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Fainting

From: MIguel
Date: 3/31/00
Time: 7:35:20 AM
Remote Name: 196.3.74.234

VASO VAGAL

From: PAT SULLIVAN

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i PROBABALY HAVE HAD THIS SINCE A CHILD. PASING OUR WHILE GOING TO THE BATHROOM, BUT WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BY ANYONE. I AM A 70YR. OLD MAN AND HAVE HAD BOWEL SYMTOMS FOR ALL OF MY LIFE THAT I CAN REMEMBER.LAST JUNE OF 2001 I HAD A MILD HEART ATTACK AT THIS TIME THEY THOUGHT IT WAS MASSIVE, BECAUSE THEY COULDNOT GET A HEART BEAT OR B/P. I; WOUND UP IN THE CARIOLOGY UNIT AT THE EMERGENCY HOSPITAL. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD 2 SERIOUS ATTACKS, ONE WHEN WE WERE GOING TO IRELAND VIA BOSTON ( I WOUND UP AT BOSTON MED.. CENTER FOR 2 WEEKS THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A BLOCKED VALVE AND PUT A STINT IN. THE NEXT WAS IN THE ER AT KAISER HOSPITAL WHEN MY HEART RATE WAS 27 BEATS PER. THEY SAID IT WAS NOT A HEART ATTACK? SOOO WHAT IS WRONG? THIS IS CRAZY THEY SEEM TO FIND CURES FOR OTHER THINGS, OUR DR. IS TRYING DIFFERENT MEDS. BUT ALL IN VAIN. IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO EAT AND I HAVE LOST A LOT OF WEIGHT. ANY ANSWERS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANK YOU.

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