Re: Donna M. and congestive heart failure...

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Donna, I, too, have been having troubles with breathing and very low energy, so my docs did a chest

xray that showed I have fluid around my lungs and that my heart has enlarged to get enough oxygen.

Evidently, what fluid retention I do have is around my lungs, which was cutting off the oxygen, which

caused my heart to enlarge to try to make up for the lost air. Very weird, but my docs are saying

it isn't necessarily congestive heart failure, but any one of the five major autoimmune disorders:

SLE, RA, Myfibrositis, Lyme Disease, non-insulin dependent Diabetes, attacking those organs. I think,

due to my history with chronic Lyme's, that it is most likely the culprit. We will see this next week

when I go for more tests, and follow up care. I take Maxzide every night, now, and my breathing is

much better, and I can get around my own house once again. I hope you are better soon, too, Luv.

Hugs, MM