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We can live a long time with this disease that cannot be cured but only treated-operated when something happens urgently. The medicine we need is to keep our blood fats low and baby aspirin.
My FMD was discovered last year after acute rotational vertigo with vomiting when I became unsteady and all my symptoms I had then I still have today. It is in the brain and both carotid arteries, nothing else has been investigated.
I have numbness in my lower legs and forearms and both cheeks.
I have a hard pressure forehead and headache evenly light in the morning and worse in the evening/evening. I have a "ringing" tinnitus that sometimes becomes pulsating, also slightly sore eyes and get easily tired, I work 4 days a week. The pain in the carotid arteries goes up and down which sometimes becomes stabbing pain but now a calmer period.
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Thank you for your kind reply. I don’t take the aspirin any more unless I get chest pains which I will discuss with my doc. Same with lifting, bending too. Just taking it all in stride as my body ages. I consider myself truly lucky to have made it this far. Every day from here on out is a bonus to be appreciated. Best to you and it is great that you got to go to India. Wow! and, got help there too. It is good to know you are there and experiencing similar circumstances. 😊