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Medical Forum / General / Cardiology / March 2008tightness in chest while taking Lasix
First of all let me say that I realize this is a question for the doctor. Unfortunately my husband has refused to contact him. A week ago the doctor put my husband on Lasix. He has fluid around the lungs. He has already had many tests trying to determine the cause of the fluid and so far no luck. Luckily they have ruled out cancer. The cardio thought it was possible that the fluid had a cardiological origin. My husband has afib. He had quadruple bypass three years ago, and according the the echocardiogram he had a small heart attack some time during or right after the surgery. This blew our minds since nobody knew it until the echo. It does not show on an EKG. In any case the cardio said the heart attack did not damamge the heart at all. So - he put him on Lasix. This morning my husband tells me that he woke up during the night and his chest felt like a "vice was squeezing" it. Of course he didn't wake me. He said he drank about 8 oz of water and the feeling went away in about 10 minutes. He told me this has happened twice since starting the Lasix last week. Does this sound like a reaction to the Lasix. He does not drink enough fluids, that's for sure, but he will now if I have to give it to him rectally! In addition to the Lasix he takes Lisinopril which he's only been on for about a month. We have an appointment with the cardio in three days. Can it wait until then? What do you think? > First of all let me say that I realize this is a question for the > doctor. Unfortunately my husband has refused to contact him. Would suggest you contact your husband's doctor on his behalf as his wife. Be hungry... be healthy... be hungrier... be blessed: http://TheWellnessFoundation.com/BeHealthy Prayerfully in the infinite power and might of the Holy Spirit, Andrew <>< -- Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD Lawful steward of http://EmoryCardiology.com Swordbearer for the KING of kings and LORD of lords. http://HeartMDPhD.com/Sword > First of all let me say that I realize this is a question for the > doctor. Unfortunately my husband has refused to contact him. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > We have an appointment with the cardio in three days. Can it wait > until then? What do you think? If I were your husband, I would not have called the doctor, either, when I had the crushing chest pains. I would called 9-1-1. Crushing chest pains in a patient who had open heart surgery is not something to wait until the service gets a hold of the doctor on call. The ambulance will be able to monitor you husband's heart beat (if he still has one), and provide him with drugs or other treatments until the experts in the emergency department can help him. Jeff > > First of all let me say that I realize this is a question for the > > doctor. Unfortunately my husband has refused to contact him. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > cause of the fluid and so far no luck. Luckily they have ruled out > > cancer. No such thing as luck (Proverbs 16:33). > > The cardio thought it was possible that the fluid had a cardiological > > origin. My husband has afib. He had quadruple bypass three years [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > If I were your husband, I would not have called the doctor, either, when > I had the crushing chest pains. I would called 9-1-1. Folks typically do not relish the thought of a redo bypass surgery after they have just had one. It is unlikely you would be much different if you had "walked a few miles in his mocassins." Thus, it is understandable the reluctance to engage "emergency" cardiac care especially after the bypass surgery experience. Moreover, after the results of the COURAGE trial, we know that bypass surgery typically does not help people live longer anyway so that informing ones physician about recurrent angina rather than calling 9-1-1 is fine if ones physician is accessible. This simply shows that the Holy Spirit is absolutely right to convict you: http://HeartMDPhD.com/Convicts You do not have much longer, dear Jeff: http://HeartMDPhD.com/HolySpirit/Prophecy May you wisely choose to repent soon by publicly declaring with your mouth that "Jesus is LORD:" http://HeartMDPhD.com/HolySpirit/TheWay Prayerfully in the infinite power and might of the Holy Spirit, Andrew <>< -- Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD Lawful steward of http://EmoryCardiology.com Brethren of the KING of kings and LORD of lords. http://HeartMDPhD.com/ChristianBrethren On Mar 5, 5:06�am, "Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <heartdo...