Hi~I am very concerned and I need some reassurance, I am scared. This morning, around 3:00, I was looking for something on the floor, when I got up and went back to bed, my heart was naturally beating faster, OK, so then, it starts to feel like it is getting faster and when I tried to feel my pulse in my neck ( I was scared to but did anyway)I could tell it was skipping, it was like: beat, beat, beat, nothing, beat, nothing, beat, beat, nothing. This scared the daylights out of me so I stopped feeling it. It lasted about a minute but felt like an eternity. I am not sure what the rate was, I didn't count it, but it was probably 100. When it stopped, I then had a mini anxiety attack, but quickly regained my composure.
My fear is, I am afraid it was paroxysmal A-Fib. I haven't had any since this morning, maybe just my normal "blips" that suck but nothing like what i had earlier. I made an appointment to see my PCP tomorrow at 3. I want an EKG or an echo, but over here in New Zealand, they just don't do them unless it is really important. I am on the verge of tears, I may have had this type of feeling before back home in the states, but it didn't scare me as much, but then, I knew and liked my doctors, and had things to look forward to, here, I feel alone and don't have much to look forward too. I remember my PCP asking me what would help to calm me, I told him an echo and wearing an event monitor, he said "done" and he set it all up for me, man, I sure miss him, no way will that happen here.
I am also worried about back pain, I know women can have heart issues in their back, well, for the last few months,I will get this pain in my mid-upper back, it is like a spasm, usually walking takes it away, but this past Monday, while singing Christmas carols at our hospital, I had it and it stayed a little while. I thought to myself "oh well, I am in a hospital if I keel over" It finally left and boy, when I touched my rib on the side, was it sore. I am hoping it is just my fibro or costchondritis acting up. My jaw hurts, but only in the front under the main front teeth. I will say that normally, when I get that back pain, it is after doing some heavy sweeping out front, this time, it was a day after, but, I had walked the dogs and boy, do they pull and that can hurt as well. I don't know, as you can see, I am a nervous wreck right now. My chiropractor says my upper back is very tight and that is causing the pain, I want to believe him, but I am afraid to fearing the worse.
I took my blood pressure after I had calmed down by the way, it was 114/73 with a heart rate of 73, this is normal for me. (I am 60 years young ) I am not on any medication at all. Back home, I had an echo and wore a seven day king of hearts monitor,(the ones my PCP set up for me) the echo was "normal" and the event monitor was very unremarkable, just some PAC's a few PVC's and some atrial runs, nothing over 100 however. This was all 8 years ago however, I am afraid things have changed since then.
Thank you for reading this. I hope all goes well tomorrow at my PCP visit.