Posted by EDNA MOJICA on March 25, 2003 at 09:45:04:
HI THERE,
MY NAME IS EDNA (34 Y/O), SINGLE PUERTO RICAN MOM OF 2 TODDLERS (5 & 6), LIVE IN QUEENS NY AND I ALSO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THIS DISEASE IN 1999. HAD A BLOCKAGE IN MY LEFT ARTERY & SURGERY HAD TO BE DONE RIGHT AWAY & 20 STITCHES WERE TAKEN ACROSS MY HEAD. HAVE HAD 3 MILD STROKES. NOW THE FUNNY THING IS THAT I'M HEALTHY, NEVER SMOKED IN MY LIFE, NEVER DID OR DONE DRUGS, I'M NOT OVERWEIGHT.
WHAT I WANT TO KNOW MORE IS WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT THESE FAINTING SPELLS, DIZZINESS, ETC. I WORK FULL-TIME, THE ONLY THING MY NEUROLOGIST TOLD ME TO TAKE WAS ONE PILL OF ECOTRIN DAILY.
IS THERE MORE INFO AVAILABLE.
PLEASE ADVISE.
THANKS