Steve asked:


Im 15 years old, male, and for the past 5 days my heart sometimes flutters. It doesnt happen every second of the day, but probably about 5-10 times a day it will just flutter. Im worried that something may be going on with my heart, does anyone know?

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Open Question: Do you like my story? 10 points?
Chapter One
?Is my beginning really my end??
I blew the candle out the room suddenly became dark and cold. I lay on the bed what have I gotten myself into? I thought to myself. The answer was clear to me but I just didn?t want to believe it. I groaned and rolled off my bed making a loud thud on the ground.
?Hey what?s going on up there?!? Christian screamed up as he ran up the stairs busting into my room. ?You don?t always have to worry about me? I murmured as I got off the floor and stood about 3 feet across from him. ?Are you sure about that?? he smiled. ?Shut up!? I yelled pushing him as he stumbled to the ground. ?Violence is never the answer.? He laughed. ?Says the man who -? he interrupted me ?Who what? Charlotte this is a new life lets forget about the past.? He said rubbing his top forehead lightly pushing back his brown chestnut colored hair. ?How can we forget the past when the past is here?? I yelled. ?Where?s the past! Where is it?? he yelled even louder. ?It?s right here.? I said pointing to myself. ?I?m the reason we?re here I?m the reason you?re here and I?m the reason why.? I silently responded. Christian came to me and hugged me. ?You?re definitely not the reason we?re here. They are? he said lightly.
Christian left the room quietly and I sat back down on my bed of my dark room. Although we weren?t staying long this felt like an actual home to me. Usually we stayed in hotels, motels, old apartments but this was different it was a beach house across the sand beach of Plum Island. It was beautiful and cozy. I always walk up and down the beach laying there at night thinking if we were ever going to leave this place of unnatural trauma and deep depression and when I say ?this place? I mean this state of mind. The nasty disease that kills me whenever I see Christian?s sad face?guilt. I could have never dragged Christian along for these sad months. Don?t let it eat you up Christian would always say to me. I would solemnly respond quietly murmuring words I didn?t even know. But, although I?ve spent most of my life with Christian I still don?t know who he was or I still don?t know who he is. He?s mysterious and likes it that way. He doesn?t like people who know too much about him. He?s closed up in a cocoon like a butterfly waiting to emerge and be free. But I don?t think that will be anytime soon. You see Christian is my cousin he?s been with me ever since it happened. I love him so much because he?s like my only family. My family got injured in a fire their fine but after that they forgot about me then Christian took me in. I hated him for doing that but I started to love him as I progressed.
I walked down the stairs to see Christian his eyes planted on the TV screen. He wasn?t moving?not one movement. He?s probably trying to scare me.
?Not funny Christian.? I laughed he?s good but not to good. He still didn?t move. ?Chris!? I yelled as I ran to him. I gasped at the unwelcoming sight. A knife stabbed in his heart blood pouring everywhere. No he?s not dead. ?Christian YOU?RE NOT DEAD? I screamed repeating it over and over. I ran to the phone to call 911 but someone grabbed my waist.
?You really don?t want to do that.? The raspy and flat deep voice said turning me around strangling me. I tried to push away but I didn?t. Someone suddenly came behind him and pushed him to the ground. I looked to the couch. Christian?s body was gone. I stayed in a fear state of crying yelling and fussing as the figure grabbed me and flung me over his back running me out the house. ?LET GO!? I shrieked. ?LET GO!? I kept saying until we reached a black eclipse. The man who had strangled me was running out the beach house towards us. ?AH!? I yelled. Behind the man was another man and woman with blood smothered on their faces. ?NO!? I screamed as the man holding me fussed to open the car door. He finally got the door opened and pushed me inside making me land in the front seat.
This is the end. I thought as the man came into the driver?s seat and sighed. He looked at me confused and tired. ?Your one heck of a girl.? He mumbled. I sobbed. He began to drive. The car was silent.
?I?m sorry.? The man mumbled. I looked up at him then at the window still crying.
??I?m Adam.? He smiled. He had black hair and chestnut brown eyes.
?I?m?? I chocked on my words.
?I know who you are.? He smiled again.
I suddenly became safe, but I still missed?Christian.
What do you like or not like about it?
What’s your favorite part?
Who do you like so far?
Thx
Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:33:26 GMT
Open Question: Do you like my story? 10 points?
Chapter One
?Is my beginning really my end??
I blew the candle out the room suddenly became dark and cold. I lay on the bed what have I gotten myself into? I thought to myself. The answer was clear to me but I just didn?t want to believe it. I groaned and rolled off my bed making a loud thud on the ground.
