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From: Jomaru
Date: 12/17/00
Time: 15:07:35
Dear Doctor I need help determining what kind of problem do I have,At this point I am looking for ideas and possibilities since nobody seems to know what the problem is. For seven years I have experiance the following symptoms: Disconfort in chest area wich are relief by burping. I have experiance in a given moment left hand shakes slightly and numness is constant . Have waken up with reflux and a feeling of choking ,specially when there has been a mixture of foods.(about four times in a seven year period). Also have waken up with anal pain,(about seven times in a seven year period,lately has been more often). General weekness and shortness of breath when I feel really bad. I had difficult swallowing at one point but it seems I have to be realy bad for it to show up. My left Arm and fingers go num,at times I have cold sweats. When I laid down at night I have to face up and sometimes even on this position I feel weak, laying in either side makes me feel weak too. I have been taken to emergency with symptoms but by the time I arrive at ER the symptoms are gone. Lately I have experiance a pich in the center of my chest and at the very same moment my energy level dropps drastically and I stay felling this way. My diet is very strict ,cereal with soy milk for breakfast,campbells soup for lunch with crackers and Grill chicken breast and potatos every day for a month helps me a lot. I can not eat fatty foods or spicy. When I feel really bad I can not bend or do anything without bringing excessive burping. On the last occasion when I felt really bad and while I was having sex and the lady was on top ,she moved so fast that made me start burping and feel weak withing minutes.VIAGRA seems to bring the worst symptoms back withing 24 to 36 hours. When my problems began I was taking Anafranil for OCB and in the last 3 years I was using LUVOX daily for the same reasons.(now I am not taking them either) I am 43,5'7" and 168 lbs,Hispanic. I have stopped smoking but my symptoms remain. My breathing is somehow bother when sitting straight and have me worry about something has grown to big that now is cutting on the air passage. I was treated for the possibility of bacteria with the PREVPACK with no help, my symptoms are back.I was tested for my blood,my heart,my gallbladder and liver,urine test ,upper GI and small bowel follow thru and an endoscopy,this last one show a minor inflamation of the stomach lining but a conclusive diagnostic was never done. I have seen all the symptoms in this forum and find them to be THE MOST HELPFULL. I also suffer from Post nasal drip and seems that eliminating milk and cheese has reduced it and improved on it but the question still remains if the post nasal drip makes things worse. Any suggestions will be appreciated, Sorry for writting so much! Thank you, JOMARU