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Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS)

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@dwp60

Hi I’m 59 years old have been suffering with digestive issues for years. Just recently I was diagnosed with two small PEs in my left lung. During a follow up CT Scan I was told I have MALs. I’m just starting this journey and have not been able to eat much as well as extreme fatigue and constantly going back and forth to the hospital. I have an upper aortic aneurysm as well as irregular heart beat. I’m not sure what all is going on but I was told my body is deconditioned. I started trying ensure to see if it would help with my lack of eating and the pain in my stomach after I eat. It has not helped. I feel hopeless because so many things seem to be going wrong for me right now. I live in Maryland and will be seeing a Vascular Surgeon very soon. My gastrologist is sending me to Johns Hopkins to meet with a surgeon. He did tell me this was extremely rare.

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Go on Facebook to the MALSGroup. There’s lots of info on mals and doctors

Welcome, @dwp60, You are going through a challenging time medically, you have a lot of diagnosis happening at once. Take this one moment at a time. It sounds like you are on the right track and your physicians are on top of things. Eating is a challenge with MALS and put on top of that PEs, aneurysm and heart irregularities I can understand your feeling of hopelessness. Out of curiosity have you had any past medical history, connective tissue wise? I do wonder if all these are related or not.