@emorycardiology.com> wrote: . . . re: chest pain with history of heart attack > > If I were your husband, I would not have called the doctor, either, when > > I had the crushing chest pains. I would called 9-1-1. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > This simply shows that the Holy Spirit is absolutely right to convict > you: Only Dr. Chung advises a bypas patient with "vice like chest pain" to refrain from calling 911. Emergency crews can quickly assess the patient and if there is no need for an immediate trip to the ER will give the patient reassurance that this is and event to contact his doctor about. To imply that a layman can effectively diagnose himself is dangerous and life threatening. For Dr. Chung to make a broad statement about the effectiveness a procedure he does not perform is inappropriate. He has no surgical patients because he does not work at any hospital. Practicing cardiologists who determine the need for bypasses do so according to the patient's needs. There is evidence that "one size fits all" docs have over done bypasses. Most Cardiologists treat individuals. They do not spend hours online spouting irrelevant and dangerous advice based on limited knowledge and experience. JS http://HeartMDPhD.com/CrazySockPuppet We saw the cardiologist yesterday. My husband was very pissed at me when I made him tell the doctor about the tightness in his chest. Tough. He has been scheduled for a stress test in two weeks. The cardio said he's not very worried since the feeling only happens at rest and only started since taking the Lasix and increasing his Lisinopril both of which happened on the same day. He guesses that either he was dehydrated or that his blood pressure was too low. I asked him if I needed to call 911 in the future. He said if it didn't go away within 30 minutes to call him. If my husband should need bypass surgery again I'm pretty sure he won't do it, and frankly I can't blame him. He had a horrible recovery from the first. He was in the hospital for three weeks. It took him about a year to recover and actually he never did completely recover. He was 74 then and in great shape. He's 77 now and feeling old. His memory was seriously effected by the surgery and never came back completely. Ditto for his energy. I think another operation like that would either kill him or end up making him a tired, depressed old man. It scares me to even think about it. I'm praying that the stress test comes out OK. > We saw the cardiologist yesterday. My husband was very pissed at me > when I made him tell the doctor about the tightness in his chest. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > I'm praying that the stress test comes out OK. LORD Almighty GOD is the Greatest Physician. Laus Deo ! http://HeartMDPhD.com/LausDeo May we, who are Jesus' brethren, continue to pray for you and your husband. Be hungry... be healthy... be hungrier... be blessed: http://HeartMDPhD.com/HolySpirit/BeBlessed Prayerfully in the infinite power and might of the Holy Spirit, Andrew <>< -- Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD Lawful steward of http://EmoryCardiology.com Brethren of the KING of kings and LORD of lords. http://HeartMDPhD.com/ChristianBrethren On Mar 6, 9:04 am, "MooMoo > May we, who are Jesus' brethren, continue to PREY for you and your > husband. So Chung, since you and Jesus Hal Christ are brethren, are you the evil son since you prey on people ?? http://www.geocities.com/willowz2006/willowzdemon.jpg http://HeartMDPhD.com/ARF <>< May dear neighbors, friends, and brethren have a blessedly wonderful 2008th year since the birth of our LORD Jesus Christ as the Son of Man ... ... by being hungrier: http://TruthRUS.org/KnowingGOD Hunger is wonderful: http://HeartMDPHD.com/Hunger It's how we know what GOD wants, which is what is good. Yes, hunger is our knowledge of good versus evil that Adam and Eve paid for with their and our immortal lives. Those who suffer from the powerful delusion predicted by the prophecy of 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 would deny this and perish ( gone !!! ) forever ... http://HeartMDPhD.com/Convicts/CrazyOne http://HeartMDPhD.com/Convicts/CrazyTwo http://HeartMDPhD.com/Convicts/CrazyThree http://HeartMDPhD.com/Convicts/CrazyFour http://HeartMDPhD.com/Convicts/Bob ... gone: http://YouTube.com/watch?v=Qb6d_z5C35E Such will be the demise of all those who refuse to know **and** love the truth, Who is LORD Jesus Christ: http://HeartMDPhD.com/Love/TheTruth Be hungry... be healthy... be hungrier... be blessed: http://HeartMDPhD.com/HolySpirit/BeBlessed "Blessed are you who hunger NOW... ... for you will be satisfied." -- LORD Jesus Christ (Luke 6:21) Amen. http://HeartMDPhD.com/HolySpirit/Luke6_21 Prayerfully in the infinite power and might of the Holy Spirit, Andrew <>< -- Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD Lawful steward of http://EmoryCardiology.com Brethren of the KING of kings and LORD of lords. http://HeartMDPhD.com/ChristianBrethren On Mar 6, 5:13 pm, "Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <heartdo...