?Hey what?s going on up there?!? Christian screamed up as he ran up the stairs busting into my room. ?You don?t always have to worry about me? I murmured as I got off the floor and stood about 3 feet across from him. ?Are you sure about that?? he smiled. ?Shut up!? I yelled pushing him as he stumbled to the ground. ?Violence is never the answer.? He laughed. ?Says the man who -? he interrupted me ?Who what? Charlotte this is a new life lets forget about the past.? He said rubbing his top forehead lightly pushing back his brown chestnut colored hair. ?How can we forget the past when the past is here?? I yelled. ?Where?s the past! Where is it?? he yelled even louder. ?It?s right here.? I said pointing to myself. ?I?m the reason we?re here I?m the reason you?re here and I?m the reason why.? I silently responded. Christian came to me and hugged me. ?You?re definitely not the reason we?re here. They are? he said lightly.
Christian left the room quietly and I sat back down on my bed of my dark room. Although we weren?t staying long this felt like an actual home to me. Usually we stayed in hotels, motels, old apartments but this was different it was a beach house across the sand beach of Plum Island. It was beautiful and cozy. I always walk up and down the beach laying there at night thinking if we were ever going to leave this place of unnatural trauma and deep depression and when I say ?this place? I mean this state of mind. The nasty disease that kills me whenever I see Christian?s sad face?guilt. I could have never dragged Christian along for these sad months. Don?t let it eat you up Christian would always say to me. I would solemnly respond quietly murmuring words I didn?t even know. But, although I?ve spent most of my life with Christian I still don?t know who he was or I still don?t know who he is. He?s mysterious and likes it that way. He doesn?t like people who know too much about him. He?s closed up in a cocoon like a butterfly waiting to emerge and be free. But I don?t think that will be anytime soon. You see Christian is my cousin he?s been with me ever since it happened. I love him so much because he?s like my only family. My family got injured in a fire their fine but after that they forgot about me then Christian took me in. I hated him for doing that but I started to love him as I progressed.
I walked down the stairs to see Christian his eyes planted on the TV screen. He wasn?t moving?not one movement. He?s probably trying to scare me.
?Not funny Christian.? I laughed he?s good but not to good. He still didn?t move. ?Chris!? I yelled as I ran to him. I gasped at the unwelcoming sight. A knife stabbed in his heart blood pouring everywhere. No he?s not dead. ?Christian YOU?RE NOT DEAD? I screamed repeating it over and over. I ran to the phone to call 911 but someone grabbed my waist.
?You really don?t want to do that.? The raspy and flat deep voice said turning me around strangling me. I tried to push away but I didn?t. Someone suddenly came behind him and pushed him to the ground. I looked to the couch. Christian?s body was gone. I stayed in a fear state of crying yelling and fussing as the figure grabbed me and flung me over his back running me out the house. ?LET GO!? I shrieked. ?LET GO!? I kept saying until we reached a black eclipse. The man who had strangled me was running out the beach house towards us. ?AH!? I yelled. Behind the man was another man and woman with blood smothered on their faces. ?NO!? I screamed as the man holding me fussed to open the car door. He finally got the door opened and pushed me inside making me land in the front seat.
This is the end. I thought as the man came into the driver?s seat and sighed. He looked at me confused and tired. ?Your one heck of a girl.? He mumbled. I sobbed. He began to drive. The car was silent.
?I?m sorry.? The man mumbled. I looked up at him then at the window still crying.
??I?m Adam.? He smiled. He had black hair and chestnut brown eyes.
?I?m?? I chocked on my words.
?I know who you are.? He smiled again.
I suddenly became safe, but I still missed?Christian.
What do you like or not like about it?
What’s your favorite part?
Who do you like so far?
Thx
Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:33:26 GMT
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Open Question: Neurological Disorder?
What neurologically would cause a bodies organs to stop functioning?
I have had 4 TIA’s in the last 2 years, my kidneys, lungs, heart and even skin are all stopping function. Seeing a disease specialist today, he stated that there is nothing wrong with my immune system, that it was abnormally strong and high and that my brain was misfiring and causing all these failures.
I have been sick and unable to function for almost 2 years now, and warn out exhausted.
I will be making an appointment with a neurologist Monday, but at this point have no idea what to expect.
I have been tested for Lymes Disease, meningitis and Hep C, Because my symptoms were so similar. I don’t have any disease according to the specialist.
My kidneys are bleeding, my lungs have seizures and freeze up tests show that my oxygen levels drop to 40 points above death, and my heart stops beating and or slows below 30.
I do not use drugs or drink, I eat extremely healthy with lots of fruits and veg. I do nnot usually eat meat, and yes I did have low vitamine D.
I am sorry if I do not know the technical terms. I am not a doctor and am trying to get well. I know what I am told in the terms I can understand what they mean. and seeing a psychiatrist is not going to fix my body.

