Posted by AMD on March 12, 2006, at 15:37:37
I've used cocaine often in the past year or so, although just fell off the wagon from a four-mouth abstinence.
What kind of long-term heart damage may I have done? Particularly the other day, with the cocaine excess? Is this damage permanent? Would I know if I had it?
My heart rate seems regular now, about 60-70 bpm, but I'm worried that I'll have a heart attack soon. Worried is an understatement.
I exercise more-or-less regularly, although recently my exercise schedule has been more sporatic.
Can I expect this exercise to help my heart recover from any damage done? Does one-a-week cocaine use for a year or so do serious long-term damage to the heart?
My last physical revealed a mild apparently congenital heart regurgitation. Any complications there?
Basically I want to know whether I'm doomed, or if I can recover from the heart, brain, body damage I went through over the past year.
Finally, does one night of use tax one's system to the extent that I am now "screwed" for life?
amd
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