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Was recently diagnosed with V-V

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I recently went to a surgeon who had me fill out a medical history sheet before surgery. While in his office, he asked me about fainting spells that I had put on the medical sheet. He asked me about them and I told him that I did not know why I fainted, however, I had done this since I was 10 years old and I am now 43. I explained to him that I had been to numerous drs and had every test imagineable ran and to no avail. One dr even said that I made myself faint. Yeah!!! Right!!! Well he mentioned that my symptoms sounded like V-V. I immediately went home and got on the net and guess what - it's me in a nutshell. I had not known anyone with the same condition and I was lost. Even though there is no cure - at least I know what I have and that in itself is peace of mind. I pass out when I get overheated, get sick, and such. I have had incontinence and have no control except that I know it's going to happen right before it does. I know now that I have to get down to the floor no matter where I am when an episode comes on. I have many instances where I have hurt myself from passing out and it is not fun. There is no rhyme or reason and to how many times I pass out or when. I am really glad that I have found out what is wrong with me. It's a relief.

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