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Update from.....Izzy
Hopalong:
Aww, Izz, that must have been terrifying.
Sounds like asthma, too, but I hear pneumonia can feel a lot like it.
I'm so sorry.
But what a beautiful place you've gotten about love and letting go.
Sure enough, you let go of what couldn't nourish you and you made
space for someone like Karla's love and light to come in.
And you've given as much as you've received...probably more.
love to you
Hops
lighter:
IzZy, you're a GIANT....
your intestinal fortitude blots
out
the
sun.
Lighter
Izzy_*now*:
Thanks guys,
--and now for yet another phase in the life of Izzy.
The dizziness and shortness of breath never left, so I felt I had been misdiagnosed and searched Google for symptoms and conditions. I settled on pulmonary hypertension.
Yet being tied up 5 days a week I didn't get to my doctor. I had 2 Wound Care days, 2 Therapy days and one Housekeeping day, then the world disappeared for the weekend. When I finally decided I'd better get to the doctor, he just said I still had pneumonia. WELL!!!! I never thought of that and went for x-rays etc.
NOW the x-rays tell us I have congestive heart failure! Whooppee!
What the hell went wrong? I was too busy? Dr. was negligent? How long have I been over-taxing my heart? 4 years, 45 years? Well I sure felt at times that the strain would blow apart my heart and lungs at the same time--------------------- but I don't even catch a cold!!!!!!
For now it's a diuretic to rid my lungs of water, and another x-ray in 2 weeks, see Dr. again at that time.
Am in touch with my brother, the sensible one, and..........................
Wonder of wonders, D wrote to ask if I were safe from the forest fires. There was no special thrill in that considering our pasts, but I hadn't seen the word "Mom" in such a long time!
Th-th-th-th-that's all for now folks!
Love
Izzy
Hopalong:
My gosh, Izz. I can't believe you have another thing on the medical list. I'm so sorry.
I hope the meds ease breathing very quickly. Please let us know...
I don't know if the doc was negligent but it sure seems like one gets x-rays to diagnose pneumonia these days...maybe it's a different view they take to also image the heart?
I'm really sorry.
And smoking or not, you've had years of terrible pain and I wonder if battling
that literally strains the heart. My periods of serious back pain that seldom let up felt
to me like heart-straining times...
((((((((((((IZZ)))))))))))))))).
Wish I could bring there just to hang out for a cuppa chamomile and listen to something mellow.
love
Hops
lighter:
Hi Izz.....
Sorry to hear about yet another DX.
I had a friend who lived with congestive heart failure for years. She slept sitting up, not that your case is exactly the same. My point is...it was her kidneys that got her in the end. Not her heart. The condition can be managed though the symptoms must have been very frightening.
I hope they get the pnumonia knocked out with antibiotics. You so deserve a moment's rest.
Lighter
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