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:14:17 GMT
Resolved Question: ASD surgery using catheter??? I am freaking out.?
I had the surgery about 6 years ago but I was too young to really think about it… but now I found out that it is a new surgery and not much is known about the consequences… I read that since it is not used as much as normal surgery it might cause leakage, arythmia, and heart failure… does it mean I may not even live till I am an adult???

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:03:07 GMT

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Open Question: Can i sue my Daughters doctor for a misdiagnosis of a heart conditon?
My daughters doctor was a heart specialist and he ran tests when she was 7 months old due to hearing a murmur, on the day of the testing she was a little fussy and he told us there was nothing wrong with her heart. he continued to see her till she was 5, always telling us her heart was fine. I got the option of getting better insurance from my job which i took, now we had to switch doctors because he didn’t accept our insurance. Our new doctor listened to our daughters heart for 10 seconds and knew she had a major problem that required surgery to correct. So now we are outraged that we put our trust in a doctor that lied to us for years and could have caused the death of our daughter. Im just scared he will misdiagnose other children, also he is in his upper 70’s. what should i do?

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:59:01 GMT

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Open Question: I need an opinion on a poem.?
My friend wrote this poem (and yes, it’s really my friend, not just me pretending. Haha.) and she wanted a completely unknown third party opinion of it because she doesn’t believe my critiques, haha.. So…yeah. Haha here it is. (And be completely honest. She wants the straight-up truth.)
You’re a drug.
Pumping through my veins,
built up a tolerance.
The less I have, the more I need.
I’m addicted, like a drug.
Like a bug, I’m infected.
The more I inhale, the sicker I get.
Caught you like a cold,
tainting my heart, body, soul.
You’re a disease.

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:41:59 GMT

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Open Question: Does your cardiogigist need hearing aids?
He said he couldn’t understand my heart ..it would only murmur
question? What would he say if I had heart burn?

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:25:06 GMT
Open Question: If you have sickle cell disease can a drop of water in the blood stream kill you?
If you have that disease could a drop of water kill you if it gets into the blood stream? Anywhere at all in the blood stream.
Even in the heart.
Pure H20 thanks.

