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Jim_Bowker
I've been diagnosed with moderate to severe (or severe to quite severe) AI for ten years. For much of this time, I've fatigued easily and often needed more sleep than somone my age should (I'm currently 38). I've tended to need 10 hours of sleep a night, and I sometimes need naps; I fatigue rapidly with much exertion.
More recently, I've experienced slight shortness of breath with almost any exercise, and some very mild chest pains. My cardiologists (I'm in the midst of receiving a second opinion) are divided as to whether my most recent symptoms are at all cardiac-related, but both doctors seem to put off my fatigue (or much of my fatigue) to other causes (as yet unidentified--but not for lack of my trying).
With that all said, I'm wondering if others diagnosed with AI here have suffered from fatigue. Not knowing if my fatigue is so easily attributable to my AI leaves me wondering if valve-replacement surgery (which has not been recommended yet--although I have a new echo in a coupla weeks that may reveal some change in my heart functioning) might have any positive impact on what--for me--has been the most difficult thing to deal with with respect to my AI--my fatigue (which I STILL believe is likely to be largely related to my AI).
I'm wondering what anyone here can share concerning their experiences ...
More recently, I've experienced slight shortness of breath with almost any exercise, and some very mild chest pains. My cardiologists (I'm in the midst of receiving a second opinion) are divided as to whether my most recent symptoms are at all cardiac-related, but both doctors seem to put off my fatigue (or much of my fatigue) to other causes (as yet unidentified--but not for lack of my trying).
With that all said, I'm wondering if others diagnosed with AI here have suffered from fatigue. Not knowing if my fatigue is so easily attributable to my AI leaves me wondering if valve-replacement surgery (which has not been recommended yet--although I have a new echo in a coupla weeks that may reveal some change in my heart functioning) might have any positive impact on what--for me--has been the most difficult thing to deal with with respect to my AI--my fatigue (which I STILL believe is likely to be largely related to my AI).
I'm wondering what anyone here can share concerning their experiences ...