What a wild and crazy 7 days it has been around here, and I was the one who stirred up most of the excitement. And not on purpose, mind you! I tend to prefer calm! :) For the past several weeks I have been having rapid heartbeat and heart "flutters". I had seem my family Dr. about them, he did an EKG, and didn't seem too concerned, and sent me on my way, letting me know he could give me medication if I decided I wanted it. Well, then twice last week, I had rapid heartbeat with chest pain, the second time it was really bad, along with nausea. That one sent me to the ER at Good Sam. I was there for 4 hours, they ran another EKG, checked my heart enzymes, and did a chest x-ray. The paramedic told me he detected an irregular heartbeat, but the hospital didn't detect it and sent me home, telling me to follow up with a cardiologist, but assured me there had been no heart attack.Mind you, at this point, not 1 person has bothered to put a stethescope to my chest. Well, only 1 did, and that was the paramedic who said he heard the irregular heart beat. But, neither my Dr. or the one at the ER had yet actually listened to my heart. Yesterday was my visit to the cardiologist. Within 15 seconds of listening to my heart, which happened to be acting up at the time, the Dr looked at me and said " your heart is skipping beats ! " Even though that made me somewhat nervous, I finally felt as if I wasn't completely crazy and something was actually not right. He explained that it is also contributing to my fatigue, shakiness, and being constantly cold, since my heart isn't circulating blood every time it "skips". So, he started me on a beta-blocker to get my heart rhythm regulated, and I will have an echocardiogram and stress test next week to check for an underlying heart issue. But, more than likely it is an electrical impulse issue that can be corrected with meds. My mom has this too, she started having it at my age, so it is probably genetic. Thanks, mama! :) Aren't I too young for this stuff???
On another note, Aaron is home from school throwing up. Sigh. Good times, ya'll. But God is good, there is always a reason and a plan, and I know things could always be worse. So, I will take this over all the "worse" stuff!
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Jill,
ReplyDeleteI'm just now reading this. I'm sorry to hear about your problem! Are you on Coumadin? (blood thinner) What is the name of your beta-blocker? Take care of yourself my dear!