I’m off to my PCP tomorrow, but will also have a day full of fun! testing. I can’t wait! I can’t believe it didn’t dawn on me earlier that this was the source of my recent angst and anxiety, but I was blaming it completely and totally on the election. No doubt that had something to contribute as well, but when the election was over and the anxiety remained, well, I was forced to reconsider the source. Tomorrow I’ll finally have the echo that has the potential to pinpoint secondary pulmonary hypertension as a factor in the recent increase in my short-of-breath feeling. Or not. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) can’t be absolutely diagnosed without a right heart catheter procedure, but it can often be detected via echo and as such they do that first (being less invasive and all that). If they find nothing, I don’t know what the next step will be – I don’t know if they’re going to push further for a right heart cath, or if they’re only doing the echo to satisfy me and shut me up and will be convinced that I do not, in fact, have PH as a contributing factor. I guess I’ll find out soon enough, but it’s BUD who ordered this test and I don’t have an appointment with him again until Jan. I think. I’m pretty sure my PCP will refer me wherever I need/want to go, but I don’t want to step on any toes along the way since they share a computer system now. Oh well, no point in worrying about it too much tonight, I will just wait and see what tomorrow brings. I have the dr. appt. before the echo appt., so I won’t actually get to hear any results until who knows when, but I think I can see them online maybe. I’ll ask about that for sure, as I don’t want to be waiting until Jan. for someone to tell me what’s up. Waiting is enough to drive a person insane.
It is strange but true that the exact Cause of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension is yet to be ascertained. However, researchers in this regard suggest that certain diet drugs (appetite suppressants) can make a person more prone to developing this fatal condition.Primary Pulmonary Hypertension is basically a disorder of the blood vessels wherein the pressure in the pulmonary artery rises above normal levels, thereby posing a life-threatening risk. Several diseases or causative factors, largely unknown, may lead to the malfunctioning denoted by the term Primary Pulmonary Hypertension…
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