My husband who was diagnosed about a year ago, but who has had symptoms of CATTR for +12years has severe balance issues. Originally they were blamed on vestibular neuritis, but seem to worsen ever more frequently with "bouts" of imbalance and falls. Sometimes there is LOC, other times he is just soooo tired that he falls down. Drs seem to just shake their heads and seem to imply it is a separate issue
Has anyone else ever had inner ear nerve damage attributed to the amyloidosis?
I had a stroke in Cerebellum that I thought was cause of balance issues ( don’t know when), but I think it may be related. Had gotten worse lately. I have CM ATTR so it may have triggered the stroke.
I am suffering from primary Amyloidisis affected on kideny filtration so creatine increased to @8
I take Jardiance and Vyndamax. My cardiologist says it might help ejection fraction.
Eric my friend, we are all in this group together for mutual support. Any help I or anyone one of us can provide to any others in the group, is a blessing.
I have be taking Tafamidis since March 2022 with no positive changes. I was thinking that due to my advanced heart failure I may not see any benefit by continuing to take Tafamidis.
You should stay on meds. It helped my brother a lot. He got a heart transplant las November after thanksgiving and he is doing so good now. I hope I get a prescription soon.
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I have an enlarged liver (19cm) and protein in my urine but not showing up in my blood My basic blood work is otherwise normal. I am waiting for my provider to confirm the diagnosis.One year ago I lost 1olbs weight and I have neuropathy in my toes but no other obvious symptoms. Does this sound like early stage amyloidosis?
Additional thought to earlier post: With hindsight I can specify when to the week I became infected with AL almyloidisis. In late Sept 2020 my VO2Max started a long dive . VO2Max is available from… read more
If you are asking if that device has any significant permanent positive effect on wild-type amyloidosis, the answer is no.
Amyloid fibrils are proteotoxic. Proteotoxicity refers to the adverse… read more
I think the only way to really understand how much Tafamidis works is by comparing the heath thickness before and after, at least 1 year of therapy. Has anyone got this information?
Sheldon, is the Acoramidis also manufactured by the same company as Tafamidis and Patisiran?
My balance has gotten worse even with the use of my walker also my carpal tunnel has gotten worse any suggestions
I have wild type ATTR cardiac and I am in a wheelchair. My balance is Terrible. I am using Aqua therapy, land therapy, infusions, acupuncture, neuromed electrical therapy and cold laser therapy. I… read more