Barlow Syndrome

     All day long today I have not felt very well.  I have been experiencing a tightness in my chest,  the feeling that my heart was skipping or adding beats and just an overall tired blah feeling.  I have had this happen before for many years now.  Tonight I was filling out paperwork for the my chiropractors visit tomorrow.  In it they ask about any hereditary conditions.  So I call my mom and she tells me about Barlows Syndrome.  Now she has mentioned this to me before but I thought she made it up.  You see my mom’s maiden name is Barlow so I thought she made this thing up and named it.  After we hung up I get on the internet and low and behold it exists.  Barlow Syndrome aka mitral valve prolapse aka click murmur syndrome is a real condition and guess what  some of the symptoms are…you guessed it heart palpitations, fatigue, shortness of breath, dizzieness, anxiety, migranes, chest pains etc.  These are things that I experience every now and again.  I also read alot of the comments from people diagnosed with MVP.  Many people have more frequent symptoms.  Some last only a few seconds and some last for days.   For me it don’t happen all too often and varies on how long it lasts.  When it first started happening it only lasted a few seconds now it last alot longer.  And if this isn’t a shocker  caffeine can have an affect.  I am ging to switch to decaf coffee.  (Can’t cut it out al together) Ha Ha.  First I would like to say sorry mom for thinking you’d make that up and secondly wow it is nice to have an idea of what is going on.  I remember not too long after having my first child I went to the hospital with chest pains and pain radiating down my left arm.  After running test and ekgs or whatever you call them the doctor told my he couldn’t find anything and that it was caused from me carrying my baby on the left side.  Yeah right is what I thought then and now I really do think it.  I will make an appointment and discuss this with a physician though but I feel alot better about what I have been experiencing. 

Let Go and Let God

     A few days ago a friend of mine called me crying and sobbing.  She’s been dealing with alot of things in her life.  Being a single mom she works long hours to support her family.  She’s been trying to do other side things to make a better life for her children.  I would say that 98% of the time her focus has been her children and not herself.   Anyway she has made some bad decisions here recently that have brought about some serious consequences.  Not to mention the guilt she feels.  It has really taken a toll on her.  But she said to me through her tears why is this happening to me?  What have I done so wrong in my life?  I am a good person.  Why do I feel this way?  Why can’t I fix this?  She feels like she no longer has no control over her life.  I say that is a good place to be.  When we are at a point where we no longer think there is anything else we can do to fix things yep that is where we are able to say…”God I give it to you.  I can not fix this.  I can’t do anything but say God take this from me.  Fix it.”  In our weakness He is made strong.  I believe God brings us to that place where we can no longer even try to do it on our own.  Lord show us how to let go and Let God!