in Volume 52, Issue 2, November 2001 of Cardiovasculalr Research http://www.elsevier.com/gej-ng/10/13/52/73/33/show/toc.htt and one in Volume 52, Issue 3, December 2001 http://www.elsevier.com/gej-ng/10/13/52/73/34/show/toc.htt -- D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2002 Report Share Posted January 16, 2002 Hi , Great articles, hope we are becoming important enough whereby the health industry will intensify their research and come up with more and better treatments for Afib. I came accross an article that might be of interest to some members: Important update for heart patients: If you take a statin and niacin, don't also take antioxidants over and above your multivitamin. In a new study, taking high-dose antioxidants reduced to zero the benefits of taking cholesterol drugs. (article from Prevention Magazine) By the way, I emailed Prevention and asked whether they could do an investigative report on Afib. They replied that they receive over 100 requests weekly but will pass on my request to Reader's Service Specialist. Maybe something will come of it. / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Hi Leanne, Oh my, you do know I am sharing the same pod with you. I am just heart broken that you have lost ground. You are very young and I know you will be fine. I have to consider my antiquity.... Are they going to starve you to get ready? When I went on the 6th the transplant coordinator told me not to worry about the finances of it. I have been cleared because of my insurance. (which I think is a crappy HMO). and that we would get into it deeper later on but not to worry .. Honey, I do know how scary this step is. About the heart cat.. the last one had in July they put a stitch in the artery and he had to lay flat only an hour and we came home. Ask about that.. I am going to insist on it..may not get me to far but I'm going to try. The other thing I am going to check into this next week is giving one of my kidneys to Amber should she get to that point.. Oh Leanne hold on to Gods unchanging hand. You are His child.. You do know we're all praying. Gods Blessings on You. Love and Prayers. Peggy Reply-To: Breathe-Support Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:59:09 -0800 (PST) To: Support <breathe-support > Subject: news Hi all, Just saw the lung transplant doctor yesterday after having my fun, fun pulmonary function test and unfortunately, I am decreasing. I went down about 10% and he wants to start the lung transplant work up. I'm scared $#%^@%/. I'm feeling very overwhelmed. I'm the person that isn't even sure I want this lung transplant and I'm struggling with the physical, mental and financial hardship that this could put my family through. I don't like pain. I don't like hospitals. I guess my doc is concerned about pulmonary hypertension because now it seems as if my heart is being affected. He's going to do the heart cath and after hearing the horror stories about that, I don't wanna go. I just so needed to vent. Thanks. Leanne uip 1/03 still living in Bears town. Leanne Storch http://mail.yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 HI all My PH was found by a echo cardiogram (56mm Hg). Which also show a small enlargement of the heart (Col Pulmonale) P UIP 8/00 PH 3/06 Col Pulmonale 4/06Sher K Bauman wrote: Leanne...I forgot to ask you: how is Pulmonary Hypertension diagnosed?? Sher "Don't worry about tomorrow, God is already there" news Hi all, Just saw the lung transplant doctor yesterday after having my fun, fun pulmonary function test and unfortunately, I am decreasing. I went down about 10% and he wants to start the lung transplant work up. I'm scared $#%^@%/. I'm feeling very overwhelmed. I'm the person that isn't even sure I want this lung transplant and I'm struggling with the physical, mental and financial hardship that this could put my family through. I don't like pain. I don't like hospitals. I guess my doc is concerned about pulmonary hypertension because now it seems as if my heart is being affected. He's going to do the heart cath and after hearing the horror stories about that, I don't wanna go. I just so needed to vent. Thanks. Leanne uip 1/03 still living in Bears town. Leanne Storch Executive Assistant & Patient Advocate Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation 1332 N. Halsted, Suite 201 Chicago, IL 60622 www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org P F It takes your breath away __________________________________________________D! o You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Thanks . Sher "Don't worry about tomorrow, God is already there" news Hi all, Just saw the lung transplant doctor yesterday after having my fun, fun pulmonary function test and unfortunately, I am decreasing. I went down about 10% and he wants to start the lung transplant work up. I'm scared $#%^@%/. I'm feeling very overwhelmed. I'm the person that isn't even sure I want this lung transplant and I'm struggling with the physical, mental and financial hardship that this could put my family through. I don't like pain. I don't like hospitals. I guess my doc is concerned about pulmonary hypertension because now it seems as if my heart is being affected. He's going to do the heart cath and after hearing the horror stories about that, I don't wanna go. I just so needed to vent. Thanks. Leanne uip 1/03 still living in Bears town. Leanne Storch Executive Assistant & Patient Advocate Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation 1332 N. Halsted, Suite 201 Chicago, IL 60622 www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org P F It takes your breath away __________________________________________________D! o You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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