So since I last posted, I started feeling like my old self again from last Sunday until today, Thursday pm. No episodes of rapid heartbeats.

Had my nuclear stress test this morning and felt quite fine all the way through it. No problems whatsoever. Then just after 12pm today as I walked up the stairs at home , it happened again. Good thing I am wearing an event monitor for 25 more days and recorded the event.

So during the testing the technician pulled up my chart and noted a 13sec episode of v-tach showed up on my 7/29 phone interrogation. I had no idea. I asked if that was correct. She said yes. Something to definitely talk to the cardio about.

I was able to walk the treadmill until I got my heartrate up...

 

Had my EP studay today. Procedure went well and they ablated one abnormal area in my ventricle and ablated some abnormal cells around my SA node. Hope it did the trick. After being on bedrest laying flat for 2 hrs after the procedure, the nurse let me go to the bathroom and while in there by artery burst. I pulled the... emerg cord and then had to walk and unlock the door. By the time there nurse was there, the floor and part of the wall was covered in blood and I looked like I had a miscarriage or something because my gown was soaked and my legs were stained red and my socks had to be thrown away. Almost needed a blood transfusion but managed to maintain my blood pressure with a couple bags of saline. Glad its over and just hope it worked...

 

Oh more problems. Dr. just told me that my colesterol count was great but..... my iron and folic acid count was way low and we needed to retest it. Darn, this is what started the whole process toward sudden cardiac death ! I was anemic. That was due to a rare reaction to plavix which I didn't need as there was no blockage problems. I knew I was getting short of breath again and wondered why and I felt more tired than usual too. Anyone out there have anemia problems with meds? I am taking Toprol XL and Cozar Can either of those give me an anemic reaction?

 

does anyone take this medication for high blood pressure ?
if you do, do you experience any side effects ?

 

I am going for my EP study/ablation of ectopic atrial tachycardia on Wednesday. As a result, I had to go off my betablocker. So I didn't take Sunday's doses and felt fine and I didn't take the dose this morning. I felt horrible all day and every time I checked my heart rate it was between 44-50bpm. I have been extrem...ely cold and dizzy all day. Before being medicated my heartrate was always fast with a resting heart rate between 90-100bpm and my bp was around 110/70. I fully expected when going off the betablocker for my heartrate to sky rocket and my bp to return to normal or to be slightly higher. Even while taking the betablocker, my hr and bp were still within normal ranges. My heart rate was never below 60bpm. I'm not sure if these ...

 

I got pm implanted on 8/18 for my syncope. I am 39 y.o., and for the past 20 years I would pass out "with a bang" on average once/every 2-3 years. When I would pass out, I would be out cold for several seconds and go into hypoxic seizure. During the tilt table this June, my heart stopped for 8 sec (and the whole scenario with seizure was repeated). So the cardiologist said pm will work with preventing heart rate drop (but I would still feel lightheaded, dizzy, etc. when "reflex" was activated).

Now, 12 days into this discomfort (including pm getting activated at least once daily with what feels like very uncomfortable rapid pacing and getting "zapped" internally 2 or 3 times for the past 12 days), I am wondering if getting pm ...

 

Hi does anyone here suffer from the condition heart failure? Have you had a pacemaker fitted and taking heart medication at the same time...or do you no longer have to take medicine once implanted with a pacemaker?

Thank you,
Angel.

 

Hi everyone. Haven't been on in a little while and hope all are doing well and healing.

I have a question which I know I can get answers on here. I have my next scheduled 6 month checkup for the end of November. I got a dual lead pacemaker for 2-1 heart block in February 2010. Just this past week I have been feeling my heart beating which had happened before my last checkup. At that time I was "tweaked" a bit and it felt much better. I have recenlty lost 20lbs and didn't know if this could be part of the problem. Or is it just possible I am pacing more and can feel it when I do. I have no shortness of breath, it is just a weird sensation.

Because of my fibromyalgia I am so aware when something seems different. I am al...

 

I'm 43 years old and I'm scheduled to have a biventricular pacemaker implanted in about a month. At the time, my ejection/fraction is a mere 15-20% and I have great fatigue. On top of that, I have complex congenital heart disease. with transposition in the great arteries.. There appears to be ventricular inversion; however the transposition is anatomically corrected.

I understand my condition is rare, and everyone's experience is different. However, I guess what I'm asking is to what degree has your ejection/fraction percentage been effected? Has anybody's jumped up to the 30% level after the procedure? Were you able to return to work?

Thanks for any information possible....

James

 

Hi,
I am a 32yr male with a third degree AV Block and I constantly feel a little lightheaded and dizzy. After checking with a few docs I will probably be getting a PM very soon.

Can anyone tell me their personal experiences with their meds and how much they had to take? I am kind of worried about this.

If this question has already been asked, please post the link to the answers.

david

 

Hi all. I have great news today! I went to the hospital this afternoon for my ECG. Just as the arrhythmia nurse was coming to look at it, the Senior Registrar who looks after me with my EP happened to be walking past & saw me waiting. He came over to ask how I was after the ablation. So I told him about my symptoms & he arranged an urgent treadmill/exercise test there & then! I was on the treadmill within 5 minutes!

