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11-16-2022, 02:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-16-2022, 02:49 PM by RicoTx. Edited 1 time in total.)
(10-03-2022, 07:18 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote:(10-03-2022, 07:03 PM)RicoTx Wrote: As if I wasn’t freaked out enough about the possibility of having to get a pacemaker, they call this afternoon and reschedule my appointment for tomorrow until next week. [BLEEP]. So if anyone is interested (well, other than me) I got the results back from my testing. I guess it's good. I mean it isn't life-threatening but still pretty freaky and annoying. It's actually a pretty rare condition. It causes me to get very dizzy and sometimes almost nauseous when I stand up after being seated for a while. My doctor said I was the first patient he's actually seen with the issue. The electrical impulses in my heart are [BLEEP] up. Let's see if I explain this without butchering it. He said your heart starts beating from the top. There is a node (the AV node I believe) within the heart that detects whether the heart is beating as hard as it should. Apparently what is happening is the AV node 'thinks' that my heart isn't beating as fast as it needs to and is erroneously sending signals that it needs to beat harder. This is when my symptoms occur. He said there are two medications that I could take to control it...or I could do nothing. Given the infrequency of the occurrences and the fact that I know it isn't going to kill me, I chose the nothing route. He said that he thought that was the wise decision and we could always go to the medications if things get worse. Given the possible side-effects of the medications (and I didn't ask until after I had made my decision) I'm glad I went the way that I did. Lack of motivation, lethargy. tiredness, and depression are not any side-effects that I want to deal with. So I guess bottom line, things are good. ...and I survived my trip to Feenicks. |
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