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2nd year of symptoms with no answers
At about this time last year I started to experience the following symptoms: nausea (never vomited though), mild intermittent light headedness, occasional feelings of being bloated (bean-o helped), and irregular bowel movements (normally I'm like clockwork - when these symptoms flared up it could change to every other day, to mild diarrhea).
In June of last year I started to feel disturbing flutters in my chest and eventually was told I have benign PVCs (went to a cardiac specialist who did a holter and then a stress test along with ultrasounds - he said there are no cardiac problems to be concerned with). He put me on Coreg and said it might help with the PVCs.
Like magic, all symptoms subsided around mid-September and I enjoyed a problem free fall and winter. Now they're starting to come back (no real PVCs and hopefully never again, but it certainly seems like I'm on the same path).
At the same time that this started we had just purchased a new house and moved in. None of these symptoms really presented prior to the move. We immediately went into construction mode and it became a very stressful project.
When the symptoms cleared up in September I attributed a lot of it to stress from the move and construction. However, now that they seem to be coming back I'm not so sure. I've been to my GP (last year - haven't gone yet this year) and all blood work and other tests were normal.
I've read about many people that suffer from PVCs and that also suffer from other gastro symptoms like mine. I feel that if I can find a solution for the gastro symptoms they PVCs will be prevented from happening again. I did also have an endoscopy last year looking for GERD and that came back as normal.
One other symptom that I've had for 10 years or so, not sure if it's related or not, is that I occasionally get a discomfort in my chest area. This could range from a dull ache, to a light pin-***** sensation, to a mild burning to full fledged heartburn. This has always just been chalked up as acid-refulx. I was put on omeprazole last year but I really felt that that medication aggravated my symptoms and I stopped taking it around the time my PVCs and other symptoms subsided last year.
I'm male and 43 years old.
In June of last year I started to feel disturbing flutters in my chest and eventually was told I have benign PVCs (went to a cardiac specialist who did a holter and then a stress test along with ultrasounds - he said there are no cardiac problems to be concerned with). He put me on Coreg and said it might help with the PVCs.
Like magic, all symptoms subsided around mid-September and I enjoyed a problem free fall and winter. Now they're starting to come back (no real PVCs and hopefully never again, but it certainly seems like I'm on the same path).
At the same time that this started we had just purchased a new house and moved in. None of these symptoms really presented prior to the move. We immediately went into construction mode and it became a very stressful project.
When the symptoms cleared up in September I attributed a lot of it to stress from the move and construction. However, now that they seem to be coming back I'm not so sure. I've been to my GP (last year - haven't gone yet this year) and all blood work and other tests were normal.
I've read about many people that suffer from PVCs and that also suffer from other gastro symptoms like mine. I feel that if I can find a solution for the gastro symptoms they PVCs will be prevented from happening again. I did also have an endoscopy last year looking for GERD and that came back as normal.
One other symptom that I've had for 10 years or so, not sure if it's related or not, is that I occasionally get a discomfort in my chest area. This could range from a dull ache, to a light pin-***** sensation, to a mild burning to full fledged heartburn. This has always just been chalked up as acid-refulx. I was put on omeprazole last year but I really felt that that medication aggravated my symptoms and I stopped taking it around the time my PVCs and other symptoms subsided last year.
I'm male and 43 years old.
that is why i asked if it was gallstones cause i too had those same symptoms and had mine removed a year ago and today i have not had one attack or any problems it has been great! def get an ultrasound and ask your dr if it could possibly be gallstones.. my surgery was easy.. i had it removed thru 5 small incisions and i was in slight pain but able to walk and move around the following day, def ask for an ultrasound it wont hurt in ruling it out if its not gallstones. wish you luck and let me know how things go!
sounds an awful lot like gallstones as my symptoms were the same ive had my gallbladder taken out a week ago not feeling too good at the moment but time will tell and im sure it cant be as bad as it was before i had it removed let me know how ya get on go back too doc and ask for a scan and an mri thats how mine where found goodluck..
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