Hi Patti, I have Costo and Mitral Valve prolapse. I had a coronary angiogram to rule out heart problems. Since then, I always know it's not my heart so I'm...
Hi, Patti. Me too with MVP. A lot of us seem to have it but it hasn't bothered me much yet, touch wood. If your episodes are lasting that long, get yourself...
Wendy, I'm the same as you! I was diagnosed with a murmur in kindegarten. Some doctors would pick it up and some wouldn't. When I contracted a kids' virus -...
Hi Christina! This will make you crazy thats for sure!!!!!!! What meds are you taking? I am on Relifin, he did give me a pain med the first visit, I am going...
Hi Rach, I know what you mean....................We have enough stress right now from the PAIN (that nobody, but us can understand)Good luck on your tests!!! ...
Thank you for that awesome advise!!!!!!!!!!! I did think about that, but (and I don't know why!!) I am afraid they will think I am only looking for a HIGH or...
Hi everyone, Just adding my 2 cents. I also have MVP and have over the years noticed that my heart skips beats and I have periods of tachycardia with sweating...
Hi Rudie, They gave me Naprosyn and Ibproprin(sp?).. Neither really do anything. I went to the docs today and they told me they want me to try physical...
An angioplasty aye? Ouch! I was diagnosed back in the 80's with MVP but when they did an echo a few years ago (to rule out heart when diagnosed with costo)...
Hi Mare I do think you would recognize the difference. I've done the costo thang, I've battled the various panic attacks and I have had bouts of what I...
Rudie The majority of people who have recieved helpful treatment for this are the people that stared down the docs and insisted on help or the people that...
Sorry to hear your son is suffering, with this horrible Costo. Believe me he is in a panic--but not panic disorder. These are two completely different things....
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Hi Pattie I don't take medication for mitral valve prolapse, unless I go to the dentist or have any surgery done then I have to have anti-biotics I hour...
Wow!! That was a great post Phyllis, it really summed up exactly the way that I feel and so many others as well I'm sure!! I think I will print it out and...
It's like Mare says, "keep it coming". Add a cardiologist to the mix. Just what u want to do huh, sit in another dr.'s office. Give em' hell, Patti. Sherry ...
Hi Sherry! How the hell are ya, girlfreind? Are you officially a Georginian? Is that even a word? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
No, happens next yr. We'll close on the new house May 1 and then be back and forth for the next few wks until school ends about the 3rd wk of May. Meanwhile,...
Hello Everyone, I want to Thank everyone here who has been so supportive to me. I have posted several times regarding my Son who has been quite ill with Costo....
Here is a great website on fibro and costo for anyone who has both. Hugs, Mare http://www.fibromyalgia-symptoms.org/fibromyalgia_chest_symptoms.html...
That's the best article I've ever seen. It is the only one I have ever read that truly addresses the extreme pain people w/chronic costo have. I'm printing...
Also when reading this on the links below on self care then there's an exercise section advertising a Theracycle in case anyone is interested. I ordered a...
"Having a days break from the pain", usually with costo they slowly advance you on the treatments such as medications, trigger point injections, epidurals,...
After reading the MANY post and looking at the symptoms of Fibro on the internet. I am begining to wonder if I also have it!!!!!!!!! Everthing I read says,...
Hi, Rudie. http://www.sover.net/~devstar is one of the best websites on fibro. Dr. Starlanyl's books are really good and we call them our "blue bible". She...
Patti, About 15 yrs ago, I had a problem with a crazy heartbeat. My dr. listened and said it was mvp. That was it until all of this costo crap. With all the...
Hi guys, just catching up on everything. Seemed to ease really well a couple of months ago so went back to work on restricted duties and guess what. Been...
Hi guys, just catching up on everything. Seemed to ease really well a couple of months ago so went back to work on restricted duties and guess what. Been...
"Not sure whether she's trying to cure me or kill me at times though" Boy, do I know what you mean!! A few months ago I started seeing a chiropractor who is...