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I Have Very Severe Poly Neuropathy What Can I Do? I Have To Use A Walker Nerve Damage Re EMG. Sudden Severe Pain Back Of Legs
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calf and hamstring muscles severe pain when standing or trying to walk

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Foods To Avoid With Amyloidosis Read Article...
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Does Anyone Else Have Balance Issues?
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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?

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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.

Tafamidis Therapy Prophylactically?
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Recent diagnosis from bilateral CTS. Mayo says ATTR, Cardiologist suspects wild type. Kidney, liver cardiac tests normal. Anyone receiving tafamidis therapy to prevent further progression of disease. In my option, seems tragic that a patient has to progress to some level of cardiac failure before starting treatment if Vindamax or other tafamidis can slow progression.

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I have PN as well. Entire left side, and now moving to my face this morning. My son got his meds in 3 days. It will be a week this Tuesday for approval of grant. How do you pay for med?

I Am Wondering If I Should Continue To Take Tafamidis As I Am In Stage Iiib Advanced Heart Failure?
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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.

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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.

ATTRwt : Has Anyone Verified Hearth Thickness After Using Tafamidis By Echocardiogram Versus The Thickness Before The Therapy?
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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?

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Sheldon, is the Acoramidis also manufactured by the same company as Tafamidis and Patisiran?

Has Anyone Taken Tafamidis And Gotten Better?
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Organ Specific Primary Amyloidosis Can You Explain This Condition?
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I am suffering from primary Amyloidisis affected on kideny filtration so creatine increased to @8

Question: Did Anyone Lose Their Sense Of Taste And When Or If Did You Ever Get It Back?? Seems Like I Lost Mine A Few Months Back.
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You should see a gastroenterologist. Maybe an endoscopy & colonoscopy and have them specifically biopsy for amyloidosis. If they don’t test for that specifically they’ll miss it. Visually everything… read more

I've Been Subscribed Jardiance Along With My Vyndaquel. Is Anyone Else Using This Drug, And Have You Seen Results?
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I take Jardiance and Vyndamax. My cardiologist says it might help ejection fraction.

Need Direction, PLEASE-Could This Be Amyloidosis?
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I've gotten five different dx from five different specialists. However, none want to put the puzzle together. Most recently, my PC thought I'd had a heart attack-severe shortness of breath, exhaustion, cough, abdominal pain, and chest discomfort. Hospital performed a bunch of tests - stress test was normal and the echo showed mild left wall thickening and mildly enlargement w/grade 1 diastolic dysfunction - the right aortic valve is trileaflet w/sclerosis and mitral valve has calcified annulus… read more

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Hi Sandra, to confirm amyloidosis. I had a heart mri that showed suspicion of amyloidosis. I then had a nuclear scan to confirm. I have the wild type. Hope this helps.