I know that my old Dr. from San Antonio who is a quadriplegic and works in SCI rehab has often been open for consultation. His name is Dr. Mark Fredrickson: https://www.sharecare.com/doctor/dr-mark-d-fredrickson
If you have any trouble getting a hold of him, please let me know and I can get you his Facebook contact. Aaron Mann On Fri, Jul 2, 2021 at 5:07 PM Greg <g...@eskimo.com> wrote: > Ever since I went to the hospital to have my hearts e-flutter fixed, I > haven't been doing too well. The flutter seems to have stopped, but I > have all kinds of new things. At first they thought it was my diaphragm > getting paralyzed from the anesthesia, but that's been too long now. > Then they thought it was some lung issues, but that's been ruled out. > Then they said it was a heart issue, but that seems to be okay too. My > symptoms are that I get very dizzy, my blood pressure gets very low ( > like 74 / 45), my chest gets heavy, it's very hard to breathe, I breathe > like I just run around the block too many times. If I do anything like > typing, just a few words exhaust me. Just eating a few bites wears me > out. Now I'm going to a neurologist and they want to do a EMG test, that > will test if my diaphragm is fluttering or spasming. I was fine right up > until the heart procedure to fix an a-flutter. Most of the time my blood > pressure is okay, my oxygen levels are in the high nineties. And > sometimes my blood pressure is fine I still feel out of breath and > exhausted and breathe very heavy. > > I've often had autonomic dysreflexia but that makes my blood pressure go > up. The neurologist said it could be something to do with dysautonomia, > never really heard of that, but she said it's kind of the opposite of > dysreflexia making blood pressure go down. But no idea what would have > caused it. > > anyone go through anything like this? It's been very hard to breathe off > and on. They have me on a BiPAP at night to make it easier to breathe > and sleep. > > My next doc will be a SCI doc, but my old one moved. Anyone go to one > who specializes in SCI? > > Thanks much > Greg > >
