Silent ischemia and occasional angina Posted: 02-23-08 16:56pm
Hello,
On a recent visit to my cardio I was
told that my e.f. had dropped from around
32 in dec. to around 22 this month, Feb.
08. I have a long history of heart disease
including 3 M.I.s.
Just wondering if silent ischemia could
have something to do with this? I do have
occasional angina. Mostly mild to
moderate.
My cardio is refering me to The Texas
Heart Institute for tests. I have been
diagnosed with chf and iscehmic
cardiomyop.
thanks for your help,
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silent ischemia and angina Posted: 03-02-08 22:02pm
hello i am a 38 year old female with heart
problems. i will tell you my story and
maybe some of what i tell you can help you
and i need your input and opinions on my
condition as well. i have had all four of
my heart valves replaced and have chf and
cardiomyopathy as a result. i was
hospitalized three weeks ago with heart
failure. my echo done while in the
hospital was 20. since my last
hospitalization i am to see my
cardiologist weekly and all the heart
tests and labwork done weekly. i am on
strict bedrest so i do not strain my heart
anymore. since my last hospitalization i
have been feeling terrible. my feet legs
and abdomen are very swollen. my blood
pressure an hour ago was 70/50. my pulse
rate is 150 to 180 despite me taking my
meds. my chest also hurts and i cannot
breath have to keep taking deep breaths to
relieve how uncomfortable i am. today i
also noticed the vein in the side of my
neck is sticking out and i feel a flutter
from time to time. i had an echo done on
friday and was told my ef was 8! they
called my cardiologist and he ordered me
new medication and put a holter monitor on
me and told me no exertion whatsoever and
he will talk to me about it on monday at
my appointment which is tommarrow. i know
i will be hospitalized after he sees me.
can i have your opinion on what is going
on with me. i really need to hear from
someone who shares some of my conditions.
now i will try and help you. i do not
think you have silent ischemia. chf and
cardiomyopathy are very taxing on your
heart. also you have had three heart
attacks. i think that is why your ef has
dropped. also your angina could be caused
by your chf. i know i have chest pain
frequently. or also you may need to have
a cath to check your arteries out since
you are prone to heart attacks. i do think
it is difficult for a cardiac patient when
they have chest pain. some of is normal
for us and it is hard to distinguish if it
is from our current problem or a new one
arising. also are you overexerting
yourself? i do know as a heart patient i
tend to do more when i feel decent and do
more damage to myself. i will ask my
cardiologist for you tommarrow see what
he will say about your situation. i hope i
was of some help to you. take care
redsoxgirl
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re: redsoxgirl Posted: 03-03-08 09:16am
Hi,
I thank you for your reply and am very
sorry that you have had so many heart
problems. With all that is going on with
your heart it sounds like you need the
very best of specialists in your area.
Your cardio will probably do this today.
I'm sure you are aware of the
possibilities down the road, including
transplant. It is a possibility.
Just real quick I'll give you my
history, 3 m.i.s, 2ohs,8 angioplast and
stents, heart bypasses, aortic valve
replaced in 04 and an ICD with bi-vent
pace last year.
I'm having a cath done tomorrow in
houston. I hope they find something ,I
feel terrible. My 3 year old valve is one
of the problems. It's leaking and I have
stenosis . I hope I get an answer.
You sound like your being very strong
about your difficulties. I try to also. My
faith in God has helped greatly over the
past 20 years .I'm 64 yrs. and I think
there
is still an answer to my prayers. I think
there is for you too. I'll be thinking of
you today. Please let me know what
transpires.
