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Dear Vi,
thanks for all the info and for sharing your story with me. Of course I need to quit smoking, that is pretty much a given. I just have to screw up the courage and set the date...

My PVCs are caused by low potassium, or that is when i get them anyway. The low potassium is caused by my Primary Aldosternism. The cardiologist I saw said they were of no concern and they really don't bother me unless I start getting a ton of them, then i know I better jack up my potassium quick!! I have been on Verapamil for years, so if it is helping the PVCs goodness knows what they would be like if I didn't take it!!:) Verapamil also does absolutely nothing for my migraines, and I know a lot of folks use it for a migraine preventative very successfully -- just doesn't work for me.

Did any of you suffer from migraines before the surgery, and did you find that the closure helped, or not?

thanks again for all your help and info!
Kim





Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:05 am

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Hello, I am a new member who just found this site. I was diagnosed with a PFO this summer but the cardiologist and my internist pretty much blew it off as no...
kimsstay
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Jan 13, 2007
6:24 pm

You have to have at least one stroke before they will close the PFO, or be having TIA's. I also have pvc's and the surgery only made them worse. Have you...
Violet Flame 11
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Jan 13, 2007
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Kim, I have had a PFO closure using the CardioSeal device. I was able to get around the study because I want to have children and can't be on bloodthinners....
Denise
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Jan 14, 2007
12:00 am

Believe me, if you are serious enough to put a piece of metal in your heart to improve your health you better be serious enough to quit smoking first. I know...
Dirk
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Jan 14, 2007
8:45 am

... Dirk, thanks for the reply and the tip on the website (quitnet.com). I have been trying to get up the nerve to quit but haven't quite gotten there yet. It...
kimsstay
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Jan 16, 2007
1:48 am

Denise, thanks for the input, it really sounds like you have been thru a lot for someone so young. I have no intention of participating in a trial, there is no...
kimsstay
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Jan 16, 2007
1:55 am

Kim- Here is a link for you: http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/4000/4025.asp?index=12953 It gives basic information but from there you can...
Denise
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Jan 16, 2007
2:53 pm

Dear Vi, thanks for all the info and for sharing your story with me. Of course I need to quit smoking, that is pretty much a given. I just have to screw up the...
kimsstay
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Jan 16, 2007
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It's hard for me to say if the surgery actually helped my migraines, as I am allergic to the nickel in the device. The nickel is making the auto-immune...
Violet Flame 11
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Jan 16, 2007
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Hi there, I would just like to say that my headaches have gotten much better since the surgery BUT the aura's got much worse - especially right after. I am...
Amy Brogna
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Jan 16, 2007
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