Had follow up with my primary doctor today who simply told me to start taking the meds as recommended by the heart doctor. She didn't think that the uptick in palpitations was anything to be...
That didn't go well. Ended up being chastised by the nurse for wasting her time on the phone saying that they had already told me these were benign and to take my medicine (even though my primary...
And I guess I'll be calling my cardiologist in the morning. I am so tired of this. I had them on and off all day, again. Probably about an average of 10 per hour that I could feel likely more that I...
I thought I would come on and leave an update while I was lurking about on a night where I am having a copious amount of palpitations. The problem I have keeping everyone updated is that I get on...
I thought I'd give a quick update. I'm two weeks into a 30 day monitor. My cardiologist said she thought it wasn't anything to be worried about and sounded like simple ectopic heartbeats to her. SHe...
The thing that always gets me is when water itself seems to be a trigger! I've had days where I was drinking extra water to stay hydrated and apparently the swallowing effect triggered a few PVCs of...
I am trying to get back to enjoying life =) I did my first walk since last week's events even though I had some trepidation, I went for a nearly 30 minute walk. Only felt a few mild palpitations and...
Elsewhere in the forum I have posted about my recent adventures with palpitations. This has led me down a new path where I discovered something that I am curious about for others who suffer from...
Appointment with the cardiologist for my own peace of mind. They even said I could probably rely on what the ER doctor and my primary physician told me, but noted if I was still stressed about it...
An update this morning: My depression has subsided slightly, but I can still feel emotionally worn down after the events of the last few days. I had a number of hefty palpitations last night in the...
I'm sorry to hear about your husband. I can tell you that my dad has had a couple of procedures done on his heart like that and there's very little to them. It's insane how far we've come with...
They've looked for a murmur before. The doctors always listen to see if they hear one, and with the multitude of tests I've had, I'd hope they would have found it if I did have one. So I'm assuming...
Thank you for the response =) In the time since I wrote that, my skipped beats have subsided and I haven't felt any more flutters (it's the flutters that always get me because it always makes me...
It's been a while, but I'm back. I've had some new events unfold and it's causing me a great amount of grief. I thought this might be the best place to come back "home" to. I've had palpitation...
Finally managed to make it back here. Got a new PC several months ago and took forever to transfer all my bookmarks and stuff. Update: still having skipped beats, and still getting uptight about...
Going to contact my doctor and set up an appointment. Several friends who have looked at the results and are in the medical field say it appears I have nothing to be concerned about since the primary...
Spoke to a receptionist who said that there was no indication that I needed a follow up appointment after the screening....
Well now I am confused so I'll just post what my results were. The cholestoral and calcium scans appeared to be normal, but the ECG gave me cause for concern. CT Calcium Score: 0 (10th percentile)...
I appreciate the words of encouragement!...
I was uptight over the CT scan after the horror stories of claustrophobia I've heard involving tests like that, but it ended up being easy. Had on and off palpitations ever since. A few bad days,...
And here we go. Finally had my cardiology appointment this morning. Blood test. EKG. CT scan on my heart. I'll be 3-5 days before I hear something from it. Now I gotta try to relax and not worry...
Long form "premature ventricular contraction" Short form is a skipped heartbeat. It's that feeling you get in your chest when you feel a thump or a thud or a flutter and it feels as though your...
Thank you for your words of encouragement. I know that there are danger signs from PVCs like shortness of breath and feeling faint etc that I'm not getting. My brain understands that if I ignored...
Went to the doctor this morning. She said she didn't detect anything with my heart, but knowing I have anxiety and seeing I was worried about my heart she did tell me to set up an appointment to get...
I have noticed that both nights that the thumps returned I had hamburgers one for supper last night and then one leftover for tonight's supper. Might be connected to that. I have had a minor bit of...
After weeks of keeping them under control, they have returned with gusto since Sunday. Monday was just the slight flutters. Then Tuesday was flutters with an occasional thump. Had an anxiety attack...
Thought I should check in. I've kept my PVCs (or the stress about them) at bay for several weeks now. Exercise and realizing my blood pressure and other signs of heart disease were not seen helped me...
I was fine after calming down. I just woke up, felt those sensations and freaked a bit. I had one minor pvc later in the night but it was again of the gentle variety. I just worked myself up for...
Well that explains a lot LOL...
Can you direct me to it? LOL I think I messed up when posting this afternoon. Not sure what exactly I did but I remember thinking something was off kilter. So I may have posted a couple of times...
Had a good week for the most part. Only a handful of PVCs that I felt. I stayed calm after all of them until Sunday afternoon (a few minutes ago.) I fell asleep on the couch and when I woke up, I...
With arm cuff blood pressure last night was 127/83 (heart rate 71) and tonight was 120/75 with a heart rate of 69 Maybe the wrist band wasn't as bad off as I thought? Well I am relaxing about that...
Mine tends to happen in two general spots. Either right below my sternum but to the left. Basically if I place my finger on the very bottom of my sternum, go about 1/2 inch left and then about a 1/4...
I've been on the forum for a while dealing with heart palpitations. After a few weeks of upping my exercise and changing my diet, I have seen a significant drop in them. In fact, it was the...
I'm still doing well. I'm still exercising 60 mins a day and I have started to lose some weight (at least some of my old shirts are fitting better than they did at this time last year.) My...
Not sure what is happening to cause it. Not sure if it's boosting my exercise from 30 to 60 mins per day (I broke it into two 30 minute segments) or if it's the garlic supplements I am taking. It...
This week has been up and down. I had some terrible PVCs Thursday after a night of little sleep and I made the mistake of drinking an extra glass of Mountain Dew to try to perk up. Had several PVCs...
Update. I continue to have them after eating. Sometimes just one or two, and like today five or six after a larger than typical lunch. Though I am trying to stay more relaxed and not focus on them...
You're right lgm. The worst was last night. I was eating supper. I took a bigger bite than normal, and I could feel it irritated my wind pipe going down. A few minutes later, I felt discomfort on the...
I brought them up to my doctor in July, but she didn't seem concerned at all. She's always done the routine stuff, she gives me blood tests every 6 months, and she has me keeping track of my blood...
And just to be thorough, just a half hour before I did 30 minutes of aerobic exercise without any issue as well....
After eating a hamburger tonight, I swallowed a bite that was a bit larger than normal. For the next 10-15 minutes I felt a slight discomfort in the left side of my chest. It went away and would come...
How many of them a day do you feel? I've never asked that, but I am curious how many being felt would be considered normal....
You are right on that. Everytime I feel that thud or thump or flutter, no matter how minimal or how stout it is, my first thought is immediately "death." So hard to train myself away from that...
Anxiety is a good possibility. My anxiety has gotten steadily worse in the last 10-15 years. Officially diagnosed with GAD last year....
It may sound like a stupid question, but for a few weeks I have had unusual sensations in the left half of my chest. I haven't felt any pain, and the sensations only last a few seconds when they...
Had a few PVCs today. None that really made me worry. Had a bit of stress today. About the usual for someone with GAD I'd suppose. I sat down at the computer and had a run of about 2-3...
To add some updated information to the mix, all day today I've had some mild skipped beats. I had about 5-7 of them between 8am and 3pm. The moment I started to write this post, I had a flutter in my...