NTA - World Famous in New Zealand
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@broughie said in NTA - World Famous in New Zealand:
@NTA couldn’t find it in the thread but are they considering surgery to repair?
Corrective action was Friday - I'm now the proud owner of a 30mm GORE Cardioform Septal Occluder. And no, I can't show it to you.
The conversation over the cause has been going about a year, and I had a TOE & Bubble study in December to confirm.
My migraine symptoms were related mostly (not always) to exercise. Start running, get vision issues. Keep running, brain thinks its a flow issue and then starts pumping harder, producing a migraine.
Theory with the PFO: deoxygenated blood coming into the right atrium was going straight into the left, and getting pumped out like it was fresh, rather than going to the right ventricle and then down to the lungs for a tune-up with the necessary oxygen. By sealing this hole, the belief is that things will return to normal flow, and I'll have a reduction or elimination of migraines.
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@Nepia said in NTA - World Famous in New Zealand:
My old man had migraines and died of a heart attack at 45 - I turn 45 this year and have migraines .... so if I see anything to do with heart and migraines together I put 2 and 2 together, make 5 and freak myself out.
Edit: Holy fuck, in the time that I wrote that message I just got a text from a mate in London who said he had a heart attack and was in a coma for 48 hours, but he's all good now.
It may have no relation at all - the link between PFO and migraine is either nonexistent (if you ask a neurologist - mine maintains there is no link despite not being able to find any other fucking cause) or not yet clear (if you ask a cardiologist), in my experience.
However, if you have a family history of heart disease, and have never checked your cholesterol, blood pressure, or general heart function, I would definitely go see a GP about some basic tests to ensure your shit is in order. Particularly if you've had any other circulatory issues like erectile dysfunction, vision problems, pulsatile tinnitus, etc.
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@NTA said in NTA - World Famous in New Zealand:
@Nepia said in NTA - World Famous in New Zealand:
My old man had migraines and died of a heart attack at 45 - I turn 45 this year and have migraines .... so if I see anything to do with heart and migraines together I put 2 and 2 together, make 5 and freak myself out.
Edit: Holy fuck, in the time that I wrote that message I just got a text from a mate in London who said he had a heart attack and was in a coma for 48 hours, but he's all good now.
It may have no relation at all - the link between PFO and migraine is either nonexistent (if you ask a neurologist) or not yet clear (if you ask a cardiologist), in my experience.
However, if you have a family history of heart disease, and have never checked your cholesterol, blood pressure, or general heart function, I would definitely go see a GP about some basic tests to ensure your shit is in order. Particularly if you've had any other circulatory issues like erectile dysfunction, vision problems, pulsatile tinnitus, etc.
Oh believe me I always get as much of that shit tested as possible ... I sometimes have to push GPs to get the tests done though which seems weird with my family history - grandfather dead at 46 of a heart attack, grandfather dies after getting a heart bypass at 55, dad dead at 45 from a heart attack.
Meanwhile, if I was a women in my family I'd be sweet, great and great great grandmother both hit 100, grandmother 90s but undetected cancer got her. Even my Maori grandmother with her lower life expectancy still easily beat the average.
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I want to be very clear about this - particularly as most of us are middle-aged or older males:
GO AND SEE YOUR FUCKING DOCTOR
You should be having blood tests every 2 years to monitor your cholesterol at the very least, and also other interesting things like glucose, mineral levels, cardiac markers, cancer indicators, liver and other organ function shit.
My Dad - first attack at 46, major one at 60 - basically avoided his doctor and wouldn't do what my nurse mother instructed him was the best course. Dead at 67. Dick move.
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@Nepia said in NTA - World Famous in New Zealand:
Oh believe me I always get as much of that shit tested as possible ... I sometimes have to push GPs to get the tests done though which seems weird with my family history - grandfather dead at 46 of a heart attack, grandfather dies after getting a heart bypass at 55, dad dead at 45 from a heart attack.
TBH with that family history I would have thought they would throw you straight to the cardiologist for a stress echo, and run them annually.
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@NTA said in NTA - World Famous in New Zealand:
@Nepia said in NTA - World Famous in New Zealand:
Oh believe me I always get as much of that shit tested as possible ... I sometimes have to push GPs to get the tests done though which seems weird with my family history - grandfather dead at 46 of a heart attack, grandfather dies after getting a heart bypass at 55, dad dead at 45 from a heart attack.
TBH with that family history I would have thought they would throw you straight to the cardiologist for a stress echo, and run them annually.
Me too, I'm surprised they don't ... maybe it's because I'm a Kiwi.
TBH, I think they look at all the usual risk factors and if those seem ok they don't like to force people to do other tests ... but I'm like give me them all. I've been told that calcium tests are a good one for predicting heart issues, but I haven't research them yet.
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@NTA said in NTA - World Famous in New Zealand:
I want to be very clear about this - particularly as most of us are middle-aged or older males:
GO AND SEE YOUR FUCKING DOCTOR
You should be having blood tests every 2 years to monitor your cholesterol at the very least, and also other interesting things like glucose, mineral levels, cardiac markers, cancer indicators, liver and other organ function shit.
My Dad - first attack at 46, major one at 60 - basically avoided his doctor and wouldn't do what my nurse mother instructed him was the best course. Dead at 67. Dick move.
I'd upvote your post, but I don't think 'liking' a post about your Dad dying is appropriate.