sammeesmee
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Where do I go from here?? I will make a very long story short! I delivered a baby boy on 11/28/09. I felt awful after, gained a lot of weight, felt like I couldn't breathe when I layed down etc.. Needless to say 6 weeks later I was diagnosed with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, with an ejection fraction of 45%, which it is still at today. I am on Coreg and Lisinopril for that.
Fast forward to today, I still feel awful. I am having trouble functioning day to day and I have 3 kids that need me. I am weak, tired, chest pain off and on, dizzy, cramping and numbness in right arm, both legs and feet, headaches, just don't feel right. Cardio has essentially cleared me saying I will be on meds for life and I should feel a lot better than I do. I have had echos, ekgs, heart cath.
I have been to my primary care numerous times thinking something else has to be wrong. Current lab work was all "normal." I have been reading it the only things off are Vitamin B12, reference range 211-946, mine is 197. Ferritin reference range 11.0-396.8, mine is 12.0. He said they are fine. I called him about the B12 asking if I could try and injection and see if that helped any of my symptoms, he said no. I ended up in the ER this week with burning, cramping and numbness in extremties (sp). He referred me to an neurologist and for an MRI/MRA, I cant see him until July. HELP!! My life is passing by before my eyes, and the people who love me most are loosing patience. Any suggestions.
Fast forward to today, I still feel awful. I am having trouble functioning day to day and I have 3 kids that need me. I am weak, tired, chest pain off and on, dizzy, cramping and numbness in right arm, both legs and feet, headaches, just don't feel right. Cardio has essentially cleared me saying I will be on meds for life and I should feel a lot better than I do. I have had echos, ekgs, heart cath.
I have been to my primary care numerous times thinking something else has to be wrong. Current lab work was all "normal." I have been reading it the only things off are Vitamin B12, reference range 211-946, mine is 197. Ferritin reference range 11.0-396.8, mine is 12.0. He said they are fine. I called him about the B12 asking if I could try and injection and see if that helped any of my symptoms, he said no. I ended up in the ER this week with burning, cramping and numbness in extremties (sp). He referred me to an neurologist and for an MRI/MRA, I cant see him until July. HELP!! My life is passing by before my eyes, and the people who love me most are loosing patience. Any suggestions.