Bad test results

grandma047
grandma047 Member Posts: 381
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Hi all, I'd like to give good news, but I never ever get any. Whining time again. You all said it was ok to come with whatever you need to talk about, so here goes. The EKG was irregular. She said when it dipped it dips to low. The Echocardigram shows my left side heart enlarged, A heart murmur, Fluid around my heart. So....I get to add another doctor to my list. I have to go to a cardiologist. My CT Scan of head was normal. Don't have Ultrasound of Carotid arteries back yet. This was the one I was most concerned about. The lady who did it made the comment that some doctors accept 30% and some want more. I didn't know what that meant. My family doctor said that at 60% they do surgery. So, hopefully mine is only 30%. She said she would call when she gets that. So, I have a full month of December with doctor appts. and other appts. Well, what do you all think about this. Can chemo or radiation cause heart problems?? I'm kinda nervous now. The doctor said I had been through so much and would make it through this. I hope she's right. Sorry for more bad news. Boy, am I tired.
Love and prayers, Judy(grandma047)

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  • MUGGINS
    MUGGINS Member Posts: 35
    #2
    HI JUDY, I'M SORRY THE TESTS DID NOT GO THE WAY YOU WANTED. I'M SURE YOU ARE SO FRUSTRATED, BUT MAYBE COMING TO THIS SITE AND TYPING OUT YOUR FRUSTRAIONS MIGHT HELP A LITTLE BIT. WHEN I HAVE REALLY BAD DAYS I CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO BED AND HOPE THE NEXT DAY IS A LITTLE BETTER. YOU ARE IN MY PRAYERS AND YOU CAN MAKE IT THROUGH ALL THIS (JUST LIKE THE DOC SAID)
  • littlejulie
    littlejulie Member Posts: 311
    #3
    geez judy - you've already been through so much. it's been so sad on this site lately. i really hope things turn around for you. please feel free to post anytime. i may not respond everytime but your always in my thoughts.

    julie
  • spongebob
    spongebob Member Posts: 2,565 Member
    #4
    Judy -

    UGH... No wonder you're tired. Well, at least they can do surgery to repair a murmur or a mitral valve leak or something like that. Maybe that's the reason for the enlargement. Sounds like you're doing OK otherwise. Keep your chin up. Keeping you and your husband in my prayers

    - SpongeBob
  • shubunkin
    shubunkin Member Posts: 60
    #5
    You are in my prayers each and every day. I pray things turn around for you and the test results you have not received are good ones! Danielle
  • bsrules
    bsrules Member Posts: 296
    #6
    Judy,

    Hang in there!!!! This is just another step that you are going ot have to climb but I know for a fact that youare such a strong person and you are gong to get through this!!!! Just take one day at a time!!! You are in my thought always and am always glad to read your post no matter what is going on, whether they are good or bad. I feel the same way as bad news is all I have been able to post also.

    Hang in there!!!!

    Love

    Sue
  • fedester
    fedester Member Posts: 753 Member
    #7
    hey judy,
    doc is right you will make it thru this. yes we want to hear good or bad as many times as it takes
    to get it out. we are always here and praying and pulling for you.
    stay the course
    stay positive
    keep the faith
    all the best
    fedester
  • steved
    steved Member Posts: 834 Member
    #8
    Findings like this are always a worry when you have been through so much but at the saem time they can be very positive. you have been having trouble with dizziness if I rememeber right and it would be a problem if they found no cause. So finding things that may cause it gives them a chance to put it right and improve yor symptoms- it may even improve your tiredness although I suspect that may be more due to all your stress that you are under rather than a physical cause.

    With respect to teh carotids the percentages refer to narrowing (what the docs call stenosis). the carotid arteries to the brain get narrowed with time due to atherosclerosis (fatty deposits that we all get in our arteries as we get older). If this gets too much and occludes the arteries more than 60% the surgeons will often consider clearing them out as they can cause dizziness by blocking the flow of blood to the brain. Hope this makes things a little clearer for you.

    Best of luck in getting this sorted but it does sound like things are moving forward and you are certainly being well investigated. You obviously have a good medical team on your side. Let us know how it goes,

    Steve
  • kangatoo
    kangatoo Member Posts: 2,105 Member
    #9
    steved said:

    Findings like this are always a worry when you have been through so much but at the saem time they can be very positive. you have been having trouble with dizziness if I rememeber right and it would be a problem if they found no cause. So finding things that may cause it gives them a chance to put it right and improve yor symptoms- it may even improve your tiredness although I suspect that may be more due to all your stress that you are under rather than a physical cause.

    With respect to teh carotids the percentages refer to narrowing (what the docs call stenosis). the carotid arteries to the brain get narrowed with time due to atherosclerosis (fatty deposits that we all get in our arteries as we get older). If this gets too much and occludes the arteries more than 60% the surgeons will often consider clearing them out as they can cause dizziness by blocking the flow of blood to the brain. Hope this makes things a little clearer for you.

    Best of luck in getting this sorted but it does sound like things are moving forward and you are certainly being well investigated. You obviously have a good medical team on your side. Let us know how it goes,

    Steve

    Judy--there is no doubt that chemo can effect our hearts--I have been thru so many tests as you know for a possible heart problem, now on the meds to sort it out.
    I NEVER had heart problems before my chemo--and my specialist now definately thinks the chemo effected me. Replied to your email Judy so check it out.
    luv n huggs, kanga n Jen
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    #10
    Hi Judy, yes the doctor is right. You have been through a lot, a tremendous amount is more like it. But you are strong and you will make it through all of this too. I've heard that chemo can cause heart problems. My co-worker who was diagnosed in June with breast cancer underwent and continues to undergo test on her heart because of chemo's ability to effect your heart. Does that apply to everyone....I don't know.

    I sure hope you get some real good news real soon. You most certainly deserve it.

    Hugs,
    Monika
  • kerry
    kerry Member Posts: 1,313 Member
    #11
    Judy,

    My goodness sweetie, you have been through the wringer with stuff. I know you are sick and tired of all this going on. Hang in there though. You will continue to be in my thoughts and prayers.

    Kerry

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