I am without insurance and am relucant to
go to the doctor. I could use some
advice with my symptoms. For the past
year, I have been suffering from severe
pain between my shoulder blades - mostly
on the left side. I have numbness and
tingling in my left hand and foot that has
been getting worse lately - there is also
coldness. My left hand feels weak all
the time. I have recently noticed heart
palpatations shortly after eating and when
I lay down - my ears seem to ring after
eating and mostely in the evening. I
started taking my blood pressure, which is
on the low side and I also started
monitoring my blood sugars - which are
running between 80-96. I really think my
pain is muscular, but I can't help but
worry about stroke, etc. Does anyone
have any symptoms like this or advice for
me? I am 38 years old and going through
menopause due to a historectomy 10 years
ago. I do take hrt. :(
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yaddayadda
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 1
Back Pain Posted: 06-15-05 22:34pm
Actually sounds like you are suffering
from gerd (acid reflux). Not all of your
symptoms match, but quite a few do. Gerd
can cause the palpitations, especially
after eating and lying down. It can also
cause quite a bit of back pain.
Try cutting down on smoking, alcohol,
caffeine, tomato based foods, chocolate,
and citrus anything. I know it sounds
difficult, why don't I add a vow of
celibacy to all that too? But, all those
worked for me(except for the celibacy
thing of course). Check out http://forums.Heartburn-help.C
om/
lots of friendly people there
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Re: Strange Symptoms Posted: 06-16-05 06:29am
poutylips
wrote:
i am without insurance and
am relucant to go to the doctor. I
could use some advice with my symptoms.
For the past year, I have been suffering
from severe pain between my shoulder
blades - mostly on the left side. I
have numbness and tingling in my left hand
and foot that has been getting worse
lately - there is also coldness. My
left hand feels weak all the time. I
have recently noticed heart palpatations
shortly after eating and when I lay down -
my ears seem to ring after eating and
mostely in the evening. I started
taking my blood pressure, which is on the
low side and I also started monitoring my
blood sugars - which are running between
80-96. I really think my pain is
muscular, but I can't help but worry about
stroke, etc. Does anyone have any
symptoms like this or advice for me? I
am 38 years old and going through
menopause due to a historectomy 10 years
ago. I do take hrt.
:(
i know it can be expensive to bite the
bullet and go to the doctor but there is
no good advice anyone can safely give to
you other then to reccomend to go see a
real doctor! You could be sick and easily
treated now but if you wait it could
become worse and even more expensive.
Good luck and keep us informed as to how
you fare out there!
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poutylips
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 May 2005 Posts: 3
Strange Symptoms Posted: 06-20-05 20:13pm
I agree with the heartburn
theory.........I am trying to cut down on
food that gives me acid reflux - I was
diagnosed with a small hiatal hernia a few
years ago - maybe that is what the problem
is - thanks to everyone who responded. I
finally became insured............It took
long enough - trying to get insurance on
your own and not through an
employer.....But finally I got it - plan
to see the doctor if these symptoms don't
improve......Has anyone heard of drinking
aloe vera juice for stomach problems -
does it work?
Pouty
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 06-21-05 06:13am
There is a group of health food nuts that
believe that natural stuff will "heal" the
body. You can try it but I would not
touch it until the doctor has had a chance
to look at you and come up with a
treatment plan. Tell him/her that you
want to try aloe juice and see if it will
harm any med you are on.
They may prescribe axid or nexium to stop
the reflux and then do surgery for the
hernia and get you all fixed up. I dont
buy into any of those buy these "all
natural" crap ingredients we have packaged
and sold to people to sell to other people
with the promise of making big bucks and
no payouts for the people buying the
stuff. I hate the ponzi scam industry!!
