My heart has been beating uneavenly for 72 hours now!
 

Back to the hospital tonight...

First 24 hours I ignored...
48 hours later (yesterday) my heart was still acting up.

Beating normal, then fast, then slow, then hard, then normal....

So I went to the hospital.
This hot nurse checked me out, said she could hear the un-normal heart rate.

They hooked me up to sensors and checked the electric pulse in my heart beat... nothing odd.

I waited for 3 hours in emergency room and went home because I was working this morning....

Now my heart is still doing that shit...
:(

ZOCOR my man... ZOCOR - and stop eating all those burgers!

:2 cents:

Anxiety attack?

you may want to have that checked by a cardiologist...
a good friend of mine ignored the signs and now he is dead

thats not good man

I know, I am leaving there soon.
I was hoping I could catch a last GFY poker game before I die
:(

Well, the doctors told you that everything was fine?

hey at least u r in good spirit :1orglaugh

good luck wth that

I didn't see the doctor.
Stupid healthcare system... I waited for 3 hours, they called 4 people in. Then ambulances we're arriving and sick kids, and bloody people, I would have been there another 8 hours.

thats what i was thinking :(

As soon as I read "stupid healthcare system" I knew you were in Quebec.

:1orglaugh

Trust me, I know what you're talking about. Which hospital?

Hull (Gatineau)

tu parles francais?
:Graucho

This sounds like exactly what mine does..... I'll just be sitting here and it will feel like it is skipping beats or some shit and then go from like 68 beats a minute to over 140 a minute for no apparent reason. 10 years ago or so, I went and had all sorts of tests done and it turned out I had a Mitral Valve Prolapse.... the found out within a couple of hours what was going on and it was painless..... BUT there are precautions I have to take to this day........

GO GET THIS CHECKED..... it isn't anything to be fucking with. What I have isn't TOO serious as long as I take the precautions ordered, in fact it is pretty common......... but it isn't nothing to fuck with.

Oui j'parle français, si j'étais toi, j'prendrais un rendez-vous dans une clinique ou au CLSC à la place de retourner à l'hôpital pour 4-5 heures.

ils me renveront a l'hopital sur rendez-vous.

Je vais y aller cette nuit en espérant que c'est tranquille.

byebye caffeine sir..

my little sister actually had something like that, except her heartbeat just sped up real bad

My wife went to the doctor a couple of months ago with something similiar. I told her not to worry about it because her insurance is all paid up, but she went anyways.

He told her that it's normal for your heart to have an extra 1-9 beats per minute. Nothing odd about that.

But definitely get it checked out. That's not something you want to fuck around with.

They don't last that long.

My advice is see a cardiologist even if you have to wait or go to a different hospital. I've had more experience with this than I want to talk about. Was in the hosiptal for 10 days with an abnormal heart beat.

So after you read about all the people that died etc. in the thread, wouldn't it be worth the piece of mind to have it checked out for real. Hey, if you fall over on the floor in the waiting room, you'll be right there where doctors can save your life.

Good luck!!! Scary stuff.

For sure, I think now would be the wrong time to have caffeine!! Take an asprin while you're at it. Oh, skip the alcohol too. I'm not a doctor.

Jesus, I forgot about my neighbor.

This exact thing happened to him about 2 months ago.

His nephew drove him in from about 15 minutes out of town to the emergency room. He was literally sitting there for 2 minutes waiting to check in when he keeled over and his heart stopped beating.

He was out of it for a while, and just went back to work last week.

Very lucky man. Very lucky.

LOL! Well, good luck :winkwink:

DEFINATLY see a cardiologist ASAP, like now and dont take no for an answer, pretend to pass out in the waiting room if need be.

Also have you started taking new meds or changed anything else in your life that could possibly be causing this as a side effect?

Avoid strenuous excersize
Avoid stress
Avoid all stimulants
Keep someone who knows cpr around you at all times
Keep your cellphone fully charged and in your pocket at all times

:(

Damn..

