I have learned a plethora of information through the years with regard to these tumors. They can be benign or malignant, and people who have sustained attacks don’t live long unless they’re found and treated immediately, because large amounts of adrenaline can be toxic to the myocardium. I have always had episodic attacks, but even then my BP has reached hypertensive crisis (220/114) necessitating an anti- hypertensive bolus into my I.V line to bring that pressure down quickly. Lucky for me I have no known Coronary artery disease, but this condition escaped detection by some of the best clinicians in their fields, because it’s not the first or even the second consideration that comes into their minds. My BPs never went above 96/65, and when I hit 32 they started going up to 140/90, yet not one doctor, other than a nephrologist thought to suggest that I could have a secondary (malignant hypertension) cause for this increase. It made sense to me, because there was no other reason for these elevations; I was underweight, didn’t smoke, wasn’t hyperthyroid, and didn’t have CAD. I’m slightly apprehensive about having to undergo surgery, but these spells are having a cumulative effect, and have even caused me to develop heart failure, so God willing, I’ll make it. It’s good to know I’m not alone.