@emorycardiology.com> wrote: > http://HeartMDPhD.com/ARF > [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] > Lawful steward ofhttp://EmoryCardiology.com > Brethren of the KING of kings and LORD of lords.http://HeartMDPhD.com/ChristianBrethren Utterly lame, Earthquack. You're just compounding the fact that you have been shown to be a shambling huckster and a totally deceitful person. http://HeartMDPhD.com/Lyingsatan <>< May dear neighbors, friends, and brethren have a blessedly wonderful 2008th year since the birth of our LORD Jesus Christ as the Son of Man ... ... by being hungrier: http://TruthRUS.org/KnowingGOD Hunger is wonderful: http://HeartMDPHD.com/Hunger It's how we know what GOD wants, which is what is good. Yes, hunger is our knowledge of good versus evil that Adam and Eve paid for with their and our immortal lives. Those who suffer from the powerful delusion predicted by the prophecy of 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 would deny this and perish ( gone !!! ) forever ... http://HeartMDPhD.com/Convicts/CrazyOne http://HeartMDPhD.com/Convicts/CrazyTwo http://HeartMDPhD.com/Convicts/CrazyThree http://HeartMDPhD.com/Convicts/CrazyFour http://HeartMDPhD.com/Convicts/Bob ... gone: http://YouTube.com/watch?v=Qb6d_z5C35E Such will be the demise of all those who refuse to know **and** love the truth, Who is LORD Jesus Christ: http://HeartMDPhD.com/Love/TheTruth Be hungry... be healthy... be hungrier... be blessed: http://HeartMDPhD.com/HolySpirit/BeBlessed "Blessed are you who hunger NOW... ... for you will be satisfied." -- LORD Jesus Christ (Luke 6:21) Amen. http://HeartMDPhD.com/HolySpirit/Luke6_21 Prayerfully in the infinite power and might of the Holy Spirit, Andrew <>< -- Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD Lawful steward of http://EmoryCardiology.com Brethren of the KING of kings and LORD of lords. http://HeartMDPhD.com/ChristianBrethren On Mar 6, 5:19 pm, "Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <heartdo...@emorycardiology.com> wrote: > http://HeartMDPhD.com/Lyingsatan > [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] > Lawful steward ofhttp://EmoryCardiology.com > Brethren of the KING of kings and LORD of lords.http://HeartMDPhD.com/ChristianBrethren Utterly lame, Earthquack. You're just compounding the fact that you have been shown to be a shambling huckster and a totally deceitful person. http://HeartMDPhD.com/OAF <>< May dear neighbors, friends, and brethren have a blessedly wonderful 2008th year since the birth of our LORD Jesus Christ as the Son of Man ... ... by being hungrier: http://TruthRUS.org/KnowingGOD Hunger is wonderful: http://HeartMDPhD.com/Hunger It's how we know what GOD wants, which is what is good. Yes, hunger is our knowledge of good versus evil that Adam and Eve paid for with their and our immortal lives. Those who suffer from the powerful delusion predicted by the prophecy of 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 would deny this and perish ( gone !!! ) forever ... http://HeartMDPhD.com/Convicts/CrazyOne http://HeartMDPhD.com/Convicts/CrazyTwo http://HeartMDPhD.com/Convicts/CrazyThree http://HeartMDPhD.com/Convicts/CrazyFour http://HeartMDPhD.com/Convicts/Bob ... gone: http://YouTube.com/watch?v=Qb6d_z5C35E Such will be the demise of all those who refuse to know **and** love the truth, Who is LORD Jesus Christ: http://HeartMDPhD.com/Love/TheTruth Be hungry... be healthy... be hungrier... be blessed: http://HeartMDPhD.com/HolySpirit/BeBlessed "Blessed are you who hunger NOW... ... for you will be satisfied." -- LORD Jesus Christ (Luke 6:21) Amen. http://HeartMDPhD.com/HolySpirit/Luke6_21 Prayerfully in the infinite power and might of the Holy Spirit, Andrew <>< -- Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD Lawful steward of http://EmoryCardiology.com Brethren of the KING of kings and LORD of lords. http://HeartMDPhD.com/ChristianBrethren On Mar 6, 7:05 pm, "Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <heartdo...@emorycardiology.com> wrote: > http://HeartMDPhD.com/OAF > [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] > Lawful steward ofhttp://EmoryCardiology.com > Brethren of the KING of kings and LORD of lords.http://HeartMDPhD.com/ChristianBrethren See response to which quoted posting is a response :-) > -- > Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD > Lawful steward ofhttp://EmoryCardiology.com > Brethren of the KING of kings and LORD of lords.http://HeartMDPhD.com/ChristianBrethren Fuckwit. Another load of tripe. http://HeartMDPhD.com/Idioticsatan |
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