God Bless,
jrod- Jerry
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jrod jerry Posted: 03-03-08 11:26am
thank you so much for replying. you are a
very nice person and easy to talk with. i
want to express my graditude for your
honesy and saying a transplant may be down
the road. i had an early appointment with
my cardiologist and he immediately
admitted me to the hospital. he said my
heart is very large and it is in end
stage heart failure. my dual pacemaker is
not helping me. he is going to drain the
fluid from my heart and lungs today. he
also said he would like to implant a left
ventricular assist device. do you know
anything about them? i know i cannot leave
the hospital when they implant it. he also
wants to put me on a transplant list. you
were right. i do not care if i need a
transplant anything to feel better. i
just do not want to be hospitalized all
the time. i feel like a science experiment
all these monitors and ivs. could you
advise me on why the nurses are in here
like every 15 minutes to listen to my
heart. i thought that is what the monitors
are for. they are scaring me and also are
annoying. ok now onto to you i hope you
do not mind i showed my cardio your posts
and he seems to think your angina and
feeling terrible is due to either your
heart valve or an artery. i was right with
the cath. do you have to stay overnight?
if you need your valve repaired it is a
piece of cake ha ha no seriously the
operation is not that bad. i have to go
the nurse is in here again to listen to my
heart and it looks like they are going to
do an ekg too. my cardiologist is allowing
me to use my laptop so i hope you will
reply. we can support each other. i have
all the time in the world to reply. god is
good and he will help us both. take care
redsoxgirl janine
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Re: redsoxgirl from jrod Posted: 03-03-08 12:48pm
Hi,
I guess this is good news as the new
assist devices are fantastic. They use the
device , in most cases, as a bridge to the
actual transplant.
I've studied them ,as it is a
possibility for me down the road, and they
do a fantastic job circulating your blood.
Some people say they would rather keep
them than having a transplant. This is
probably not possible in your case, but
you will probably feel a 100% better while
you are waiting. Some people actually go
back to a fairly normal routine.
The device is quite small and usually
hooks up to your left vent. You will wear
a battery pak on the outside.
I am really excited for you. It could
be a new begginnig for you.
We are getting ready to leave for
houston,about 3 hrs. I don't have a laptop
but I'll try to contact you within the
next day. Looking forward to that.
Hope you feel better, God bless
Jrod-Jerry
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jrod jerry Posted: 03-03-08 20:51pm
Hello. It was good to hear from you. Thank
you for telling me about the assist
device. My doctor talked to me and said I
need a biventricular device instead of
the left ventricular device. He said my
heart is failing very badly. I am upset
though that most people get to go home
with the device. I have to stay in the
hospital until I get the transplant. That
could take forever. I had a setback today
while taking scans of my chest and heart
so he can drain the fluid my cardio
discovered blood clots in my chest and
right lung. I am on blood thinners. Now I
have to wait longer for the assist device.
So in the meantime my heart is getting
worse and it cannot afford too. Sorry to
sound like I am feeling sorry for myself.
I am just getting discouraged. I hope you
had a safe trip today. I feel very bad
that you feel so terrible. I will pray for
you. I hope they find out whats wrong with
you so you will have answers. My
cardioloogist said he is glad I found
someone I can talk to that is going
through severe heart problems like me. I
hope I am not being a pest or annoying
you. I have family and friends but you are
going through heart disease and you know
what its all about. I will be praying for
you and I am eager to see how you made
out. If you do need a transplant in the
future it cannot be any worse than what
you have been suffering with all these
years. I am getting tired too much
medicine .I am going to go to sleep now.
Not that i will get much with those pesty
nurses in here all the time. Good luck
tommarrow. I will say a prayer.
redsoxgirl janine
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Re: redsoxgirl Janine Posted: 03-04-08 18:25pm
Hey girl, it sounds like your having a bit
of bad luck. I am so sorry you have to
stay in the hosp. till they get a heart
for you. I can't help but think that you
will be a joy to everyone there. Is the
blood thinner your on coumadin? That's
what I take.
My cath went well. No surgery in the
near future. He is going to try to find a
stem cell research program that they can
get me enrolled in . It will probably take
a little while but I'm looking forward to
it. I guess I'll be a guinea pig. They say
the program shows great hope. They inject
adult stem cells into the heart muscle to
se if it rejuvenates the dead tissue. I
have to wait for one that they inject thru
the coronary arteries and not over the
mech. valve as it might damage the valve.
I have no problem waiting it will all be
good.
Talk about rejuvenating, it sounds like
you could use some. If I tell you I'm a
yankee fan will that help? Probably not.
