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From: H3OPRO@MSN.COM
Date: 4/25/01
Time: 2:33:31 PM
Remote Name: 63.20.78.189
I WAS JUST RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH VASO-VAGAL AND I DONT FULLY UNDERSTAND IT I LISTEN TO MY DOCTOR EXPLAIN IT ONE WAY AND THEN I CAME ON THIS WEB SITE AND LISTENED TO ALL OF YOUR STORIES AND ALTHOUGH ALOT OF THE SYMTOMS ARE THE SAME THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT DONT MATCH OR MAYBE THAT I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND! I HAVE BEEN HAVING ALOT OF FAINTING EPISODES FOR ABOUT 2 1/2 YEARS AND JUST LIKE ALOT OF YOU I HAVE HAD ALL THE TEST DONE BLOOD,EEG,EKG,ECKOCARDIOGRAMS, CATSCANS, MRI, AND JUST RECENTLY A TILT TEST THAT IS THE TEST THAT LED TO MY DIAGNOSIS. WHEN I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO GET THE TILT TEST DONE I WASNT NERVOUS I JUST EXPECTED IT TO BE LIKE ALL THE OTHER TEST AND PRETTY MUCH THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT UNTILL ABOUT 2 MIN. INTO THE TEST WHEN I LOOKED AT THE NURSE AND TOLD HER I WAS GOING TO PASS OUT THAT WAS THE LAST THING I REMEMBERED WHEN I WOKE UP THERE WAS A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE INCLUDING A CARDIOLOGIST WHICH REALLY SCARED ME I WAS VERY UPSET NOT TO MENTION SITTING IN URINE BECAUSE ALOT OF TIMES WHEN THIS HAPPENS I LOSE BLADDER CONTROL! HE ASSURED ME THAT THEY FINALLY FOUND THE PROBLEM!!! HE EXPLAINED A LITTLE OF IT TO ME IN THE HOSPITAL BUT SAID I WOULD HAVE TO SEE A CARDIOLOGIST WHO SPECIALIZED IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY. SO I DID THAT THE VERY SAME DAY THEY WERE RUSHING ME AROUND LIKE I WAS DYING THE WHOLE THING WAS VERY SCARY! THIS DOCTOR EXPLAINED THAT DURING THE TILT TEST MY BLOOD PRESSURE DROPED DANGEROUSLY LOW AND THEN MY HEART STOPPED! FOR A TOTAL OF 64 SECONDS I HAD NO HEART BEAT AT ALL AND THAT I HAD VASO-VAGAL! AT THIS POINT I WAS A MESS I THOUGHT I WAS IN BAD SHAPE.HE THEN SAID THAT HE COULD GO IN AND GIVE ME A PACE MAKER THAT WAY WHEN MY HEART WOULD START TO STOP THE PACE MAKER WOULD KICK IN AND BEAT FOR MY HEART...BUT. BECAUSE I AM ONLY 22 YEARS OLD HE DIDNT WANT TO DO THAT JUST YET SO HE PRESCRIBED BETA BLOKERS (TOPROL) TO SEE IF THAT WOULDNT WORK? IM HOPING IN A WIERD WAY THAT THEY FINALLY DO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BUT AT THE SAME TIME MY "SPELLS" ARE NOT BROUGHT ON BY ANYTHING THEY JUST HAPPEN AND WHILE I WAS READING ALOT OF THE STORIES IT SEEMED LIKE MOST PEOPLE WERE EVEN WATCHING A MOVIE OR GETTING BLOOD TAKEN OR TOTALLY STRESSED OUT? IS THERE ANYONE WHO GETS SPELLS FOR NO REASON?? AND DO THERE SYMTOMS INCLUDE SEVERE HEADACHES? IM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS THE BEST A CAN AND I UNDERSTAND EVERY PERSON ISNT GOING TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY TRUELY DO KNOW WHAT IS WRONG AND THAT IT ISNT SOMETHING ELSE? I JUST RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM BEAUTY SCHOOL INFACT IT WAS ONLY 2 WEEKS BEFORE I WAS DIAGNOSED MY DOCTOR SAID I WAS IN THE WRONG PROFESSION THAT REALLY UPSET ME I WORKED HARD TO GET WHERE I AM AND I FEEL LIKE I WONT BE ABLE TO BE AS SUCSESSFUL AS I WANTED TO BE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT I HAVE TO DO MY JOB STANDING UP! I ALSO HAVE A 2 YEAR OLD SON THAT NEEDS ME SO IF ANYONE CAN GIVE ME ADVISE ON THIS I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT THANKYOU SO MUCH AND I WISH ALL OF YOU WELL..............