Hello everyone. This was the only forum
I could find heart related. I am
currently residing in germany with my
husband and my son. My husband is in
the united states active army. (so
we're stationed here.)
i am 18 years old. My husband and I
planned our first child and I got pregnant
april 2005. May 13th I found out I was
pregnant, we were, of course, thrilled.
My first appointment at just about 10
weeks, I showed a sign of anemia, and was
prescribed iron, so big deal right?
Well throughout my entire pregnancy it got
worse and worse, I had my son and came
close to having a blood transfusion, very
close. I technically still need one.
Anyhow, this was over a year ago and i've
been to several specialists for the
problems with anemia. (there wasa bit
of background info)
i am applying for a job that needs my
medical records, and upon checking them
out at the army medical clinic I began
reading what was in it. I ran across
letters my american doctor had recieved
from my german doctor, the results from
various testing he had done. One thing
worried me becuase I was never informed of
this, and since it was in german, I didnt
know, then when it was translated to
english it was just stuck in my file. I
might also ad that my american doctor, was
terrible.
It said upon the results was a possibly
right heart insufficiency. I am upset
because I have no idea what this means,
and quiet frankly, im worried! They
can't find out whats wrong with me to help
me with the severe anemia I have, and if
this was overlooked, maybe this is whats
wrong? Also, it was not technically
overlooked. The german doctor wrote in
the summary that I was to come back in and
have more testing done for test this
possible right heart insufficiency, and I
was never told, or talked to by a doctor
about this. In the letter it says...
With an in-direct indication of a possible
right heart insufficiency by sonography a
complementary trans-thoracic
echocardiography should be preformed.
If the english looks off its probably fro
mthe translation from my insurance
company.
Can anyone please tell me if they
understand anyone this. Becuase im
pretty lost, and pretty upset, about the
whole thing.
I might also note that any time I exersize
I have a very hard time keeping my heart
rate down, doing normal non-stressful
exersizing.
Any comments would be greatly
appreciated. I am taking this up with
my doctor, as soon as I can get an
appointment.
[edited for typing errors]
