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I tried to post on the doctor forum but it won't let me so I thought I was run this by some other people:
Can you please tell me if I have been thru all the necessary testing for PVC's, PAC's, heart flutters etc. then I should not worry? I have had a holter (saw triplet PVC's and couplet PVC's (I think it was around 100 the day of the holter). I would think that 100 is quite a few? Would you consider this quite a few? The doctor didn't seem concerned about it and said since you have a normal heart don't sweat it (easy for him to say - he isn't getting these).
I have also had a stress test and it came back normal and an echo. The echo said there was slight backup of something but the guy told me it was totally normal to have that. Do you think I should pursue this thru another cardiologist or just not worry about it? I get skips, flutters etc. every single day and I really don't like the feeling of them. I take Prozac for my worry about these things and I think it takes the edge off a little but I still don't understand why my heart continually does this. Sometimes it just does one hard bang and other times it will do it every third or fouth beat. Is it true that normal hearts act like this? I don't know of anyone that feels skips and flutters and that is why I am having such a hard time beleiving the cardiologist I saw. I am a 47 year old healthy female.
Can you please tell me if I have been thru all the necessary testing for PVC's, PAC's, heart flutters etc. then I should not worry? I have had a holter (saw triplet PVC's and couplet PVC's (I think it was around 100 the day of the holter). I would think that 100 is quite a few? Would you consider this quite a few? The doctor didn't seem concerned about it and said since you have a normal heart don't sweat it (easy for him to say - he isn't getting these).
I have also had a stress test and it came back normal and an echo. The echo said there was slight backup of something but the guy told me it was totally normal to have that. Do you think I should pursue this thru another cardiologist or just not worry about it? I get skips, flutters etc. every single day and I really don't like the feeling of them. I take Prozac for my worry about these things and I think it takes the edge off a little but I still don't understand why my heart continually does this. Sometimes it just does one hard bang and other times it will do it every third or fouth beat. Is it true that normal hearts act like this? I don't know of anyone that feels skips and flutters and that is why I am having such a hard time beleiving the cardiologist I saw. I am a 47 year old healthy female.
I lived in the Northeast, just off Edmonton Trail. It's funny another person might know the area. A big wonderful world, and yet so small. I heard Calgary passed 1 million recently. That's too big. Last I was in Banff it had changed significantly as well.
Celeste, I'm not sure what to think about ablation. While I don't get much relief from the high frequency, I do get some stretches where I don't think about them, I don't notice them. They are still there, but I'm unaware. Some of my hesitation is money, (I have a very high deductible) and some of it is fear of the potential risk.
I did an echo on Tuesday and I'm waiting for the results. If my heart is "structurally normal" then I think I will feel a little more secure. I guess that is the biggest defense against the pvcs. Knowing that your heart is strong regardless of the arrhythmia.
Celeste, I'm not sure what to think about ablation. While I don't get much relief from the high frequency, I do get some stretches where I don't think about them, I don't notice them. They are still there, but I'm unaware. Some of my hesitation is money, (I have a very high deductible) and some of it is fear of the potential risk.
I did an echo on Tuesday and I'm waiting for the results. If my heart is "structurally normal" then I think I will feel a little more secure. I guess that is the biggest defense against the pvcs. Knowing that your heart is strong regardless of the arrhythmia.
I am glad the Banff thing generated so much interest! I am originally from Calgary as well? Where did you live in Calgary?
Hi there,
I had to smile when I read your hello to me...it is so true. It's very nice to meet and talk with people here, but it really stinks too in that there are way too many people with PVC's/arrhythmia's. For something so common and obviously so life altering and yes, life destroying too, you would think that someone, somewhere, would be looking for a cure.
I've had them for 24 years now. They started up right around the first time I had a really stressful job with the government and got ALOT worse 3 years later after having a few panic attacks. I've had them in cycles ever since. The last cycle I had lasted 13 months and literally began within seconds of the surgeons coming out and telling me that my daughter had some complications during surgery.
Sorry to hear the mag doesn't work for you! I took 500 mg's this afternoon when I started into bigeminy and I've only had one PVC this evening. I know one thing for sure, if they keep going and progressively get worse again, I'm taking my EP up on the offer for an ablation. I just can't go through 20,000+ a day for months on end again. ....Everytime I hear the words "PVC's are benign" and you'll learn to live with them, I have to laugh outloud to save my sanity.
Be well!
I had to smile when I read your hello to me...it is so true. It's very nice to meet and talk with people here, but it really stinks too in that there are way too many people with PVC's/arrhythmia's. For something so common and obviously so life altering and yes, life destroying too, you would think that someone, somewhere, would be looking for a cure.
I've had them for 24 years now. They started up right around the first time I had a really stressful job with the government and got ALOT worse 3 years later after having a few panic attacks. I've had them in cycles ever since. The last cycle I had lasted 13 months and literally began within seconds of the surgeons coming out and telling me that my daughter had some complications during surgery.
