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Old 10-28-2011, 09:15 AM
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My cardiologist appt. is Tuesday, couldn't get in before. I just hate having this breathing problem on any movement. Hopefully, I will find out something, also, I'm not so young anymore, just turned 65, so I know I'm at that age where things can go bad, I've just always been so healthy, oh well, such is life. I'll just keep smiling
Hi Poochie, to me you are still young, I'm 70+ and am now overweight. No heart prob yet and, since I quit smoking, my lungs are good and like you...healthy as a horse except for MS..

I tend to blame MS for all my ills, but MS can cause breathling problems, infections (UTIs etc) and some of the meds we take can cause heart problems. Just to blame MS is not enough, we must tend to all these illnesses separately.

MS is not a fatal disease but, some of it's side effects are. So see your regular Doc for these illnesses and don't just chalk them up as MS. You are doing the right thing and your Doc, sending you to a Cardio, is too.
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