Mom can't find a diagnoises for symptoms.

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My mom is 62 years old. She had her heart checked last year for

everything and all was real good. She just had her blood taken to

test for a thyroid problem or possibly a problem with her liver or

kidneys. No problems shown for any of those areas. Her symptoms are:

she feels like she has pressure in the center of her chest. The

pressure comes and goes. One thing that she noticed resently is if

she eats when she feels the pressure it goes away. It doesn't seem to

matter what she eats. As far as she knows it is not triggered by any

particular food either. She eats fairly well. She is not a junk

food

eater. Maybe just a little hear and there. Doesn't eat red meat.

Any meats that she does eat is in small portions. She eats a wide

variety of fruits and vegetables. She may have a half or one coke a

day if she has one at all. She likes decaf. tea. She is using

Splenda, but the pressure started before she started using this. She

is lactose intolerant. She has trouble tolerating different

supplements. She is in the 2nd stage of osteoporosis. Her weight is

normal for her height. Has anyone else had this type of pressure or

know what could be causeing it? I believe she may have a problem

with

systemic yeast, but it bothers her to take Grapefruit Seed Extract,

which I use for my son with autism. All suggestions and knowledge

are

appreciated.

Thank you,

April

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Hi April - I would recommend that your mom removes splenda & coke from here

diet immediately. Although you say she only started on the splenda after the

problems started, there could be a build up of aspartame in her system. Try

agave or stevia for sweetening instead of these artificial time bombs. She

should stop eating ANY processed/junk food and get onto good organic food (as

much as she can afford anyway) - give that a couple of weeks and I bet she

starts to feel the benefit. Once she has got this regime under way, she can

start to eliminate other things from her diet if her problems are not yet

cured.

 

She must keep having checks for the problem with her dr though until the

problem either goes away or they diagnose what causes it.

 

Hope this helps a little.

 

Marianne

 

 

> > My mom is 62 years old. She had her heart checked last year for

> > everything and all was real good. She just had her blood taken to

> > test for a thyroid problem or possibly a problem with her liver or

> > kidneys. No problems shown for any of those areas. Her symptoms

> are:

> > she feels like she has pressure in the center of her chest. The

> > pressure comes and goes. One thing that she noticed resently is if

> > she eats when she feels the pressure it goes away. It doesn't seem

> to

> > matter what she eats. As far as she knows it is not triggered by

> any

> > particular food either. She eats fairly well. She is not a junk

> > food

> > eater. Maybe just a little hear and there. Doesn't eat red meat.

> > Any meats that she does eat is in small portions. She eats a wide

> > variety of fruits and vegetables. She may have a half or one coke

> a

> > day if she has one at all. She likes decaf. tea. She is using

> > Splenda, but the pressure started before she started using this.

> She

> > is lactose intolerant. She has trouble tolerating different

> > supplements. She is in the 2nd stage of osteoporosis. Her weight

> is

> > normal for her height. Has anyone else had this type of pressure

> or

> > know what could be causeing it? I believe she may have a problem

> > with

> > systemic yeast, but it bothers her to take Grapefruit Seed Extract,

> > which I use for my son with autism. All suggestions and knowledge

> > are

> > appreciated.

> > Thank you,

> > April

>

 

 

 

 

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Monday, December 30, 2002 7:12 PM

Mom can't find a diagnoises for symptoms.

 

 

> My mom is 62 years old. She had her heart checked last year for

> everything and all was real good. She just had her blood taken to

> test for a thyroid problem or possibly a problem with her liver or

> kidneys. No problems shown for any of those areas. Her symptoms

are:

> she feels like she has pressure in the center of her chest. The

> pressure comes and goes. One thing that she noticed resently is if

> she eats when she feels the pressure it goes away. It doesn't seem

to

> matter what she eats. As far as she knows it is not triggered by

any

> particular food either. She eats fairly well. She is not a junk

> food

> eater. Maybe just a little hear and there. Doesn't eat red meat.

> Any meats that she does eat is in small portions. She eats a wide

> variety of fruits and vegetables. She may have a half or one coke

a

> day if she has one at all. She likes decaf. tea. She is using

> Splenda, but the pressure started before she started using this.

She

> is lactose intolerant. She has trouble tolerating different

> supplements. She is in the 2nd stage of osteoporosis. Her weight

is

> normal for her height. Has anyone else had this type of pressure

or

> know what could be causeing it? I believe she may have a problem

> with

> systemic yeast, but it bothers her to take Grapefruit Seed Extract,

> which I use for my son with autism. All suggestions and knowledge

> are

> appreciated.

> Thank you,

> April

 

For the first 4 months after I was diagnosed with diabetes, I

was taking glyburide. One of the " side effects " of the glyburide was

the pressure on my chest whenever I ate or drank more than a mouthful

of water. I talked to my doctor & she just shrugged it off, saying

that was not one of the listed side effects of that drug.

 

I suspect that many pharm drugs have side effects which are

not well documented. As many people your mom's age are on several

different scrip drugs, it may be worth looking into.

 

Alobar