Abbanabba said:
The SOB - I get this just sitting around doing nothing sometimes, and heaven help me if I'm walking up hills or bending over (..this really kills me for some reason..). Hot weather and humidity also knock me around and make it hard to breathe. I DON'T get SOB from my blood-sugar dropping.
I'd be inclined to think your symptoms are more closely related to your PH and arrhythimias.
Cheers
Anna : )
Anna mentions something very interesting here...the feeling of extreme SOB when bending forward. I am very familar with that feeling and think it may well be associated with an increase of intra-thoracic pressure. The heart has to pump against this increased pressure. I began to fell that long before I was diagnosed with heart problems. In retrospect, I know I altered the way I did things to avoid the feeling. Currently, I again encountered the feeling carrying the Christmas decorations back up the attic stairs so,.........well, being me,.....I did the stairs without carrying anything and did OK. I then, a little later, did the stairs with my empty arms in the position of carrying something and could notice a little difference. My next trip up was carrying about a ten lb. box: this made a big difference and caused me to feel very SOB. I did not feel dizzy or light-headed though and I was watching for it since my little grandaughter's nursery is on the second story of my son's house and I carry her (7 months old and about 25 lbs) up those stairs when I get the privilege of carrying for her.
I expect this feeling, at least for me, is not a result of my now replaced mitral valve but rather from the cumulative effects of my other damaged valves....and maybe from the PH too. Of course, this is all very unscientific but it was cheap! I used to work with an ER doc that was well in his seventies and had at one time headed up a very small hospital in his very small hometown. He used to tell me many stories of his early days in medicine. One of the stories was about how he would use the fire-escape stairs on the outside of the hospital building to do "stress tests". I really liked him and how he really listened to his patients.
Anna, I think you are right that your SOB is not related to your blood sugar whatsoever.
Harry, IMHO, a blood sugar of 150 shouldn't create a problem with dizziness either. If it suddenly dropped then it could but I think you would have sorted through that by now. You probably would have experimented to see if eating something made it go away. More likely, it would arise out of a sudden change in blood pressure or, as you mentioned, a sudden change in your heart rate. Of course there are other causes but these seem the most likely.
Take your pulse when it happens and see if it is related.
