Left hand side symptoms and conditions

I'm a 47yo female & sorry for putting this as a reply to another post - new here:

Gosh.. glad I found this place - have been taking Warfarin for AF for about 2 weeks now and have been slowly sliding down hill. Thing is you just never know when to contact a doctor hey.

My symptoms, bloating, weight gain already, light headed, blurred vision, have had numbness & tingling in right arm and leg, and now I'm slowly getting colder and colder, and have a high sensitivity to light. Just started my monthly cycle and it's literally flooding, and I have an awful pain in the left hand side of my neck - it's sharp and unbearable at times. Some days when I'm driving home from work I feel I should pull over, not sure what my body is going to do to me next. I lack concentration, am crabby most of the time (and was picked up on that today at work) - and very emotional.

I don't like this at all - at what point do I mention any of this without seeming like a whinger?
I have a physical job, which has been reduced to 'light duties' due to the risks at the moment, which I'm grateful for. Today I bumped my thumb only slightly and it swelled up in a bloody lump - the blood has disappeared but the swelling is still there together with 'loose' skin where the originally larger swelling was. Everything seems just so weird.. I don't feel like ME any more - I want ME back :((

I am a 48 year old female with a-fib. I am not overweight...just started falling apart since now I am menopausal. I've been on Warfarin for 6 weeks. My INR has hardly moved. I'm now on 8 mg and have my INR test on Monday. I started at a 0.9. Now I'm at 1.20 and have been there for three weeks in spite of upping the warfarin. I've not changed my diet except to exclude greens and green tea when I began the therapy. Everything else is consistent.
I just started exercising again a week ago. Something I haven't done in five years since I lost my sister. I bought a Total Gym and enjoy it. It has helped me get some energy back, has helped alleviate some of the mental fog, and has lowered the incidence of anxiety attacks. (I've been getting anxiety lately...since the mental fog and memory lapses...that bothers me since I love to read and write and the mental fog seems to be taking the joy out of it now.) The reason I decided to start strength training again is because of the joint pain I have been experiencing lately. I didn't have it before warfarin. I do now. Only one joint, though. The strength training does help, but every once in awhile, that sharp pain comes back to visit. It's just a little less now.
I plan to tell the doctor that I have begun strength training again. Not just because it's good for me and my heart, but it seems to help with the side effects of menopause and warfarin...without adding another drug like an antidepressant.
Warfarin...I believe is a life saving drug. BUT, I have to do my part too.

BTW, if I didn't have triple thick hair, I would complain about hair loss. Right now, it's a non issue for me. Just saves money at the hair dresser.

I was so glad to find this website. I was feeling terrible after having the Mirena in for around a year. I started looking online when I woke up several days in a row feeling so bad and nauseous that I was worried I was pregnant!

I was very fatigued, achy, having trouble sleeping, having strange acne breakouts on weird parts of my body, terrible abdominal cramps - yet no period, bowel problems, VERY slow to heal my sports strains/sprains, nauseous, random headaches (and I have NEVER been prone to headaches), odor, crotch drop, hair loss, forgetfulness, BAD mood swings/depression, dehydration. I looked and felt like I had aged 10 years...All this time I was blaming it on having a two kids, getting older, stress, etc.

Well, thanks to this site, I had my Mirena removed last week. I had no ill side effects from the removal and had a normal period for the first time in about 6 months. I felt incredibly better in a few days! I have more energy, I have slept much more soundly - the dark circles around my eyes are diminishing and I look much better. My routine bumps and bruises from soccer and taekwondo are healing at a normal pace and I don't feel achy all the time. Basically I feel great, and I hadn't for a long time. I feel like myself again.

If you have ANY of these symptoms that everyone is talking about...don't write it off to anything else, and don't let your doctor tell you it's due to other things. You know your body and what is normal. If you are wondering at all why you feel bad - get the thing OUT and do it NOW! (My GYN was very understanding and compliant to my request, but still insisted that my symptoms were most likely due to stress than anything else). At least you will have peace-of-mind knowing that you eliminated the IUD as a cause of your symptoms. You can always have a new one put in if you find that not to be the case.

I hope this site is correct regarding the class action lawsuit, because I am seriously considering joining it. Mom's have it hard enough without this IUD complicating their lives further!

