PVC’s
Went to the cardiologist today for the heart palpitations I’ve been having.
I was really nervous.
My BP was good 118/80.
They did an EKG.
The first doctor who came in scared the crap out of me by looking all concerned, but then the main doctor came in and said the first stuff wasn’t what you looked at and that everything had looked okay. I suppose it was a teaching moment for the new doctor, but I had about 5 minutes of unnecessary freaking out.
I was told that what I have been experiencing over the past month+ are PVC’s, basically a premature heartbeat that throws my rhythm out of whack for a beat.
I was told that since it happens most during rest that it wasn’t much to worry about.
But if it became bothersome and started happening during physical activity to come back in for an echo cardiogram and a stress test.
That he didn’t want to do medication because I was still so young.
But he was an odd guy. He laughed and joked around a lot. Then he pretty much made me tell him what I was most fearful of, which was my lack of family history (with being adopted) and the fear of having young kids and dropping dead. Then he tried to reassure me, but I left feeling anything but reassured.
So, for now I’m supposed to not worry about it.
I’ll try.
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That is really hard! I am so sorry. But he is right, if it is happening during rest it most likely isn’t anything to worry about. What a difficult trial for you to go through! Good luck with it all and I hope you can keep your mind off.
I think we as Mothers can never try NOT to worry. It’s in us. I can totally relate to you on worrying about your families history. Although I know where I come from or at least I think I do, my father died in his forties, my grandparents in their fifties and my mom is hitting fifty three soon so I’m worried this family runs on very low gas. But keep the spirits high. We live for today and we have our children to watch over and we shower them with endless love:) ttys