I'll let you go for now. Take care of
yourself and I am praying for you. jrod
Jerry
P.S. What hospital do they have you in?
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jrod Posted: 03-04-08 23:28pm
first of all i cannot believe i am
conversing with a yankee fan! please do
not tell me you a rodriguez fan! well at
least you are a nice yankee fan. you give
hope to all the rude obnoxiuos yankee
fans. us redsox fans are nice and humble.
have you been to a game? there is nothing
like being at fenway when the yanks are in
town. the playoffs probably caused my
heart to get worse. i only like jorge
posada. i am happy your cath went well i
was thinking about how you made out. so
you have to feel terrible still. did they
change your treatment any? did your heart
worsen or stay the same?i am a firm
believer in stem cell transplant. that is
so exciting you get to try that treatment.
i hope you get to participate soon. i am
glad you do not need surgery. i had an
unusual occurance last night. i was a code
blue. i was lucky they restored my rhythm.
i do not remember it. i now have a tube in
the vein in my neck and an incision under
my collarbone with a line to my heart
giving me lasix and digoxin. i usually
take them orally. i met my transplant
cardio. he is very nice. he said my heart
is ailing very badly. he also said it was
good my heart stopped for the fact it made
me very high on the transplant list. he is
also giving me such aggressive lasix and
dig therapy because i still have my fluid
overload that they could not remove
yesterday because of the clots. he said
the fluid overload needs to be removed
quickly because he will not implant the
bivad until its gone. he wants to move
quicky before that fluid goes and more
accumulates. they had a feeling my heart
was going to stop that is why they are
always listening to my heart. he said my
lungs are getting weak but surprisingly my
other organs do not look bad. i take
coumadin for my heart valves but they were
giving me shots of heparin in the stomach.
he said also i cannot leave the hospital.
i have to stay and wait for the heart. i
am really upset about that. my regular
cardiologist just walked in it is 11pm i
know the nurse called him. my heart is
racing and they are afraid because of last
night. wait a second until he gets done.
ok he did some kind of massage to my
jugular vein. he told me not to try it.
like i really was going to. he also told
me to get some rest. i hope to hear from
you take care i am glad your procedure
went ok. ugh a yankee fan! redsoxgirl
janine
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Re:jrod jerry Posted: 03-05-08 10:35am
Hi,
I just hate that you are having such a
hard time these last few days. I know you
will feel so much better when you get that
assist device. It's nice to have a doctor
you can trust and talk to. So many seem to
be into themselves. It sounds like they
are doing everything possible to get you
ready for that transplant. Your area has
some great hospitals and doctors.
I'm sure they couldn't give you any idea
on how long the wait might be. I got a
feeling the good lord is getting one ready
for you soon.
No, I'm not a rodriguez fan but I do
like Jeter. I grew up near yankee stadium
and saw most of the big names play.
Players like Dimaggio,Berra, Ford, Mantle
and so on. Old ain't I?. How about that
super bowl.
I'm praying for you everyday and I know
only good things are on the way for you.
Your on top of His list.
I'll look forward to hearing from you.
God bless,
Jerry
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jrod jerry Posted: 03-05-08 17:13pm
hello so good to hear from you. how are
you feeling today?i appreciate your
prayers and encouragement. you saw alot of
great players! you are not old. i bet you
miss going to games. no bivad today. the
transplant cardio and surgeon said not. my
both cardios are very nice. it makes being
ill a little easier. i met the transplant
surgeon and he is a very serious man with
no personality. he actually made me scared
.he spoke to me about things like i am a
surgeon. i am not unintelligent but i had
no clue to hf of what he was saying. i am
afraid to ask him to explain. he did a
whole bunch of scans on my heart today. he
is concerned with the size of my chest
cavity because it is small. he reviewed an
xray from my pcp i had in 2006 when my
heart was not sick and he said my heart
and chest cavity were small. i am 5"0 and
weight 90 pounds when i do not have fluid
overload. could you explain to me if this
is good or bad. the nurse this morning was
forcing me to eat and was nasty about it.