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:35:07 GMT

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Open Question: Is this panic and anxiety?
I have asked this before but I keep wondering…
I used to get really bad vertigo where everything was moving and then really bad migraines. Then I was diagnosed with having migraine associated vertigo. Anyways, I would get a heavy pounding head and feel like I would pass out and then get dizzy. Now I only get that when I’m stressed or when my back hurts or I eat something that gives me a migraine. BUT what has been happening for about 5 yrs straight and now it getting worse is my breathing. I used to get panic attacks like realllly really bad ones. I never wanted to take the bus etc… always feel sick and feel like I had to run away or go outside.
Now it’s gotten really bad. For the past couple of months I’ve been having a panic attack at least once a week. More so at work.
It always begins with me not being able to breath right and then needing to go outside and it makes it better. If I don’t go outside tho I start feeling really hot and shaky and feel like I’m going to pass out.
Now I get feeling that I can’t breath even when I’m at home and suppose to be relaxing. This happens a lot even when I don’t panic.
I’ve been to the doctors and he has given me meds for it but they don’t seem to work alll that great. I don’t get panic attacks but still feel like my breathing is off. During this time I usually burp a lot and can’t swallow.
Is this still panic tho? I keep scaring myself thinking its something really bad with my heart. I have been told it might be mitral valve but apparently my doctor says it’s just stress and theres no murmur he can hear.
I thought it might be heartburn cause I get it really bad. BUT I could stand up and suddenly feel heavy headed and my breathing goes wacked. I have been to a natural doctor who says its Orthostatic hypertension and just gave me this diet and some herbs.
I’ve been treated for asthma but it made my symptoms worse…

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:25:48 GMT
Open Question: morph or morff syndrome?
Hey everyone, I am just curious if anyone has heard of Morph or Morff syndrome? It apparently makes all your joints double jointed and increases chances of premature birth? o.o My brother in laws gf is about 22 weeks pregnant and claims to have every syndrome and disease (We know she doesn’t have all of them) This is her latest issue but i tried to find something on it and came up with absolutly nothing.
Her other ‘ailments’ include but are not limited to: heart problems, kidney failure, thyroid problems, allergies, sclorosis,anorexia, cancer, and is on many different herbal drugs for other issues. She is apparently on bed rest now, though i think that is silly as she lives at home with her mom and doesn’t work, can’t drive or go anywhere so i don’t know how much more bed rest you can get. ;/

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:26:16 GMT

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Resolved Question: are inderal’s effects everlasting?
i used it for about a week or so then stopped but i noticed that my heart is never quite the same , i get imbalances in my blood pressure now and general feelings of exhaustion and sometimes frailty. and it’s been almost two weeks since i stopped it. i am anemic and i started on iron pills. i took inderal for heart arythmia but it’s so calm now that i can’t feel it and sometimes i gasp for air.

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:40:54 GMT

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Voting Question: ASD surgery using catheter??? I am freaking out.?
I had the surgery about 6 years ago but I was too young to really think about it… but now I found out that it is a new surgery and not much is known about the consequences… I read that since it is not used as much as normal surgery it might cause leakage, arythmia, and heart failure… does it mean I may not even live till I am an adult???

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:03:07 GMT

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Open Question: What is the cheapest route for chest pains/heart issues?
I’m not going to expect a diagnosis from the interweb, so my question is this. I’m a 25 year old, I have OK insurance, but not top notch. I can’t afford much in the way of medical bills. About 2 weeks ago, I started having shallow breathing, and about half the time if I try to take a deep breath, I can’t really “top out”. It almost feels like indigestion. I’ve considered it could be angina, I’m a non smoker (i smoked for about a year awhile back), and exercise often (ride my bike about 10-15 miles a day). I eat healthy, but have a family history of heart disease.
What is the cheapest reliable route? If I go to a general prac., I assume he’ll charge me and refer me. If I go to the ER, what can they do for me? Should I go straight to a specialist? I feel fine, sleep fine, an don’t get anymore short of breath after rigorous exercise than I did prior to this “issue”…. I’m almost starting to get used to the shallow breathing, but I know I can’t ignore it.

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:15:28 GMT

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