Leslie's Journal

I am going to an allergist next Friday to see what is causing my leg pain....especially in the upper legs. I pray it is not the warfarin. I also have stomach bloating. I just got off my statin about 5 days ago...I pray that is the culprit and Amiodarone is still in my system. I will report my findings and maybe this will help someone else in the group.

I am 8 weeks out and my sternum for the most part appears to be healing. How ever the lump above the incision and the end of the incision appears to be tender especially when getting out of the laying position. Xrays that have been taken and CT that was taken very early on appears to okay as docs never mentioned anything. Not sure if I should ice it, heat it or leave it alone. Or go to an orthopedic to make sure they put me back together properly. Any ideas or shares would be helpful.

Hodgekin's lymphoma survivor getting a mechanical mitral valve on Monday in Budapest. If anyone out there who was radiated back on th 80s have any stories to share it would be great. I also have some curvature of the spine worried that they won't be able to put me back together again.

I have a really badly calcified mitral valve from radiation therapy (Hodgekin'sLymphoma as child. I get irregular heartbeats because of it. I had a bad episode 10 days ago and I guess due to that I retained water. Nothing in my ankles. But in my back and stomach. I did feel sore in my back the next day. I even did a light workout last Thursday and did some work. Internet went down. Took a nap and woke up around midnight. Could not lay down and breathe. Checked my oxygen levels and they were down to mid eighties with my pulse oximeter.Took a taxi to the emergency room. I coded in the waiting room. It took about 6 hours for me to breathe on my own. I am getting my heart regulated. I took an angiogram and there is no significant heart disease. So I just need a mechanical mitral valve. So after almost dying twice in Just over a year a stroke in January 2023. I guess I need to get sliced. I will be called scar body. A huge scar from 40 years ago on my tummy and now the breastbone. Not sure when or what happens next. I think I will be home for a few weeks. I shared this to make sure if anyone who has arrythmia to get attention right away. And if you or anyone you knows has trouble breathing and has major water retention even in hard to see places go to the hospital. It almost took me out quick. Feeling scared and bless.Les

I had an abalation in 2017 and have at least some mitral valve regurgitation. Today I am having an episode of irregular heartbeat via blood pressure machine. Blood pressure is a bit high,,,,But I my heart rate is not high around 75 beats per minute. It seem steady as I keep taking my blood pressure....I took a high dose of Magnesium....about an hour ago....670 mg magnesium Carbonate and 342 Magnesium Oxide....it is in powder form....has anyone had irregular heartbeat with high levels of magnesium and since my heartrate is in a very normal range is it really bad? I do not take bloodthinners and it seems in only have irregular heart beat once in a while but it is never in tachycardia. Is having just an irregular heartbeat a lot safer than having tachycardia? Thanks for any posts))