i am not hungry and my trans cardio walked
in and saw and pushed my tray away and
said it was ok. he just came back a while
ago because my rhythm is wild again and he
brought me a frozen decaf drink from
starbucks. i almost cried. i also thank
you for the support and friendship you
have given me. it is well appreciated.
hope tp hear from you soon. i want to read
about your stem cell. i find it
facsinating. i have to go the respiratory
thetapist is here. looking forward to
hearing from you. janine redsoxgirl
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redsoxgirl Posted: 03-05-08 21:49pm
Hope you enjoyed your starbucks drink. It
was very nice of him to do that for you.
I'ts good to have somebody there who cares
how your doing. We just got in from wed.
lenten service. I had a funny feeling you
were writing me during the service. That's
the man upstairs keeping an eye on you.
My guess as to why your transplant
cardio was worried about the size of your
chest cavity was probably twofold. First
it makes it a little harder to insert the
device he's planning to give you. They put
them in children so shoudn't be a problem.
Secondly, and most importantly, you will
require a smaller persons heart due to
your size, hope everythings ok with the
lungs it makes things easier.
Tell those nurses to back off. Your the
one that's sick not them. Yea I do miss
going to games. The old yankee stadium was
really neat. One of a kind. I think the
green giant is a neat ball stadium. Been
there once. Won't tell you when.
I'm going to wish you a great night and
happy dreams. I'll talk to you tomorow.
Sleep tight.
Jerry-jrod
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jrod jerry Posted: 03-06-08 10:15am
i know what game you are taking about. you
had to mention it. i had to laugh you
called the grren monster the green giant.
how are you feeling? you have been
avoiding that question the last couple
posts. my starbuck was delicious. what i
would not do for a cup of regular coffee!
i know that is off limits. thank you for
answering my question about my chest
cavity. no bivad today. the trans cardio
said i have high risk surgical concerns
that need to try and be handled first. he
told me to be patient. i do have a fever.
is that from my heart? i do not feel sick
except for my heart. can you answer that
question. i forgot to ask the trans
cardio. i know i will not ask the surgeon.
i have to have a heart and lung biopsy
today. i hope the surgeon took happy pills
today heck i would not mind if he had a
couple drinks before he came ha ha. that
is amazing you were in church as i was
posting. that is a good sign. i also pray
for you as well. they have my legs
elevated so high they hurt! they still are
swollen. my abdomen swelling did go down.
i have to go the surgeon is here. i will
probaly be ready for the biopsies. take
care hope to hear from you redsoxgirl
janine
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redsoxgirl Posted: 03-06-08 10:57am
O.k. so I won't tell you that I'm drinking
a cup of reg. coffee. I love my coffee
too.
I actually feel much better today. I
don't feel very good about your situation.
Sounds like your fever might be heart
related but not necessarily. Your body is
trying to fight off a number of problems
and your immune system is quite
compromised. You are, no doubt, getting
the best care possible. All precautions
have to be taken when your in this
condition. Have you had any lung problems
in the past? They probably want to make
sure your lungs are in good shape for the
coming surgery. Just don't let the surgeon
drink right before he operates. I'm hoping
the biopsy goes well.
You're gonna make it ,I know. I promise
I'll do some rooting for the red sox.
God bless
Jerry
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jrod jerry Posted: 03-06-08 20:24pm
i am glad you enjoyed your coffee. do you
think when i finally get my bivad i could
drink coffee? since the device will be
doing all the work for my heart. i
survived the biopsies. the heart one was
painful because they went in through my
jugular vein. i already have a tube in the
other side of my neck. the lung biopsy was
not bad. just a little sore. my fever is
the cause of bacterial myocarditis.
