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From: JIM
MY PROBLEMS STARTED AFTER AN INJURY, I FELL 2 1/2 YEARS HURTING MY NECK,SHOULDER, ARM AND LOWER BACK.OVER TIME I NOTICED A RINGIN G IN MY LEFT EAR, I ASKED MY DOCTOR IF THIS COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO MY FALL ?. HE SAID NO. THEN I STARTED HAVING THESE DIZZY SPELLS THAT ONLY CAME ON WHEN I LAUGH. I MENTIONED THAT TO MY DOCTOR, HE THEN TOLD ME HE DIDN'T THINK IT COULD BE FROM MY FALL EITHER AND TOLD ME TO SEE MY REGULAR DOCTOR AS HE WAS MY INJURY DOCTOR. I WENT TO MY REGULAR DOCTOR WHO SENT ME TO A NUROLOGIST, AFTER A BRAIN SCAN AND AN E.C.G. HE COULD'NT THINK OF ANYTHING, AND I HAD SHOWN HIM HOW I COULD STRAIN AND PASS OUT. THAT MADE HIM A BELIEVER. HE SENT ME TO THE CARDIOLOGIST WHO DID DOPPLER STUDIES OF MY NECK AND MY HEART AND NO LUCK THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. LAST SATURDAY EVENING IT CAME ON OUT OF NOWHERE. I WENT TO THE E.R. WHERE THE DOCTOR CHECKED ME OUT AND SAID I DIN'T SEE ANY CAUSE FOR YOUR PROBLEM AND WAS TELLING ME I'D NEED TO GO BACK TO THE CARDIOLOGIST, WHEN I SAID HOW ABOUT I SHOW YOU, LET YOU SEE IT HAPPEN ? HE SAID CAN WE DO THAT ?. I TOLD HIM I COULD STRAIN AND HE COULD WATCH MY PULSE. I HAD READ ABOUT THE VAGAL NERVE AND IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE YOUR PULSE WOULD SLOW DOWN HE PUT HIS STETHASCOPE ON MY ARM AND SAID GO AHEAD, THEN HE SAYS THAT'S GOOD, SENT THE NURSE FOR A HEART MONITOR AND WE DID IT AGAIN. THAT DID IT MY PULSE WENT FROM 75 BEATS A MINUTE TO 45 BEATS IN JUST SECONDS. THATS ALL IT TOOK. NOW HE DIAGNOSISED ME WITH CAROTID HYPERSENSITIVITY AN TOLD ME TO SEE MY CARDIOLOGIST AGAIN. OH AND NOW I CAN'T DRIVE MY CAR, I HAVE TO GET MORE TESTS, BUT THE REAL KICKER IS I FELL AT WORK AND AS OF DEC. 31, 2005 I KNOW LONGER HAVE MEDICAL INSURANCE. SO IF YOUR A DOCTOR AND NEED A TEST DUMMY I MIGHT BE IT. I'M RUNNING OUT OF LUCK. JIM. (209) 996-5436