Bye, friends!

I am not trying to be dramatic, but am just saying goodbye to my FRIENDS here, those that have helped me out over the past 3 long years.  I appreciate all your help and support, guys.  I am not coming onto this board again because I don't think I need it anymore, and being called names and putting up with sexist and sexually degrading remarks is not my idea of FUN!  :):):)  So, bye to all you fellow "PVC women" who have been there for me through some real bad times!  Take care, guys and here's to palp-free days ahead for us all.  Your wisdom is truly appreciated.

So, FLAME away everyone else...I won't see it because I'm erasing this board from my favorites and never returning.  Make this place as NEGATIVE as you want it to be!  I am one less "PVC woman" for you to put up with.  Go out and find a good lover and enjoy your lives and revel in your "real" illnesses.  I am sick of this - if I want to be insulted I will just talk to my husband.  I don't need insults (even if they are not directed at ME per se, they are directed at people like me and are therefore offensive to me) from people who have no idea what kind of person I am, what I have done or am doing in life, what I've been through and probably could not deal with MOST of what I have actually gone through themselves.

[kitcurious]

I hate to see you leave the board. There are so few of us "old-timers" posting. At least not very often. You are always patient, sympathetic, knowledgeable and understanding.
Maybe I'll leave too. I hardly visit anymore anyway.

[SillyHeart]

Ok,  good luck.  Goodbye.

[tickertock]

Sad to see you leave, I understand where you're coming from though. I don't visit this forum half as much as I used to myself, I also try to limit my comments as I don't want to stir emotions on either side of a debate, I try to limit my comments to support or offer advice if I think I can offer anything that might be helpful.

Bottomline whether you're suffering with anxiety or a real serious heart problem, only you that it is happening to know how you feel, no one else, so I try my best never to judge anyone . Good luck & Best wishes. I don't believe in goodbyes, I'll just say as we say here, LATER.

[Momto3]

I wish you would reconsider.  Your participation and comments are valuable to others who are walking in the shoes you "used to wear."  Remember when you first visited?  You were filled with fear and anxiety.  Today, you are a proud wife and mother, a professional, and someone who has fought through the anxiety of coping with palps.  

To those of you who have visited the forum for information, ideas, support, a shoulder, or whatever...please remember that each of us joined the board for a personal reason.  Making slight of someone else's problem/concern is unreasonable given we each have our own fears.  Why not keep your disparging remarks to yourself?  I really don't understand the reasons behind throwing out nasty comments and critique....

Visit the Forum with an open mind and an open heart.  We need people like fearfactor!  She has walked in the shoes of those that will follow.......

Fearfactor, please don't leave...you are an asset to the board.  Won't you please reconsider?

Connie

[heartfluttersflyawayplz]

plz stay , i wrote and told on surfgirl and did you see they took her comments off, so there is hope , they wont put up with others being rude so dont let a few run you off, they were on other sites and did same thing ran people off even had a few sites shut down from what i understand, lets not let the take this one over ,if we bann together they wont. plz come back if you leave and others like you than this site will go down to and there are really scared people who need us , tickertock i was wondering where you was , i always enjoyed your comments plz stay lets get it back to where it was dont let a few ruin it for most . barbara

[tickertock]

I'm not leaving, at least not now. I was saying LATER to fearfactor as I don't believe in goodbyes. I hope you're feeling better with the pacs these days.

Trust me i know exactly what it is like to be jumped on, I had my share, but you know what, when you're right , honest and really care for others, nothing can come your way that you can't overcome. There will always be a few out there that are contentious, it's just their nature, they can't help it ( its sickness, just as anxiety is real illness and warrants treatment rather than criticism.)

[Ihatepalps2]

I agree with fearfactor. I stumbled upon this site just by accident...and thought what a great place it was to be able to ask questions and have answers by someone who truly understands palpitations--and the numbing fear that goes along with them. Then came the negative comments--people like Surfgirl who treated it as a big joke--making people like me that came here feel like a fool for asking questions.
Not that it matters one whit to anyone, but I too think I will erase this site. Its too bad, because its a good one, for the most part. But I had being ridiculed for something that is so scary to me.