another heart infection. my trans cardio
said it is not good i have it but
bacterial is better than viral. he is
giving me antibiotics. i asked him about
the bivad and he said they are looking day
to day. they do not want to implant it and
cause more problems. a few things need to
resolve first. what is your take on my
myocarditis? the trans cardio said i am
very sick but to relax and trust him. he
will let me know when i should give up
hope. i got to see my daughter finally
today. the reason i have not seen her is
because she is teething very badly and
miserable and very jittery. she is so
chubby and cuddly. she was very good today
her tooth finally broke through. she took
a nap while she was with me. she is also a
red sox fan. she has her hat and shirt. do
you have children? i got sick three months
after she was born. you do not have to
pity me and root for the sox ha ha. the
surgeon was so miserable. he can only have
a drink when he does test. when i have
surgery i do not care how miserable he is
i will not be awake. i am glad you are
feeling good. i was relieved to hear that.
i never had lung problems before. just
coughs and colds. i was very active i ice
skated and speed skated. look forward to
hearing from you. again thank you for
helping me and being honest. i feel the
same way you do. but i trust the trans
cardio. god bless redsox girl janine
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redsoxgirl Posted: 03-07-08 09:17am
Hi,
Sorry the biopsies were uncomfortable. I
know it's a hard go for you ,but try to
hang in there I think good things are on
their way. I'm glad the myocarditis is
bacterial and not viral. It will be a lot
easier to clear up. You seem to be taking
alot of this in stride. Good job. By the
way your infection involves the heart wall
and tends to weaken it. The antibiotics
will help get you to that assist device. I
can't wait.
It was great that you got to spend some
time with your daughter. I bet it made you
feel better. I'm sure you can't wait to
get home with her and the rest of your
family and root on those sox. You are
blessed to have a cardio that seems to be
so caring. Trust him and tell him I said
thanks. I use to ice skate [ on my ankles]
till I fell more than I skated. Not much
ice skating in so. Texas.
You mentioned giving up hope, don't. Good
things are going to happen,betcha. I'll
write later to see how you are getting
along. By the way I have 2 children and 4
grands. stay in touch.God Bless,
jrod jerry
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jrod jerry Posted: 03-07-08 11:30am
wow four grandkids! i bet they keep you
busy. i loved seeing my daughter. she is
such a good baby. i hope she is able to
come today. i am so unbelievably tired
today! i just want to sleep all day! no
bivad today. i decided to ask the surgeon
besides the myocarditis whats taking so
long for my bivad. i also told him to
explain to me in simple terms. he
explained i also have r ventricular
failure which creates high pressure in
lung circulation. before implant he is now
giving me medication that can support the
r ventricle. when he sees an improvement
with that he will implant. i will needs a
pediatric device. he said it may be
uncomfortable when he implants it. i did
not ask him what he meant by that. could
you explain. will i feel the device inside
of me because of my small chest cavity? he
also said he will not operate with the
myocarditis. i am not giving up. just
discouraged. i am the type of person that
when a problem arises i want to fix it.
the transplant anesthesiologist will be
in to meet me today. i cannot wait to
watch a sox game! i hope you are still
feeling good today. my prayers are working
for you. your prayers are working for me.
i just have some setbacks. i did thank my
trans cardio for you. he said i am a joy
to take care of. he said when a patient
respects him like i do he will go out of
his way. i think he is exagerating i am a
joy. i enjoyed hearing from you. if you
have time you can write me later. i
appreciate you friendship and time you
take to write me. i am going to try and
sleep now. looking forward to hearing from
you. redsoxgirl janine
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redsoxgirl Posted: 03-07-08 22:44pm
Hey kid,
Hope you got some rest today. I know
your tired you've been through alot. These
problems you've been going through lately
should start settling down soon. It sounds
like they are doing all the right things
for you.
Yes there will probably be some
discomfort with the device when it is
implanted. They are using a pediatric ad,
no doubt, because you have such a small
chest cavity. I can understand your
frustration with everything that's been
going on I don't know if I could really
handle it. I think your little daughter
has a lot to do with it.
I've been feeling a little stronger
these last couple of days My cardio
prescribed a fairly large dose of coreg. I
think it's starting to work.
Your trans cardio is ,I'm sure, right
about your being a joy to work with. He
will, no doubt, be a much stronger doctor
after caring for you.
Thankyou for your prayers they are
definitely doing the job I hope mine help
a little. You are truly blessed to be a
blessing.
