Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Posted by mbarrons60 @mbarrons60, May 23 1:20pm

I’m being diagnosed with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. I’m waiting on catheters Right and left to be done to confirm their diagnosis. What is the treatment options or surgical procedures?

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Janell, Volunteer Mentor | @jlharsh | May 29 6:40pm

In reply to @mbarrons60 "I don’t know. My insurance denied the procedures and we had to appeal. They just approved..." + (show)

Any news on the insurance approval front @mbarrons60 ?

mbarrons60 | @mbarrons60 | May 31 7:37am

Yes finally the appeal was approved! It’s scheduled for June 12th. Looking forward to getting some answers hopefully.

Janell, Volunteer Mentor | @jlharsh | May 31 11:32am

In reply to @mbarrons60 "Yes finally the appeal was approved! It’s scheduled for June 12th. Looking forward to getting some..." + (show)

Great new @mbarrons60 , you have to feel some relief. I hope you come back and report how you are doing and what you find out.

How are you feeling?

mbarrons60 | @mbarrons60 | May 31 8:53pm

I’m feeling about the same. Blood ox is still in the 80’s if I don’t have my oxygen on. Still out of breath. The last couple of weeks I’ve had problems with my blood pressure. With my Addison’s disease, it flares up when I’m under any kind of stress. It makes me have orthostatic hypotension. For example: sitting down my BP is 70/46 and when I stand up is drops to 54/38 and I start to pass out. So I have to lay down to bring it up.
The Endocrinologist increased my meds this week. Hopefully they help.

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