[heartfluttersflyawayplz]

dont let them win , dont quite on thoses who realyy need this site remember when we were so scared and what help it was plz stay dont walk away from the ones who need help , lets stick together and show the bad apples they cant make good go away . if you leave than bad wins again . plz plz stay

[heartfluttersflyawayplz]

thank you am doing great with my pac, just anxiety now but it will be ok.

thank you for staying we need you , your of great help and so many look for your comments i know i did , you made me feel better. . we cant walk away.

i hope your doing great i have not seen you on in a while and was wondering where you was. glad your back plz stay .am not a quiter and will not walk away because some want to be kids and call names i turn them in and they took their comments off so if they keep dooing it i guess they could bann them not sure ,  i just want to be able come on here and talk when i have a problem and want you to be here to help me . your a great help  just like so many more . we just cant let others take over and ruin it for us . Barbara

[Celeste77]

I, too, hate to see you go, but totally understand why. I'm on my way out also.
Thank you for all your support, kindness, and knowledge, and thank you for supporting my request for a separate arrhythmia forum.

I hope you will check back periodically. With some support and more requests, just maybe, Medhelp will implement an separate Arrhythmia forum.

Take care.


For anyone else interested in a separate Arrhythmia forum, you can post your suggestions here: http://www.medhelp.org/forums/suggestions/wwwboard.html

[njean]

I just joined the forum this past week & I don't mind telling you all how grateful I've been to be able to talk to all of you out there & get the wonderful and warm responses that I have gotten on my plight!  Just the idea of knowing that there are others out there that have gone through the same illnessess and shared in the same fears & gone through their own "hell" is comforting to be able to share this, finally!  

Fearfactor stay & share the wealth of your knowlege & experience to help others.  I'm sure that like myself, other people that suffer what you suffer or have suffered in the past, need your support & your knowlege to get them through their crisis.  Take care my friend & I hope you stay!

njean

[cat33]

How can you leave me alone now. All this time I thought a PVC was a plumming pipe. I could have sure used your help and support if it's about high anxiety,and heart palpatations. So sorry your leaving.  ALOHA

[wildcat27]

I really hope you will stick around. This board is a sanctuary for folks who have been dealing with arrhythmia successfully even though it's a struggle...we really value you!!!

[anacyde]

I don't know why you let people get to you.  The vast majority here appreciate you as a fellow member and enjoy your kind and supportive comments.  Those of us who have also experienced "real heart problems" also appreciate you.  Yes, PAC/PVCs are benign, but they are still heart-related and that's what this forum is about.

I do hope you'll consider staying.  As was noted previously, there are too few of us "old timers" posting these days :)

Every message board will have disagreement, and it is how we handle those disagreements that will determine whether our forum is, overall, a positive or negative place.  Stick around.

[heartfluttersflyawayplz]

very well put , so lets make it postive and let the few who want to ruin it talk to themselves, if they act like kids treat them like kids put them in a corner and dont talk to them.

[Mightyburner75]

Hello Everyone,

Just found this site and figured I would give it a try.  I am 50 years old, with a history of mildly high cholesterol(220's), High BP (avg is 140/90), and have had erectile disfunction since Age 36(I tell you this as I think it is related to my BP).

Anyway, while in my Chiroprators office the other day, we were reviewing a recent X-Ray of my back and I asked him what those Vertical Lines were in the middle of the picture.  He said, Oh, looks like some calcification of your Aorta!

I have never had my circulatory system checked?  Does it sound like I need to or is this pretty normal for a 50 year old?

Any advise would be helpful!!

[bip]

You are a very good person.I used to be on this forum but Im not anymore I don't belong here........I hope you stay on the anxiety forum we need you there.PLEASE stay with the anxiety forum don't leave us....

[Barbarella]

There is a site where you can ask about different heart conditions including PVC's.  This site has a forum for just arrhythmia, just for heart failure, just for bypass surgery, just for angina, just for high blood pressure, just for PVC's and PAC's, and the list goes on and on.  Doctors and nurses answer your questions, NOBODY criticizes you for "only" having "benign" PVC's.  They are very understanding.

I don't think we are allowed to name names of other sites.  I only posted the names of books by a doctor who dealt with anxiety problems, some of you know her, and my posts were deleted.

If you go on Google it should not take you long to find this site.  

[heartfluttersflyawayplz]

is it claire weeks

[Barbarella]

YES!

[Carey01]

Give us a hint ...

[Barbarella]

When doctors are sitting together in a lounge, what would you call this lounge?  You would call it a ........lounge