Gingergrrl
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I just tried it and it did help. My pulse stayed under 100 until I got out and dried myself off (sitting down) and it went up to 120. An improvement. I hope it continues.
Helene, that is great news, and I am so glad the shower chair helped. The combination of standing in the shower with the hot water is very bad if you have POTS.
I'm off to Johns Hopkins in a few short weeks. I'll be seen in their HFpEF clinic where a heart biopsy is routinely ordered. I'm hoping to get my answer from this trip, though I haven't found any answer that could be considered good news.
I am so glad you are going to Hopkins and hope you will keep us posted.
Meanwhile ... the digging that I've done in the last couple years has me thinking that anybody with significantly elevated NT-pro-BNP may very well have some sort of cardiomyopathy
My (prior) BNP tests were always normal. Is "NT-pro-BNP" the same thing or a totally different test?