I have a leaky heart valve

[gja1000]

The drugstore should have a cuff, for sure. I just bought a manual cuff at walgreens for 15.00. If you don't know how to take a bp manually, then get an automatic cuff. It will cost a little more. It is something everyone should have just to check their own bp every now and then, or frequently, if there is a problem.

Many people have white coat syndrome, where the bp is higher in the office, even in the absence of stress or anxiety - we have no clue why it happens to some people. Others are stressed and anxious about being in the dr. office.

Anyway, if you think you might be having a bp problem, then you should be checking it at home. High blood pressure can cause so many problems, and it is so easily treated!!!

[Mandy]

Try not to panic, there is so much they can do these days, i hope you get results soon, it will ease your mind.
Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers always!!

[Forgivenmom5]

Judy you will be in my prayers. When I first suspected I had cancer I went online and that is one reason I didn't go to the doctor. I really thought it was hopeless so I have learned not to rely on the internet for medical information. Maybe this will be simple to treat and you will feel better soon.

[Shada]

Thinking of you Judy and praying this will turn out to be nothing serious.

{{HUGS}}

[judy]

I'm going for a blood test on Thursday. Jessie said she is coming with me on Monday for the cardiology tests. I'm not sure that will work. I think it may take several hours. I'm having an EKG, an echo cardiogram, a cardiac consultation to see if I can take a stress test, and a chest x-ray to see the size of my heart.

They are thorough up here!!! I think I will know whatever I need to within the next 2 weeks.

I'm watching Dr., Phil right now and they're talking about a lack of energy, etc. associated with menopause. I'm already on a very low dose of FHT, which I just cut down to 3/week. I have been on them for 12 years now and really do not want to continue for too long. Bioidentical hormones sound pretty safe, but I have symptoms that are not helped by that kind. (Or so I was told).

Truthfully, I do not trust doctors 100%. I have seen diagnoses match the specialist you see way too often. I have also been told so many different things about the same issue by different doctors. Medical science is not an absolute.

I do think I trust an EKG, etc. though - so we will see.

[Janet]

I watched that show too, well I had it on. It was a rerun and I wanted to hear it again, while I cleaned cabinets. I was taking Premarin for too long and decided to try something else. I went with the Black CoHosh and it didn't so a thing for me. Didn't have night sweats, but kept having hot flashes throughout the day. Quit taking those and now I'm trying something called New Phase. It seems to work pretty well so far.

[DianaB]

Keep us posted, Judy, on how things go! {{{{{Hugs}}}}}