Am I the only one needing to vent about my health problems? Thank you all for reading and your comments. R: cardiologist visit 9-10-09, Some fluid around the heart. Pain is manageable for now. Doctor gave me a Rx for generic Medrol. It is a pain medication for my heart, if needed.
Also saw my primary care doctor re: my anxiety issues. He has put be back on generic prozac. I was in tears in his office yesterday. One thing after another seems to be coming my way at this time. I am hopeful and encouraged that the prozac will help.
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Hi Anne
Thanks for your post - it does seem like you're going through a lot right now but you're also being very proactive. I hope the medications work for you and that your heart condition is stable and your anxiety lessons.
Do you have a good support system at home?
September 12, 2009 - 10:27amThis Comment
Thank you for your words of encouragement. Yes, thank goodness, I have a good support system at home. I have been married to the same man for 45 years. We look after each other in all of our unusual encounters medical and otherwise. I have four grown children with 6 grandchildren under the age of 4 yrs old. My children all live within 45 minutes of us and we see them often. Usually one of my children meets me at my doctors visits. This is so they can remind me what was said and to let my working husband know what was said.
I had a bad experience re: my kidney disease about 12 years ago. I was being seen for PKD ( Polycystic Kidney Disease) at the Mayo clinic. My PKD is another chapter in my life story. I had invited my oldest dtr to go with me ( 1st time I had invited her) I was told at that visit I was ready for the kidney transplant list and to return in some? weeks to begin the paperwork. I told my husband what had transpired and figured that was the reason I didn't feel well. My husband called his family members to let them know the news. They wanted information about being a kidney donor. My husband called the doctor at Mayo clinic to find out what to do. The doctor told him he had no idea how I understood I was ready for the transplant list when I wasn't.
I went in to work one morning after my husband had talked with this doctor and was informed by my husband that something was fishy about my appointment. He told me the doctor did not tell me I was ready for the transplant list. I felt like I had been hit in the solar plexis, that my integrity was attacked and my husband was not believing what I had told him. I told him to call our dtr. and left the office not to return for YEARS. My dtr told my husband that what I told him was what she had heard too. This is the time I fell into a major depression with general anxiety. I sought psychiatric counseling from 3 different sources. I finally ended up on prozac and xanex after many different drug tries.
I am glad that that is all behind me. I still have anxiety issues and do not cope well with trying to do more than one task at a time. I used to be one person and today I am another person. But, I keep the warrior attitude and will not let these bumps in the road knock me all the way down.
September 13, 2009 - 3:14pm