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Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Jul 23 1:10pm | Replies (9)
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Oh my goodness Debra, you have no idea how much hope you have given me! My cardiologist (not Mayo) told me a couple months ago that I had small vessel disease and there was nothing more they could do for me. He told me to just wake up and be positive every morning and chose to live a long life. I pray that the doctors at Mayo are able to get to the root cause of my cardiac problems. My health is quickly declining and this is definitely helping me stay positive!
Ps… yep… it’s terribly hot here lol!
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I am so glad you are on board with the Mayo Clinic now! And I am so glad you found Connect. I know from experience that a lot of times we get thrown into heart disease categories that we may not have because it's not the garden variety heart disease the doctors are used to dealing with.
You know what my doctor told me after the small vessel disease diagnosis? He said drink more water. Drink more water? I am not much of a water drinker, but I could not imagine how that would help stop the chest pain and shortness of breath. Oh, and it didn't help! And I also kept getting worse.
Boy oh boy! I hope you keep me posted on your journey.
When I first joined Connect I stalked the groups and read all I could. I not only learned a lot, but when I first posted, I felt like I had met friends I didn't know I needed. It brought comfort to know I could reach out and someone would hold my hand virtually.
And we are hair twins! I have curly hair too. Wish I had a nickel for every time I heard how lucky I was to have such curly hair!! 🙂