Sorry to hear the mag doesn't work for you! I took 500 mg's this afternoon when I started into bigeminy and I've only had one PVC this evening. I know one thing for sure, if they keep going and progressively get worse again, I'm taking my EP up on the offer for an ablation. I just can't go through 20,000+ a day for months on end again. ....Everytime I hear the words "PVC's are benign" and you'll learn to live with them, I have to laugh outloud to save my sanity.
Be well!
You said "the guy" said that it was totally normal to have a back flow or something on your echo. Was this "guy" a Cardiologist? If not, I would pay no attention what he would tell me but let the Cardiologist tell me about my echo, and what is or is not normal.
However, since your other tests came out normal, and if the echo was not normal I'm sure your Cardiologist would have called you by now.
100 PVC's a day is not much. I had every other beat at one time for weeks, that is 30 PVC's in one hour.
To little Magnesium and Potassium can also cause it, but most if the time there is no cause. They just come and go, and come again, and go again.
However, since your other tests came out normal, and if the echo was not normal I'm sure your Cardiologist would have called you by now.
100 PVC's a day is not much. I had every other beat at one time for weeks, that is 30 PVC's in one hour.
To little Magnesium and Potassium can also cause it, but most if the time there is no cause. They just come and go, and come again, and go again.
Hi there,
Those dropped ones I dread!!! What is so weird is I can agree with what was said when you have lots of them you seem to get used to them, but when they leave you for awhile and then return it's quite impossible to ignore them. I keep seeing the talk about magnesium but I am afraid to take anything. I am already on a beta blocker and it has me lethargic most of the time so I am praying I can be weaned off next month, but I wish there was something I could take that was natural AND that I wasn't afraid of :-) As I type this I can feel flutters, but I am trying to ignore them.
It sounds like you live someplace beautiful! Try and take advantage of your beautiful surroundings and breathe in that clean mountain fresh air....ahhhhhhh, I can just imagine.
Have a peaceful night!
Those dropped ones I dread!!! What is so weird is I can agree with what was said when you have lots of them you seem to get used to them, but when they leave you for awhile and then return it's quite impossible to ignore them. I keep seeing the talk about magnesium but I am afraid to take anything. I am already on a beta blocker and it has me lethargic most of the time so I am praying I can be weaned off next month, but I wish there was something I could take that was natural AND that I wasn't afraid of :-) As I type this I can feel flutters, but I am trying to ignore them.
It sounds like you live someplace beautiful! Try and take advantage of your beautiful surroundings and breathe in that clean mountain fresh air....ahhhhhhh, I can just imagine.
Have a peaceful night!
Well, I hate to meet another person with high frequency pvcs, because it means another person has them--but hello Celeste. I read your post and understand you are 43. How long have you had them?
Rockymountain, I could not agree with Celeste more when she said that the fewer pvcs she gets, the more she can feel them and the more they are bothersome. That is definitely when I get that "dropped" sensation. The pause that lasts a lifetime. I get many couplets and triplets. I've even had non-sustained VT, maybe 10pvcs in a row. I got so sick of wondering what was next I think that's when I made up my mind not to let them take my life away. No sense living if you are wondering every minute when you'll die. I'm still here, but maybe feeling a little sorry for myself right now.
Mine have stopped for on rare occassion for maybe a couple of hours, once it was a whole day on my birthday. I thought it was a gift from god. I have no answer why they stop or start, but I'm heartbroken when they return. I have tried everything, toperol, inderol, atenolol, 1500mg of magnesium/day. Nothing makes a dent. I do take some supplements that lessen the sensation, but not the frequency, better than taking bb which make me feel so fatigued.
You do live in a terrific part of the world, I'm originally from Calgary Alberta and Banff was the best playground a person could ask for.
Rockymountain, I could not agree with Celeste more when she said that the fewer pvcs she gets, the more she can feel them and the more they are bothersome. That is definitely when I get that "dropped" sensation. The pause that lasts a lifetime. I get many couplets and triplets. I've even had non-sustained VT, maybe 10pvcs in a row. I got so sick of wondering what was next I think that's when I made up my mind not to let them take my life away. No sense living if you are wondering every minute when you'll die. I'm still here, but maybe feeling a little sorry for myself right now.
Mine have stopped for on rare occassion for maybe a couple of hours, once it was a whole day on my birthday. I thought it was a gift from god. I have no answer why they stop or start, but I'm heartbroken when they return. I have tried everything, toperol, inderol, atenolol, 1500mg of magnesium/day. Nothing makes a dent. I do take some supplements that lessen the sensation, but not the frequency, better than taking bb which make me feel so fatigued.
You do live in a terrific part of the world, I'm originally from Calgary Alberta and Banff was the best playground a person could ask for.
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