could you get here?

[greendave]

Several of you have asked me via notes to add an occasional update of where I've got to in the mountains as I have had extremely bad SVT for 21 years and frequent PVC's which have ruined my life until I started to fight back just over four years ago. Starting with yoga, meditation and crystals I then started walking in great fear but now I am out every weekend in all weathers where few 'normal' people venture and where I work, which has over a thousand people, i am considered by all to be the fittest person there and have now started a mountaineering club where I take groups of 15 people up into the mountains , many for the first time! What a laugh when you consider my history.
Recently I got through the clouds and got a good photo looging down with a peak below me poking through the clouds. I have put this on my profile  - so have a look and ask yourself could this be you?
My start point was a full of fear couch potato who even drove to the local shop and my end point is any mountain I want, rain, gales, fog , snow -  I;m often the only one up there.
My point is -  it's fear that is holding us back - the doctors tell us we're OK - so believe them and see where you could end up.
It would be great to see posts from you showing us all where you have got to. Every little step helps ease the fear and it's great to get confidenec back.
hope to hear where you've got to - no matter how small the start.
dave

[nikgirl28]

i am 5'7 and weigh 102 pounds...i work out every day....and i still get them... unfortunately...but they are linked to my hormones right now...so if you try to lose weight it might help you...

[Crickett559]

I started having PVC's in my late teens though I did not know what they were at the time and did not find out what was happening until I hit 40 and 3 children later. But looking back, my PVC's were most noticeable around that time of the month or when I had given birth. Heart Diease does not run in my family so I never worried about my heart, but devoloped a habit of shaking my foot as to wort off the funny feeling in my chest. Once I reached about 33, I stopped having them so much or maybe my kids kept me so busy I did not notice them as much, but by 44 I had all the norm heart test, and everyone ruled ok, they are not dangerous but bothersome, but I chose meds anyways. I wish now I would have looked for other ways but I did not have the support we have these days. Now Iam going thru the change of life at 49 and its not much fun either, bc of hormones out of whack all the time, but like Dave, Iam trying to get a grip on it, know in my head they arent going to kill me, and live life the best I can and not miss a thing, and always telling myself "Iam the master of my body". But I have a question, Oprah states being overweight has caused hers(palpations) and Iam overweight as well, is most everyone on here overweight or has anyone lost weight and noticed thier PVC's, PAC, SVT, better?

[nikgirl28]

oh my gosh i'm doing the exact same thing...after the birth of my second son...only one month my heart got really wacky and stayed liked that 2 years later...i stopped breastfeeding 5 months to see if that would even things out with my body...but no...my heart woes got a lot worse...like a lot...i even tracking when my heart gets worse...definitely around ovulation i seem to get the worse pvcs and pacs...and then 2 wks before menstruation...my heart has a mind of it's only...tachy...pvcs that feel like flutters...even pacs which i hate...dizziness...headaches...joint aches...etc,etc...but it's all linked to hormones...i'm too afraid to take bcps cause of what they can do to my heart since i'm arrythmia-prone....i'm trying all the natural ways to get my body back in harmony...and i think i'm going to try acupunture again...so far, yoga is really working...cause i'm learning how to relax through my breathing...but it *****...i wish i could turn my hormones off and be normal like everyone else...i'm so envious of my husband cause he never has to go through this...when my heart goes out of rhythm usually i have to go into a room and try to work through it...cause he just looks at me and tells me to calm down...so i have no use turning to him for support....just something i have to work through myself...and i truly understand...it is really hard....

[greendave]

Your gran and your mum vegetarians and I went that way too and find it does free up energy. Meat tastes great but the digestion seems to drain energy rather than give it and I just can't get my head around seeing beautiful animals and eating them - particularly when we now have nutritional tasty alternatives. but that's my personal opinion and i certainly do not push it on to anyone else.
I am so proud of you rescuing those dogs - can you think of anything that gives love so unconditionally as a dog and asks for so little in return?
dave

[greendave]

your post to Zach needs sharing in its own right rather than a post on my thread.

How about starting a new post 'how i'm fighting backl' or Lucys starting to live again - who knows -  but what you are doing is truly inspirational and should not be lost tagged on to some one elses quaestion.
What you are doing iswhat I did all on my own all those years ago but I had no one to share it with. What you are doing can help people live better lives so KICK OFF.

dave

[greendave]

I am blown away by your posts and by you!!. By keeping the journals. as you are doing, and looking for patterns we could have a massive breakthrough for all of us male and female.
I can feel the excitement in your last post to Nikgirl.
Please keep this going
lots of love
dave