Big Daddy's House
09-26-2009, 03:43 PM
This is kind of a very touchy subject and it might not be pleasant to talk about, but have any of you had or have this type of heart condition at all? The only other thing other than medicine, taking things slow and a strict diet, is a heart transplant or a defibralator implanted it the chest which would help send small mild shock treatment to the heart if or when it misfires. It doesn't neccesarily mean that the heart has stopped working and had to be restarted. It simply means that the heart has been somewhat damaged over a period or time from this condition having gone untreated. Had I known this years ago before all this came about, I would have tried to get help! Now I am on disability and I can't do any strenuous work at all. Only light duty work, and it has to involve sitting down.
It mainly comes from the heart beating irregularly over a long period of time, mainly for decades. It has happened to me, and now it has happened to a friend of mine. Some of my siblings once told me that our mom had also suffered with it before SHE died. And she died after having had a series of strokes over time.
What actually happens is that the heart doesn't beat properly. It usually skips beating, or it will beat kind of fast for short periods and then return to normal beating. During that time, blood clots can evenually form because the blood has thickened somewhat, paving the way for clots to form. Those clots can travel from any part of the body, mainly the legs, to either the heart or the brain, causing either a stroke or a heart attack! Either thing is extremely dangerous.
Also, fluid begins to build up in the body. It is most moticable by the ankles and feet being swolen. A build-up of fluid in the body can travel to the lungs where it sets up housekeeping there and makes breathing awfully difficult. In worst cases like mine, you'll start having shortness-of-breath attacks, making you feel like you are drowning in your own body fluids or that a small child jumped on your back is choking you to death!!
My friend was not able to sleep for almost a week! His breathing troubles kept him from being able to sleep at all. I've experienced that very unpleasant thing, and it is nothing to take lightly at all!
I almost died from this three years ago, and I was forced to practically change my whole lifestyle! I was in the hospital once, had a relapse and had to go back three weeks later! Thank God that I haven't had to go back. Now a friend of mine has the condition. He's in the hospital right now as we speak. Though his condition seems much milder than mine was, he, too, has to change his lifestyle.
It also comes from years of having high blood pressure. I point out that myself and my friend are both obese. He also has been diagnosed with diabetes like me. Now we BOTH have to change lifestyles to a more stress-free and healthier one.
If you ever have an irregular heartbeat and experience breathing difficulties - especially when you're trying to sleep, then get to the emergency room for immediate medical help right away!! Don't play around with this, as it could be a matter of life and death!
This is a very serious disease that can kill you if you don't try to control it!! Also, it could mean that you'll be on life-saving medicine for the rest of your life! You might have to take more than one medicine. Thank you.
It mainly comes from the heart beating irregularly over a long period of time, mainly for decades. It has happened to me, and now it has happened to a friend of mine. Some of my siblings once told me that our mom had also suffered with it before SHE died. And she died after having had a series of strokes over time.
What actually happens is that the heart doesn't beat properly. It usually skips beating, or it will beat kind of fast for short periods and then return to normal beating. During that time, blood clots can evenually form because the blood has thickened somewhat, paving the way for clots to form. Those clots can travel from any part of the body, mainly the legs, to either the heart or the brain, causing either a stroke or a heart attack! Either thing is extremely dangerous.
Also, fluid begins to build up in the body. It is most moticable by the ankles and feet being swolen. A build-up of fluid in the body can travel to the lungs where it sets up housekeeping there and makes breathing awfully difficult. In worst cases like mine, you'll start having shortness-of-breath attacks, making you feel like you are drowning in your own body fluids or that a small child jumped on your back is choking you to death!!
My friend was not able to sleep for almost a week! His breathing troubles kept him from being able to sleep at all. I've experienced that very unpleasant thing, and it is nothing to take lightly at all!
I almost died from this three years ago, and I was forced to practically change my whole lifestyle! I was in the hospital once, had a relapse and had to go back three weeks later! Thank God that I haven't had to go back. Now a friend of mine has the condition. He's in the hospital right now as we speak. Though his condition seems much milder than mine was, he, too, has to change his lifestyle.
It also comes from years of having high blood pressure. I point out that myself and my friend are both obese. He also has been diagnosed with diabetes like me. Now we BOTH have to change lifestyles to a more stress-free and healthier one.
If you ever have an irregular heartbeat and experience breathing difficulties - especially when you're trying to sleep, then get to the emergency room for immediate medical help right away!! Don't play around with this, as it could be a matter of life and death!
This is a very serious disease that can kill you if you don't try to control it!! Also, it could mean that you'll be on life-saving medicine for the rest of your life! You might have to take more than one medicine. Thank you.