Smiley2000
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I have missed you guys and girls! Went to Cardio on Monday because I was worried after speaking to you guys about sudden fluid retention and the symptoms that I had. I was only discharged from hospital yesterday. Fortunately I am on a good Medical Aid again.
I went to a new Cardio on Monday (didn?t want to go to my previous Cardiologist because of the fact that my Medical Aid went insolvent and I now owe him a lot of money) and I had to spent 5 days in hospital again - very lonely there. Hubby working in another town, family not supportive at all ? never have been in the past either and only had visitors at night. But I made friends with staff and patients in same room and they kept me busy. Wanted to take all of you with me, but it is just to risky (theft around here is ridiculous) to have Laptop at Hospital.
But now I am back home and it is the best place ever! Missed my kiddies so much.
Cardio noticed that I had a lot of fluid retention and Pulmonary hypertension and started treating me with Diuretics (LASIX in IV and later Adco-retic) and I've lost almost 4 litres of fluid in 5 days! The cause for the pulmonary hypertention is still not clear to me? I am 5 months post-op, but he did a sonar and all my valves are functioning great.
He also noticed this pimple looking thing on my left leg that I?ve had since July 2007. I was treated for Infective Endocarditis in July 2007, but after 2 weeks of IV treatment and a TEE, they could not find any vegetations and ruled that it was not SBE. Just some kind of virus. The ?pimple? thing just never went away.
Long story short: Cardio called Dermatologist in and the next day they surgically removed it. Turned out to be a ?streptococcus septic vasculitis?. He basically explained to me that in July 2007 an infected bloodclot came loose from my heart, travelled all the way to my leg and stayed there, all this time. No wonder I have had these low grade fevers, infection type of symptoms all this time and my doctors have been treating me with all kinds of antibiotics for the past few months, but no improvement! Hopefully now the infection-type symptoms will disappear now that they have found and removed it!
I was suppose to do a treatmill-ECG test, but they aborted that, cause my resting heart rate was 140 and Atrial fibrillations ? took ATIVAN that morning, so fast HR could not have been stress-related or I am damn good for stressing through an Ativan! And then that night I had the op on my leg, so he couldn?t attempt doing the treatmill test again.
So, now I am home. I still have no idea WHY I had/have pulmonary hypertention and the reason for the fluid retention, but I am on a Diuretic now and a beta blocker (CARDICOR) and hopefully that will solve the problem.
Do you know what causes pulmonary hypertention when you are young, does not smoke, is not over weight and had your valve fixed???
I went to a new Cardio on Monday (didn?t want to go to my previous Cardiologist because of the fact that my Medical Aid went insolvent and I now owe him a lot of money) and I had to spent 5 days in hospital again - very lonely there. Hubby working in another town, family not supportive at all ? never have been in the past either and only had visitors at night. But I made friends with staff and patients in same room and they kept me busy. Wanted to take all of you with me, but it is just to risky (theft around here is ridiculous) to have Laptop at Hospital.
But now I am back home and it is the best place ever! Missed my kiddies so much.
Cardio noticed that I had a lot of fluid retention and Pulmonary hypertension and started treating me with Diuretics (LASIX in IV and later Adco-retic) and I've lost almost 4 litres of fluid in 5 days! The cause for the pulmonary hypertention is still not clear to me? I am 5 months post-op, but he did a sonar and all my valves are functioning great.
He also noticed this pimple looking thing on my left leg that I?ve had since July 2007. I was treated for Infective Endocarditis in July 2007, but after 2 weeks of IV treatment and a TEE, they could not find any vegetations and ruled that it was not SBE. Just some kind of virus. The ?pimple? thing just never went away.
Long story short: Cardio called Dermatologist in and the next day they surgically removed it. Turned out to be a ?streptococcus septic vasculitis?. He basically explained to me that in July 2007 an infected bloodclot came loose from my heart, travelled all the way to my leg and stayed there, all this time. No wonder I have had these low grade fevers, infection type of symptoms all this time and my doctors have been treating me with all kinds of antibiotics for the past few months, but no improvement! Hopefully now the infection-type symptoms will disappear now that they have found and removed it!
I was suppose to do a treatmill-ECG test, but they aborted that, cause my resting heart rate was 140 and Atrial fibrillations ? took ATIVAN that morning, so fast HR could not have been stress-related or I am damn good for stressing through an Ativan! And then that night I had the op on my leg, so he couldn?t attempt doing the treatmill test again.
So, now I am home. I still have no idea WHY I had/have pulmonary hypertention and the reason for the fluid retention, but I am on a Diuretic now and a beta blocker (CARDICOR) and hopefully that will solve the problem.
Do you know what causes pulmonary hypertention when you are young, does not smoke, is not over weight and had your valve fixed???
Sorry to read about the hospital stay
