Originally Posted by cyclelops

Pardon my absence from the board lately....it's been a matter of not knowing where one belongs, and just plain exhaustion.

Well, I saw a geneticist, and they are doing the test for familial dysautonomia, because that most closely matches my symptoms, of which the autonomic ones are the most severe and getting worse pretty fast. It's a long shot, since only 50% of my heritage (maternal) could be Ashkenazi, (very possibly so, but this disease is recessive-so they say....) Unless somehow we find those genes in midieval England or the Scandinavian northpole. (I would have sworn it was the fault of my rather tight Scandinavian genes.) My neuro feels it is most likely 'dominant' and therefore it is unidentified. I debating whether a service like 23andMe may be worth the reasonable cost for autosomal analysis. Maybe something funky will show?

And, they found a 'hole' in my heart, which has gotten bigger as I have gotten older....that doesn't help the bradyarrhythmia and atrial fib much....now what to do....to fix or not to fix. Complicate this decision with diastolic dysfunction.... I have decided to get a second opinion because my current cardiology clinic managed to miss a two way shunting hole.

Then add an elevated ANA....cripes.

<<Has been my new home lately.