< Anyone have any ideas? Jean?> Pretty much out of my league, Nikki. I have a dear friend who in the past 3 months has developed marked symptoms of congestive heart failure that was probably coming on for a long time. So, in her interest, I am reading up on it, feeding her ideas about questions to ask her doctor. Newspaper article reporting on the Nov. 10 meeting of the American Heart Association quoted research that medical practice has expanded so rapidly that many physicians cannot keep up with the latest practices and that many, may CHD patients are not being treated according to the standard protocols now recommended, including appropriate tests on the venticular function. By logic, it seems to me that since milk is a product requiring raw materials delivered to the interstitial fluid by the blood stream, that if there were any deficiency in the ability of the heart to deliver adequate circulation, it would have high potential for compromising the milk making process. However, if I remember correctly, the mammary arteries are some of the first arteries off of the aorta, so maybe they'd get better circulation than, say, the liver or the legs (where she has terrific edema). Just a guess though. Jean ********** K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC Dayton, OH USA *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html