u/lydzkh

Has anyone had aerophagia or GERD from HCM medications?

I live in a century home and there are a lot of spiderwebs in my house. As an example, I put fresh flowers in a vase yesterday, and there is already a web that attaches from the flowers to the wall.

The spider webs don’t really bother me because I assume it’s because I’m in an older home, but I am also wondering if it’s a sign of uncleanliness to others? I consider my home to be relatively clean, so I need to know am I missing something or do all older homes just have more spider webs?

Ever since starting Metoprolol I’ve always had a burping issue. I never thought anything of it as I haven’t had any pain or stomach upset, but recently have had difficulty sleeping. I realize I am having acid reflux/ GERD issues. The trouble is a lot of symptoms of GERD are similar to HCM symptoms so I have been ignoring them, thinking it was my heart acting funny at night.

Has anyone experienced this as well? I looked up metoprolol side effects and it says it can relax your esophagus and cause GERD… so awesome I’ve probably had it this entire time I’ve been taking metoprolol and have just ignored it and now it’s 10 years of damage later that I’m having larger symptoms. love this for me.

I’m ready to make some lifestyle changes to help get rid of or at least try to better manage this, id like to figure out what my triggers are, etc., how long of a period of avoiding a certain food or activity did it take to notice a difference and how long of reintroducing a potential trigger does it take to see if something is triggering your symptom?

I usually don’t wear wigs / hair pieces for fashion/fun, I have medical hairloss and I just want to feel more like myself. I usually try to have my wigs look a little messy so that it looks like I just rolled out of bed and don’t necessarily care about my hair looking too good, but none the less it still looks way thicker and fuller than my natural hair so people notice right away.

When someone notices my hair they ask if I got it cut or dyed, I usually say yes I did, but I feel like I’m lying to my friends. If I say this isn’t my hair, then it leads to a rabbit whole of confusion or them feeling awkward they said anything at all. I don’t mind explaining that it’s not my hair if they actually wanted to have a conversation about wigs/ hairpieces, but I know that wasn’t the original intention of their compliment/ comment.

I live in a century home in Euclid Utopia Beach area and I‘ve been trying to get estimates for renovations I’d like to accomplish over the next few years. I like to get estimates well in advanced so I can plan and budget accordingly. My problem is, anytime I ask a contractor to quote me something like a full remodel or upgrade, they always comeback at me with “it’s not worth it to do that in a house this old“ yada yada.

I beg to differ as a lot of the houses in my neighborhood that are selling for good money look like they’ve been completely gutted and remodeled.

So, what am I doing wrong? Why can’t I find contractors that see my vision? I’m not a handy person so I won’t be able to do the work myself.

My 14y female spayed tabby cat is less energetic the past few months. Shes not playing and has been sleeping in her bed a lot, not really coming to our bed to sleep like usual. She is 12lbs currently and has lost 1 lb since March and I can feel muscle loss in her shoulder pad area.

She does have hyperthyroidism and has taken 5 mg / day of methimazole for the past 2 years. I took her to the vet last week and did a full blood panel that checks thyroid, kidneys, blood count, and liver, the vet said all of her bloodwork came back normal no cause for concern.

I started feeding her a half can extra wet food at dinner to see if that helps with her energy and weight loss, however, I’m still worried. Her and her sister have had the same exact diet for years, and her sister seems completely fine.

Any idea what else may cause a decrease in energy and weight loss if the bloodwork is all normal?

My 14y female spayed tabby cat is less energetic the past few months. Shes not playing and has been sleeping in her bed a lot, not really coming to our bed to sleep like usual. She is 12lbs currently and has lost 1 lb since March and I can feel muscle loss in her shoulder pad area.

She does have hyperthyroidism and has taken 5 mg / day of methimazole for the past 2 years. I took her to the vet last week and did a full blood panel that checks thyroid, kidneys, blood count, and liver, the vet said all of her bloodwork came back normal no cause for concern.

I started feeding her a half can extra wet food at dinner to see if that helps with her energy and weight loss, however, I’m still worried. Her and her sister have had the same exact diet for years, and her sister seems completely fine.

Any idea what else may cause a decrease in energy and weight loss if the bloodwork is all normal?

EDIT: My concern isn’t specifically about the genetics of the child, we could adopt or use IVF. My concern is raising a child while being sick myself and having the energy and being around to watch them grow.

I haven’t had an out of the blue tachycardia episode in over a year, but last night I woke up with unexplained tachycardia and feeling numb/tingly and disoriented. It went away after an hour or so and I feel ok today, but I’m so discouraged. I am thinking about planning a family with my spouse and having episodes like these make me so nervous for our future. I’m trying to tell myself that it’s one night out of the year that I felt bad, but because it was so inexplicable I’m even more discouraged. I have a pace maker and am on metoprolol so I think it was “controlled,” but still. how am I supposed to have a child with this disease??

sorry for moping, just feeling really low today.

Wondering if heartburn or sleeping in a bad position can cause these symptoms?

Just wondering why Harden was in the game for 35 minutes, 10 points, while Tyson played for 18 and made 7 with 0 turnovers…

Hi, my math skills aren’t so good. Should I roll over my former employer 401K to my new employer or roll it into an IRA?

to make the math easy just say these are my options, assume taxes are the same for both options:

option 1) role $100K in old 401K to new employer 401K with 100K salary, and 15% monthly contribution (includes company match 5%)

option 2) role $100K in old 401K to IRA. Start from scratch $100K salary with 15% monthly contribution in new 401K (includes company match 5%)

Will I have more money if I keep the large balance in one 401K account and continue contributing to that account? or does it not matter if the funds are in two separate accounts?

Howdy! I listen to the same few podcasts and I don’t tend to explore other creators. My main hold up is I’m worried the voices are going to be too boring, so I just keep with my same ol. I like true crime, or weird phenomena, weather, news, and conspiracies. However the main podcast I listen to (Mile Higher) has changed to focusing mostly on True Crime, which is not the only thing I want to listen to anymore and I am looking for something a little more light hearted and fun.

I have a few topics I like: weather, strange happenings, crime, politics/news/conspiracies/ current events, so please share if you’ve found some you’d recommend.