I had the Mirena coil fitted in Dec 06. For 12 months, I had horrid slutchy loss P.V but no actual periods. I had increase in spots, all along my jawline and hairline and cheeks....acne at 45!! Something I'd never had as a teenager. My weight has gained because I'm always, always hungry and seem to have lost my appetite control button. My breasts are constantly tender and feel enormous like just before a period or in early pregnancy. I am so, so tired. I find myself nodding off at 5pm even when I've had a really good previous nights' sleep. My energy is zilch. I feel tearful and run down despite eating well and taking vitamin supplements. Is it the Mirena? My doctor has said "No!". The only way to find out is have it removed, return to heavy periods and suck it and see! However, if I don't have it out, I fear I may reach 15 stone!! (went from 9st 9lbs to 11st 4lbs in 2 yrs).

I have had the minera coil for about 5 or 6 years over the past 4 years pains; have got so bad i am due a scan on this Friday. I have very sharp pulling pains each side of my belly button ;a swelling on my left side a dull ache on my left side ;psoriasis dry skin ( and it used to be greasy) ;blotted cant loose weight ;sore boobs tiredness cant get on with house work ; my back aches all the time ;if i lift anything iy brings the pain on cant stand for too long ; this brings the pain on. i cant take this anymore the stomach cramps are so nsty i feel sick i now have thrush piles and just woke to a very sore burning bottom and have a small hard lump in my rectum. one of my gp;s thinks i could be worst off having the coil removed ;how i ask.when the pain is so bad i can hardly lift my left leg for the pain on my left hand side. please has anyone else suffered kile me.

I dont know if its just me but i have had the mirena since july of 2008. I get really bad pains in my lower left side of my stomach and same with the back. It comes and goes sumtimes it wont be here for 2 weeks it just depends. Its the only thing that bothers me about it and makes me worry alot. I also am very emotional and its tearin me and my boyfriend away. You think that could be the solution to my problems?

i have been on warfarin for 3 weeks now. i have blood clots in my left arm, it swelled up 3 weeks ago, i find i am gettin so tired,and the left hand side of my body is constantly itching, spots on my chest and back,i didnt have this before,is this happening to anybody else on warfarin?

I took a 20 mg tablet on April 1st then took another half a one on April 2nd and wish now that I had'nt. Today is May 9th ad I lts all the other side effects except the tingling down the left hand side of my body and my lips I had the facial flushing and almost all the other sysptoms that most of the other that are posting have except "the cough" Midway through I had the sinus pressure and the dizziness and lightheadedness and just a feeling of "off balance" I guess we all cant me losing our minds? Anyone who wants to email me personally with anyhting that they might have on there minds about this medication I pretty much can relate to all of you.

I took Doxycycline for pneumonia that would not go away 100 mg per day. After 4 doses I was struck suddenly with severe chest pain on the left hand side of my chest at the front, down the middle of my chest and on the left hand side of my back and under my shoulder blade. I was admitted to hospital for suspected heart problem. However, after ECG, XRay, blood tests no evidence of a heart problem was found. On release from hospital I checked the patient information leaflet that was supplied with the Doxycyline and it list chest pain as an allergic reaction to the drug. I also experienced a swollen and sore tongue and breathing difficulty which is taking time to go.

I have been on Lisinopril for several years now however I have been noticing a pain in my left hand side and numbness in my hands. I plan to check with my doctor tomorrow see about changing meds only thing is that with 3 bp med and an persistent 180/110. I found this website while checking about the Calcium blocker and recognized some of the symptoms.

On the last day of my 7 day course of 100mg a day, i suddenly got a terrible headache in the front of my forehead and eye area on the left hand side. It got a lot worse and was truly agonising for a further 10 hrs or so through the night. That was 3 days ago and i still have considerable pain in the same area of my head. This did follow a few hours of exposure to sunlight through thin cloud cover.

i have been taking 5 mg of simvastatin and recently had pain in lower left hand side of my back. i did not notice that on the pill bottle it says no grapefruit juice. i dont understand that at all. after reading the endless horror stories concerning this drug, i am very disturbed. i had been taking another rx to do the same thing from the VA and i was told that this particular rx was costing the government too much. i will consult with my doctor asap and find out what the story is on this rx and have the fear of wondering is the fat killing me or the rx. thanks for all the input from others who have commented on this medicine.

Originally started on 2.5mg felodipine which was raised to 5mg after about two weeks experienced numbnes around lips and hand. Reduced dose(1day ago) but numbness is still present and has extended to left leg and left hand side of torso.