Stop scaring him, now he's going to have a good reason for the irregular heartbeats. :1orglaugh

He said he was going back to the hospital this night.

Good point, but have to encourage him to go and make sure that will happen. By now he should be on his way.

Chances are he'll be ok. If he was at the hosptial, the hope is they asked enough questions even if he didn't get to see a doctor.

In the US, once you make it to the ER, you see a doctor. If you leave, It is aginst medical advice and you sign a wavier. It may take hours to see a doctor here too. People without insurance go to the ER, cause they have to give a certain amount of free care.

Get a referral to a cardiologist.

Some arrhythmias are very dangerous (highly increased risk of stroke), some are pretty harmless, so go check out a cardiologist, don't risk anything.

I will be on my way after my poker tourney!

Same thing happened to me. PVc's Premature ventricular contractions caused by anxiety. I spent about 5k on cardiologists to only be told i need to be on antianxiety medication. I rarely get them now. Go to a shrink and get put on kolonpin. Problem solved.
Duke

sounds scary, hope everything is ok :thumbsup

Hmmm.. I don't think that player poker online is helping your cause :Graucho

I used to get something like that. I had Supra Ventricular Tachacardia until I had heart surgery 6 years ago. They threaded some wires up my femoral artery and zapped an un-needed part of my heart and I've been perfect ever since. Who knew that heart surgery could be done in the morning and you'd go home in the afternoon? Freeky.

I'd definitely recommend seeing your doctor for a referral to a cardiologist. An irregular heartbeat is never a good sign.

I think he had his lesson, he should be there now as we speak.

I just got home.
Fuck the emergency room.

The nurse took my pulse and saw nothing unusual. She took my pressure also, nothing.

So I sat there and waited for 2 hours.

2 patients we're called in.
There we're still 8 before me, and some kids.

So I said fuck it.
I will call my doctor tomorow and get him to refer me to a cardiologist.

or I might drive back there now....

Damn, get some sleep now. You need it. :winkwink:

I don't know what to do...
I should go back and complain of chest pain maybe?

To see a cardiologist in Canada could take 3 months.

The emergency ward is just that. For emergencies. They're not specialists.

See your GP ASAP and get a physical. IF it's necessary, he'll send you to a cardiologist.

In the meantime, get a good night's sleep.

The more you think about it, the worse it'll get, or the worse it'll seem.

That's my opinion, but I'm obviously not a doctor.

Est-ce que t'as un medecin de famille? Si oui va le voir et il va t'envoyer voir un cardiologue, j'pense pas que tu peux avoir un rendez-vous comme ca.

Well the hospital is 5 minutes away from my house.

I will drive there now and ask to talk to the nurse.

I'll tell her I am having pain and trouble breathing.

I just wish they'de send me home with a machine I wear for 24 hours monitoring my heart beat.

Try Deep Breathing!

Mon voisin est cardiologue.
J'irai lui parler.

Uh, yeah.

I didn't see anywhere above you complaining about pain and having trouble breathing.

That's different. Go to emergency if for nothing more than to have them monitor you overnight man.

I wouldn't describe it as pain...
it's more like my chest feels heavy and clogged....(spelling)

When I breath in deep it's ok.
Heart beat seems regular now...

tell them you got diagnosed with problem by gfy crew

He needs a cardiologist, not a psychologist :1orglaugh

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Okay, it's not a laughing matter, but the internet IS very dangerous when it comes to self-diagnoses.

I can't imagine the doctors nowadays.

But Doc, I pee frequently, get headaches, and feel tired all the time.

The internet says I have colon cancer, diabetes, heart disease, lupus, and that's all I checked before I felt I needed a checkup.

Seriously Parakass, go to emergency and get them to monitor you overnight.

Well I just got back from the hospital again.
Saw a doctor, they couldn't find anything.

So now I have to ask my family doctor to send me to a Cardiologist.

Oh well, at least I can sleep safe and sound.

I waited only 5 1/2 hours to be seen.

:1orglaugh

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