I am new to all this. I have been symptomatic since 2000. I was a caregiver for developmental adults. I loved my work. After a year I started having horrible chest pain . I was unable to catch my breath. one nite I swelled about 15-20lbs over nite. The next day my mother was in shock she had just seen me a few days earlier. I ignored that and kept on working. I was only 32 at the time. I did not think that this was possibly dangerous. It went on for a few months and I had a really bad night. My chest was hurting so bad I was in tears. I went to the hostpital. They dismissed me. My cardiac enzymes were skyhigh my ekg was abnormal. They told me it was probably anxiety and sent me home with ativan. I went to local doctors Had angiograms that were normal, stress tests even an echo. They told me my heart was enlarged but that was normal for me. My symptoms worsened i was blacking out at work. I did not know what to do at my witts end. I went thru this for 3 years. The last visit to my local cardiologist I told him my pain was worse he told me sometimes we dont have all the answers and He couldnt do anymore for me. I went to my primary and got a referral to Stanford university medical center. I was diagnosed 3 months later. I wore a holter monitor for 1 month it showed I had vt and was given a icd in march. I feel better knowing. I do take 300mg of toprol xl,20mg of norvasc,20mglasex and nitro prn. I am still with the same symptoms. Have not been able to work. I am a single mother of 3 and recently gave my house up and moved in with my mom. I have applied for ssi disability was denied and now are appealing my denial. I want to work but Its impossible at times. I am a liability(I was told) Im only trained to do what ive been doing and that is really hard on me since my patients weigh over a 100lbs and Im advised to only lift 10lbs. Im so frustrated! I hate this and dont know if I will be able to be alrite with all this! PlEASE HELP ME!
Angela
Angela
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