The Senior Reg then came to look at my ECG & treadmill results & he said they were all fine. He even said my arrhythmia is no longer showing up on the treadmill results....before my ablation it was always showing up. Now it has gone! Fantastic!

He said he thinks my symptoms are all due to my low BP & he re...

 

Hi all. Latest news from me. I was too scared to go to A&E last Tuesday when I had the chest pain. I didn't want to "make a fuss over nothing" if it turned out to be nothing. Stupid I know! Especially as I had more chest pain on Wednesday.

On Thursday I decided to e-mail the Specialist Arrhythmia Nurse at the hospital. I told him how I'd been having chest pain & also that my blood pressure was 85/50 (GP checked it week before) & I feel dizzy all the time. I asked if this is "normal" post ablation?

The nurse said NO it is not normal! He said my symptoms definately need investigating. He thinks my dizziness is being caused by my very low BP. But he said you shouldn't get a low BP & chest pain post op like this.

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Amioderone.... Im on it, 200MG per day, seems to be a small dosage, well, after reading about this nasty, but effective drug, Im wondering what the replacement drug is for this stuff?

Google it if your on it, some of it is pretty scary

Cheers

 

Thanks to all of you who replied to my question. I'm now waiting for a callback from the Dr.'s office. I got the scolding about how I needed Plavix and there was no comparable medication etc etc etc. This was from the ofc. nurse. I'm waiting to hear from the Dr. He has been fairly good about meds tho I had to be firm about getting off amidadrone which was very toxic to me. I have gotten meds from Canada but....when I did it, it was abit of a hassle having to contact them every month about it, maybe it's changed now.
When I feel richer, I can get it again but we're putting out quite abit of money to redo 2 bathrooms, ramps etc for the house right now. Thanks so much to all of you, I appreciate your answers.

 

My Dr. is not in on Mondays so I'm hoping someone can give some advice. I've been on Plavix since I was implanted in 3/09. As everyone knows it is not cheap. I'm having the house worked on so my husband will be safe and comfortable when he finally gets to come home, of course this is paid for by us as agencies etc. that used to help on longer do. Due to diabetes, he lost both his legs above the knee and it's been a long haul since April. Now he gets a hernia operation this Wed. to further delay his return. I had two medications to pick up at the pharmacy and when I went to pay, I was told it would be $300+. I left the Plavix at the the pharmacy and will up my aspirin from 2--81 mg a day to 1--325 mg aspirin and check in about it tomorrow ...

 

Before I got my PM I had sleep test and they found I had moderate sleep apnea. I got the cpap machine but I was never able to get used to it although I tried and tried.
Now that I have the new PM, I don't know if I still have sleep apnea as I am sleeping better then ever. I used to have to take Lunesta to sleep every night and now I just sleep with out any meds.
My question is, if I try the cpap machine again with my PM, will it be a problem with my heart? I am just confused as to weather to use it or not. I still am waking up with headaches, a sign of sleep apnea. But I just don't know if I should use it or not. Does anyone here use a cpap machine? Did you have it before your PM and use if after you PM?
I forgot to talk...

 

At my last 6month interogation ,( I have a dual chamber medtronic for 5 yearsand 100% paced), three inidences of Afib were piced up. They lasted for no more than 12seconds. A few days latter I received an urgent call from my cardiologists nurse, I had to come in and be fitted with a monitor which I wore for a month. Onreview by the doctor , he said there was no problem showing. Last friday the 13th, I had another interogation by the tech, I discussed what happened before. She said this time, there were three more Afib 's that were picked up also lasting for no more than 12seconds. I'm worried again and concerned. I am a 67 year old male in relatively good shape. On lipitor, atenentol norvasc low dose asperin. Any thoughts? He...

 

Many / most of us are aware we are at increased risk of stroke, and many take a blood thinner to reduce that risk. I have other heart issues that further exacerbate that risk for me personally.

I've been stricken by rapid onset severe headaches that disappear as quickly as they appear. Extensive testing and evaluation cannot find a cause and effect for these headaches.

In the past couple months, I noticed myself stumbling over a word here, a word there but didn't equate it to anything serious. The problem has increased, though still somewhat infrequent. A few minutes ago, I was on the phone and stuttered on a word, that I just couldn't seem to get released from my mind and out my mouth. The stutter was very obvious a...

 

Anyone out there atrial and ventricular dependent?

Without my pacemaker, I have no atrial activity at all. My AV node is now causing problems and we're having a hard time suppressing it. I fear AV node ablation is the only thing left to do, which would leave me completely pacemaker dependent in both top and bottom chambers.


Anyone????

 

Hi everyone! I recently began using Propral (propranolol hydrochlorid) for arythmia. The doctor instructed me to take 1 tablet 1-4 times a day as needed when I feel the arythmia. That would mean up to 160 mg a day, whilst on other days none at all. The 'instructions' that come with the meds only mention using these meds on a daily dose that remains the same and warns against changing the dose or stopping to use the pills suddenly. Do you think that the huge daily change in the amount of this medication in my system is really safe? I mean it must be because the doctor gave these to me, but I don't feel completely convinced... I sometimes need several pills for many days in a row and then none for a week... Interestingly also the instructio...