Believe it or not I am actually looking
forward to that first redsox game. Don't
tell the yankees. Get some sleep. See you
tomorow.
Good night
jerry
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jrod Posted: 03-08-08 10:21am
hello how are you today? i am so happy the
increased dosage of coreg is helping you.
my prayers are helping you. like yours are
helping me more than you know. i thank you
for writting me again last night. i look
forward to your messages. i slept almost
all day yesterday. my trans cardio was in
really early this morning. my fever is 102
and i had chest pain and severe
tachycardia again. no bivad today. he said
i have every abnormal heart sound he
cannot wait til i get my bivad or my
heart. he did say i have to try and eat. i
ate some oatmeal. it took me an hour but i
finished it. he gave me nitro and changed
my digoxin to lanoxin. i was not in a
talking mood this am to ask him but how
come the myocarditis is taking so long to
go especially with the high antibiotic
dosage? i feel like sleeping all day
again! i did not see my daughter
yesterday. my cardio called my husband and
told my family to stay home because i
needed the rest. i think my family needs a
rest. so it was good for all of us. my
daughters name is luciana. i am italian. i
hope i can see her today. what do you mean
you do not think you can handle what i am
going through. you also have been and are
going through alot. i admire you. you are
stronger than you think. that is my job to
convert all yankee fans! i have to go they
want to do an ekg. looking forward to
hearing from you. janine redsoxgirl
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redsoxgirl Posted: 03-08-08 11:40am
Hi,
I hope your getting some rest. It will
help beat that fever you've got. I'm sure
that it will take a good dose of
antibiotics to get rid of the fever. It
might even take a change in the antibiotic
to get it done. Do you know what drug he
is giving you? I don't especially like
oatmeal myself but I do take oatbran. It
kinda keeps things moving if you know what
I mean. The digoxin might have somthing to
do with the tach. That's probably why he
changed it.
When you had your valves replaced ,what
type of valves did they use? Mechanical or
porcine? My next choice is going to be
porcine not mech. I don't like taking
coumadin. I'm probably looking down the
road at that in about a year. No big
deal.
I hope you get to see your daughter
today. I love the name, Luciana. I was
raised in an Italian neighborhood in New
York and both my sisters married Italians
Alot of texans call them[I] talians.
Whatever. Love the food and love to cook
it.
Be sure to ask your trans cardio what
your ekg shows. And I'm not quite a redsox
fan yet but you're doing a good job. Get
some rest . It's all good.
God Bless,
Jerry jrod
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jrod jerry Posted: 03-08-08 18:12pm
hello again! hope you doing fine this
afternoon. well its a start when a yankee
fan wants to watch a redsox game when they
are not playing the yankees. you better
have that valve taken care of. do you have
to wait a year? you want to be ready for
your stem cells when its available. i have
mechanical heart valves. i was not given a
choice if i was i would have chose the
porcine because i also hate taking
coumadin. it is one of the worst
medications i am on. i slept a while
today. my daughter and husband came. she
was in one of her see what i can touch
moods. she is strong for being so young.
she managed to rip off one of my heart
monitor leads and wanted to put it in her
mouth. she did not like it when i told her
no and took it off of her. luckily i
remembered i had a toy in my handbag. my
trans cardio said my ekg showed my normal
abnormalties along with a few new findings
that concerned him. elevated st waves and
inverted t waves and something with q
waves i cannot remember. that is not the
answer i was looking for. do you know what
any of that means. also ventricular
tachycardia. he ordered nitropaste and
they rub that on my chest. he said i am
having vasospasms. he said my heart is
very large inside of my small chest
cavity. i also vomitted today. so much for
the oatmeal. he is giving me clindamyacin
for the myocarditis. thank you for
explaining to me about the bivad being
uncomfortable. i have to try and eat
again. before this i loved to eat! what
kinds of italian foods do you cook? i make
good polenta. hope to hear from you soon.
i cannot stand being this tired. i wanted
to try and read but i have no energy.
praying for you. janine redsoxgirl
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