Hi Ron, I am sure like a lot of us who found this group that you will find us
extremely useful. I know I have! I really don't think I would have got
through my "bad" days without my "friends" out here!! so WELCOME.
Leanne.
Hi Again, Though I know I have v-tach, I am a little confused about the
difference.
What does symptomatic mean?
Leanne.
Hi Laurie, I take it you are a nurse! Sorry to see you have had a crappy
weekend. I noticed in your post you mentioned it could be after years of
tacycardia thats brought on these latest symptoms. I also have tacycardia but
my cardio at the hospital says its very rare he treats patients with
medications only if the tacy is troublesome! what's your views on this?
meds/no meds?
Leanne.
Hi Guys, The article in question was in yesterdays SUN newspaper it was
really encouraging as my mother also has this. If you can't get the full
article on the web I would be happy to send it over to you. It was a subject
practically everyone was talking about when the papers came. However, it does
lead me to believe that the quicker this medication is sought upon the
diagnosis, the more likely this will work. So saying like my mother whom has
had it for 15yrs, it would probably not be used, it is only going to be tried
for those newly diagnosed. But then again the docs here in England say one
thing and do another! LOL
Leanne.
Laurie,
My goodness, I can only imagine what you're going thru'!! Take care and chin up!!
I will keep you all in my prayers......
Barb
Way da go Todd!!!!!!!!!!!!! Glad your trip went well!
I just got back from my first aerobic class in about 7 years or so.
Not one pvc, pretty high hr but not a pvc in sight!!! Feel pretty
good too.
mickey
Hi gang!
Hi gang!
I am back from my trip to Iowa. I flew from Dallas to Kansas City,
then drove a car for 5 hours. And guess what? Almost no PVCs!
While I was there, I even went through a "haunted house"! Some
increase in my heart rate, no doubt, but it didn't trigger any PVCs.
I hope you are all doing well.
Todd
I like that picture idea. Maybe a surgery patient could write across his/her chest with permanent ink something like "Pretend I'm your mother!" Of course, if the surgeon wasn't too happy with his mom, that might not be good.<smile
Kim.....Lisa is right. PVC's are benign and if anything happens during surgery like extra pvc's...they'll either ignore them because they ARE BENIGN or they'll deal with them. Anesthesiologists know arrhythmias like the back of their hand. You'll be fine. I'm going to add you and your gallbladder to my prayer list (I really mean this) and will ask God to fill that operating room with His angels to watch over you. You're gonna do just fine, Kim. Keep in mind that your heart is HEALTHY and the pvc's are just a variation of normal. I read a newspaper column about 10 years ago written by Dr. Charles Lamb who did a Q&A type of medical column....he was a cardiologist and he said that he was in charge of doing pre-flight ekg's for the original astronaut candidates and they ALL had pvc's. ALL!!!!! So, relax, kiddo.
Hugs,
Suzy
Kim & all:
I was under anesthesia just 10 days ago. My MD and my anesthesiologist both
have pvc's. They were not worried about them one little bit. The other thing
to remember is that they will be constantly monitoring you and therefore
would be able to address any issue the moment it arises. Remember pvc's are
not life threatening and nothing needs to be done about them. You may or may
not even get them under anesthesia, and you will be very relaxed most
likely! Speaking from experience, I also had my gall bladder out about 4
years ago. Also no problem with the general anesthesia.
Lisa
PS: I read this morning an article about heart health (imagine!) and they
showed two columns, one being symptoms of a heart attack and one being NOT
symptoms. "Palpitations" was in the "Not a Symptom" list!
PSS: I had another idea about anesthesia. The gowns or caps or something
(not interfering with the operation, maybe even a little "clip-on" on the
bed) should have a little slot where you could bring and slip in a picture
of your family or loved ones. That way when the whole medical team works on
the patient, they would see the picture and be reminded "Hey, this person
has someone waiting for them, is real, and has a family like ME" and maybe,
just maybe they would treat each patient with that much more care, concern
or compassion... Kim, maybe you should bring along a picture!
I have no idea what made me call you Kris...
I'm sooooo sorry
Peta